GAME OF THRONES: HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Promo Video "A New Reign" Focuses on The Making of the Fantasy Epic
HBO has shared a new featurette for the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon. The video puts a focus on the making of the fantasy epic series and offers interviews with the creative team along with highlighting some footage of the crazy cool big set pieces. The video features interviews with creator George R.R. Martin, co-showrunner Ryan Condal, and co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik. This series looks like it’s going to be awesome!
The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood series, which is set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and it tells the story of House Targaryen. Here’s the synopsis:
Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.
What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel’s worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed.
House of the Dragon stars Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen, Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, Emma D'Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole, and more.
House of the Dragon will drop on August 12th, 2022.