HBO Greenlights GAME OF THRONES Spinoff Series HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
Not long after it was announced that HBO passed on one Game of Thrones prequel spinoff series comes the news that they greenlit another!
The cable network is moving forward with a show that will be inspired by the Game of Thrones companion book Fire & Blood. It will be called House of the Dragon, and it got a straight-to-series order that will consist of 10 episodes. They obviously loved the concept!
The series is set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and it will tell the story of House Targaryen. The story is said to lead up to and eventually chronicle the house’s civil war, which is known as the legendary Dance of the Dragons, which was “a massive civil war in the Seven Kingdoms held between two rival branches of House Targaryen.”
Apparently executive producer George R.R. Martin really loved this concept, and he is the one who pushed for it to get made. The story was told in Game of Thrones Season 5, when young Shireen Baratheon read a book about the Targaryen conflict and described the war to her father Stannis:
“It’s the story of the fight between Rhaenyra Targaryen and her half-brother Aegon for control over the Seven Kingdoms. Both of them thought they belonged on the Iron Throne. When people started declaring for one of them or the other, their fight divided the kingdoms in two. Brothers fought brothers, dragons fought dragons. By the time it was over, thousands were dead. And it was a disaster for the Targaryens as well. They never truly recovered.”
The script for the pilot episode is being written by Ryan Condal (Colony) and frequent Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik will direct the pilot and additional episodes. Casey Bloys, president of HBO programming, said in a statement:
“The ‘Game of Thrones’ universe is so rich with stories. We look forward to exploring the origins of House Targaryen and the earlier days of Westeros along with Miguel, Ryan and George.”
This is a great series concept to roll with, and I’m excited to see how it turns out! What do you all think of a series that will focus on the rise and fall of House Targaryen?
Source: Variety