HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Showrunner Says Series Will End With Season 4 and Teases Battle of the Gullet
HBO has revealed that its Game of Thrones spinoff series House of the Dragon will come to an end with its fourth season.
During a press conference discussing the Season 2 finale of House of the Dragon, showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal shared that there are only two seasons left.
Condal also confirmed that Season 3 of the series is currently being written, and it will start shooting in early 2025.
Condal said: “I haven’t had discussions with HBO about it. I would just anticipate the cadence of the show, from a dramatic storytelling perspective, will continue to be the same from Season 2 on.”
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, who is co-creator on House of the Dragon, previously said on his blog that it would take four seasons of 10 episodes each to tell the show, and now that’s been confirmed.
When talking about the Season 2 finale and where the series is heading with the Battle of the Gullet.
Condal said: “We were trying to give the Gullet, which is arguably the most anticipated — well, I would say maybe the second-most-anticipated — action event of Fire & Blood, trying to give it the time and the space that it deserves.
“Obviously, as anybody that’s seen the finale, we’re building to that event. That event will happen very shortly in terms of the storytelling of House of the Dragon.
He added: “Based on what we know now, it should be the biggest thing to date that we’ve pulled off, and we just wanted to have the time, the space to do that at a level that is going to excite and satisfy the fans and in the way it’s deserved.”
They are looking to build up the anticipation for the event, which is why Season 2 didn’t end with the Battle of the Gullet.
Condal said: “I know everybody wants this to come out every summer. It’s just that the show is so complex that we’re really making multiple feature films every season.
“So I apologize for the wait, but I will just say if Rook’s Rest and the Red Sowing are any indication, we’re gonna pull off a hell of a win with the Battle the Gullet in the future.”
Game of Thrones fans have some exciting story elements to look forward to, and it sounds like Season 3 will focus on the Battle of the Gullet, which is the bloodiest sea battle in the history of Westeros.
Source: Variety