The Targaryens have always been a family with a complicated history, but we didn’t realize the extent until viewing the official trailer for House of the Dragon.

In just a month we shall be returning to Westeros—albeit a couple of hundred years in the past—as the Game of Thrones spin-off covers the events that lead up to the Targaryen civil war. 

Family politics come into play as reigning King Viserys I shares his dream of placing his heir on the Iron Throne. The candidates for the coveted position are his daughter, Princess Rhaenyra, and his younger brother, Prince Daemon. 

“No queen has ever sat on the Iron Throne,” the King is reminded by his Master of Laws, Lyonel Strong. “The king has an heir—Daemon Targaryan.”

Viserys responds by declaring, “I will not be made to choose between my brother and my daughter.“

Although the rightful heir, it is a sign of the times that Rhaenyra is told how it is the order of things for women not to inherit the crown.

“War is afoot” as the trailer promises.

Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon premieres on August 21 on HBO, with Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Emma D’arcy, Olivia Cook, and Rhys Ifans making up the cast. 

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Set 200 years prior to the events of Game of Thrones, the prequel tells the story of House Targaryen and the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.

In the trailer, there are snippets of fight sequences and jousting with a voiceover from Matt Smith’s Prince Daemon Targaryen saying, “Gods, kings, fire, and blood. Dreams didn’t make us kings — dragons did.”

The cast includes Ryan Corr, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Graham McTavish, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson, Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, and Fabien Frankel.

The show was co-created by Martin and Ryan Condal. The co-showrunners are Miguel Sapochnik and Condal, who will also executive produce with Martin and Vince Gerardis.

The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood and it has been given a 10-episode order. It’s scheduled to launch on HBO Max in 2022.

Watch the trailer below.

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The prequel series has revealed its first official images. House of the Dragon is set a few hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen and the Targaryen civil war that became known as the “Dance of the Dragons”.

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Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, and Fabien Frankel will star in the series.

The photos show D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, and Cooke as Alicent Hightower and Ifans as Otto Hightower.

House of the Dragon has been given a 10-episode order and is slated for a 2022 debut. The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood.

Martin and Ryan Condal co-created the series. Miguel Sapochnik and Condal will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers along with Martin and Vince Gerardis. Sara Lee Hess will also serve as writer and executive producer along with Ron Schmidt who will executive produce.

There are multiple shows within the Game of Thrones universe in the works at HBO and HBO Max. One of which is a series adaptation of Martin’s novellas Tales of Dunk and Egg.

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HBO is reportedly developing three additional Game of Thrones spinoffs on top of the already confirmed prequel House of the Dragon. The new shows are also expected to explore the stories that took place before the events of the original series.

The first in line is 9 Voyages (Sea Snake) will follow famed Westeros sea adventurer Lord Corlys Velaryon. He had the largest fleet of ships in all of the Seven Kingdoms and was the head of a house even wealthier than Lannister. 

9 Voyages made the biggest progress among the three series, having already tapped Bruno Heller (Rome, The Mentalist) as writer and creator. The remaining two, Flea Bottom and 10,000 Ships, are believed to be still in the “idea” phase.

Flea Bottom would likely focus on the poorest district in King’s Landing of the same name. 10,000 Ships, on the other hand, could tell the story of Princess Nymeria and her journey from Rhoyne to Dorne.

Even if all three shows get the green light, it will be a while before they actually get going. HBO is currently focused on House of the Dragon, which already has a pilot in-store and should start filming in the coming months.

The series will tell the story of the Targaryen civil war and is set around 200 years before the events of in the original series. The cast includes Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, and Matt Smith.

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The show would be based on the series of novellas by George R.R. Martin, which follows Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk) and a young Aegon V Targaryen (Egg) 90 years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire.

To date, Martin has three novellas in the Tales of Dunk and Egg series: The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, and The Mystery Knight. Since being published separately they have been collected and published together as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in 2015.

If the project makes it to series it will be the second Game of Thrones prequel to make it to screen. Currently, HBO is working on the series House of Dragons which is scheduled for a 2022 debut. The show will feature the buildup of the Targaryen civil war in Westeros, known as the Dance of Dragons.

The project is still in early development and no writer or talent has been attached to the project.

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While HBO announced a straight-to-series order for a Game of Thrones prequel called House of the Dragon, sources confirm to Variety that the GoT prequel pilot starring Naomi Watts is not going to series. 

The pilot, which also starred Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, Toby Regbo, Miranda Richardson, Marquis Rodriquez, John Simm, Richard McCabe, John Heffernan, and Dixie Egerickx, was set to take place thousands of years prior to the events of the original series.

The prequel was co-created by Jane Goldman and author George R.R. Martin. The two were also set to executive produce along with SJ Clarkson, Daniel Zelman, James Farrell, Jim Danger Gray, and Vince Gerardis. Clarkson also directed the pilot.

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Author of the GoT source novels and prequel executive producer finally provides fans some insights into the still-untitled project. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, he revealed that the Starks are in, but the Lannisters are out. 

“The Starks will definitely be there,” he said. “Obviously the White Walkers are here — or as they’re called in my books, ‘The Others’ — and that will be an aspect of it. There are things like direwolves and mammoths.”

“The Lannisters aren’t there yet, but Castlery Rock is certainly there; it’s like the Rock of Gibraltar,” he said. “It’s actually occupied by the Casterlys — for whom it’s still named after in the time of Game of Thrones.”

The show takes place roughly 5,000 years before the events in GoT and chronicles the world’s descent from the Golden Age of Heroes to the rise of the White Walkers and the near-destruction of man. 

The pilot from Jane Goldman is currently filming in Northern Ireland.

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The prequel has tapped five new series regulars to star opposite Naomi Watts; they are: Marquis Rodriquez, John Simm, Richard McCabe, John Heffernan, and Dixie Egerickx.

They join previously announced Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, Toby Regbo, and Miranda Richardson.

The drama pilot hails from GoT co-executive producer George R.R. Martin and writer Jane Goldman. Goldman will also serve as showrunner and the two will also exec produce.

“Taking place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour,” the logline reads. “And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend… it’s not the story we think we know.”

Back in November, Martin told Entertainment Tonight, “Westeros is a very different place. There’s no King’s Landing. There’s no Iron Throne. There are no Targaryens — Valyria has hardly begun to rise yet with its dragons and the great empire that it built. We’re dealing with a different and older world and hopefully that will be part of the fun of the series.”

Production is set to start this summer.

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And now they have another commonality to add to the list: Miranda Richardson.

The Churchill star played Rita Skeeter in the series about the boy who lived and has now been cast in the prequel to the HBO series.

The idea from Kingsman: The Golden Circle screenwriter, Jane Goldman, has been described as taking place thousands of years before the Westeros we know and will not feature any of the characters we’ve come to know during Thrones’ eight seasons.

Richardson will be joining a cast that already includes Naomi Watts, Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, and Toby Regbo.

She best gear up for a long night…

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With the epic show based on Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Fire ending after its eighth season, HBO announced that a prequel would be produced.

It was confirmed in October that an idea from Kingsman: The Secret Service producer, Jane Goldman, would be going to pilot, starring Naomi Watts of The Book of Henry.

At the time, the author was so excited that he wrote on his blog: “Casting is now underway for THE LONG NIGHT, the first of the GAME OF THRONES successor series to ordered to film. HBO has just announced the first cast member: NAOMI WATTS is coming on board as one of our stars. I could not be more excited. Welcome to Westeros, Naomi.”

But after his slip of finger, Martin is saying “not so fast.”

In another post, the author has now said, “Oh, I should also mention … HBO has informed me that the Jane Goldman pilot is not (yet) titled THE LONG NIGHT. That’s is certainly the title I prefer, but for the moment the pilot is still officially UNTITLED. So… mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa. Elsewise, the pilot is coming along well, with casting falling into place. I could tell you more, but I am not supposed to. We also have a couple of other successor shows still in development, but I cannot tell you about those either. Sorry.”

Oops.

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The Targaryens have always been a family with a complicated history, but we didn’t realize the extent until viewing the official trailer for House of the Dragon.

In just a month we shall be returning to Westeros—albeit a couple of hundred years in the past—as the Game of Thrones spin-off covers the events that lead up to the Targaryen civil war. 

Family politics come into play as reigning King Viserys I shares his dream of placing his heir on the Iron Throne. The candidates for the coveted position are his daughter, Princess Rhaenyra, and his younger brother, Prince Daemon. 

“No queen has ever sat on the Iron Throne,” the King is reminded by his Master of Laws, Lyonel Strong. “The king has an heir—Daemon Targaryan.”

Viserys responds by declaring, “I will not be made to choose between my brother and my daughter.“

Although the rightful heir, it is a sign of the times that Rhaenyra is told how it is the order of things for women not to inherit the crown.

“War is afoot” as the trailer promises.

Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon premieres on August 21 on HBO, with Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Emma D’arcy, Olivia Cook, and Rhys Ifans making up the cast. 

The post Dragons are Coming: Check Out the Official Trailer for ”House of the Dragon” appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Set 200 years prior to the events of Game of Thrones, the prequel tells the story of House Targaryen and the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.

In the trailer, there are snippets of fight sequences and jousting with a voiceover from Matt Smith’s Prince Daemon Targaryen saying, “Gods, kings, fire, and blood. Dreams didn’t make us kings — dragons did.”

The cast includes Ryan Corr, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Graham McTavish, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson, Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, and Fabien Frankel.

The show was co-created by Martin and Ryan Condal. The co-showrunners are Miguel Sapochnik and Condal, who will also executive produce with Martin and Vince Gerardis.

The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood and it has been given a 10-episode order. It’s scheduled to launch on HBO Max in 2022.

Watch the trailer below.

The post “Game of Thrones” Prequel “House of the Dragon” Gets Teaser Trailer appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The prequel series has revealed its first official images. House of the Dragon is set a few hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen and the Targaryen civil war that became known as the “Dance of the Dragons”.

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Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, and Fabien Frankel will star in the series.

The photos show D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, and Cooke as Alicent Hightower and Ifans as Otto Hightower.

House of the Dragon has been given a 10-episode order and is slated for a 2022 debut. The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood.

Martin and Ryan Condal co-created the series. Miguel Sapochnik and Condal will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers along with Martin and Vince Gerardis. Sara Lee Hess will also serve as writer and executive producer along with Ron Schmidt who will executive produce.

There are multiple shows within the Game of Thrones universe in the works at HBO and HBO Max. One of which is a series adaptation of Martin’s novellas Tales of Dunk and Egg.

The post “Game of Thrones” Prequel “House of the Dragon” Gets First-Look Photos appeared first on EverydayKoala.

HBO is reportedly developing three additional Game of Thrones spinoffs on top of the already confirmed prequel House of the Dragon. The new shows are also expected to explore the stories that took place before the events of the original series.

The first in line is 9 Voyages (Sea Snake) will follow famed Westeros sea adventurer Lord Corlys Velaryon. He had the largest fleet of ships in all of the Seven Kingdoms and was the head of a house even wealthier than Lannister. 

9 Voyages made the biggest progress among the three series, having already tapped Bruno Heller (Rome, The Mentalist) as writer and creator. The remaining two, Flea Bottom and 10,000 Ships, are believed to be still in the “idea” phase.

Flea Bottom would likely focus on the poorest district in King’s Landing of the same name. 10,000 Ships, on the other hand, could tell the story of Princess Nymeria and her journey from Rhoyne to Dorne.

Even if all three shows get the green light, it will be a while before they actually get going. HBO is currently focused on House of the Dragon, which already has a pilot in-store and should start filming in the coming months.

The series will tell the story of the Targaryen civil war and is set around 200 years before the events of in the original series. The cast includes Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, and Matt Smith.

The post Three Additional “Game of Thrones” Spinoffs Are Being Developed appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The show would be based on the series of novellas by George R.R. Martin, which follows Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk) and a young Aegon V Targaryen (Egg) 90 years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire.

To date, Martin has three novellas in the Tales of Dunk and Egg series: The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, and The Mystery Knight. Since being published separately they have been collected and published together as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in 2015.

If the project makes it to series it will be the second Game of Thrones prequel to make it to screen. Currently, HBO is working on the series House of Dragons which is scheduled for a 2022 debut. The show will feature the buildup of the Targaryen civil war in Westeros, known as the Dance of Dragons.

The project is still in early development and no writer or talent has been attached to the project.

The post Another “Game of Thrones” Prequel in Development at HBO appeared first on EverydayKoala.

While HBO announced a straight-to-series order for a Game of Thrones prequel called House of the Dragon, sources confirm to Variety that the GoT prequel pilot starring Naomi Watts is not going to series. 

The pilot, which also starred Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, Toby Regbo, Miranda Richardson, Marquis Rodriquez, John Simm, Richard McCabe, John Heffernan, and Dixie Egerickx, was set to take place thousands of years prior to the events of the original series.

The prequel was co-created by Jane Goldman and author George R.R. Martin. The two were also set to executive produce along with SJ Clarkson, Daniel Zelman, James Farrell, Jim Danger Gray, and Vince Gerardis. Clarkson also directed the pilot.

The post Naomi Watts’ “Game of Thrones” Prequel Pilot Not Moving Forward appeared first on EverydayKoala.

Author of the GoT source novels and prequel executive producer finally provides fans some insights into the still-untitled project. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, he revealed that the Starks are in, but the Lannisters are out. 

“The Starks will definitely be there,” he said. “Obviously the White Walkers are here — or as they’re called in my books, ‘The Others’ — and that will be an aspect of it. There are things like direwolves and mammoths.”

“The Lannisters aren’t there yet, but Castlery Rock is certainly there; it’s like the Rock of Gibraltar,” he said. “It’s actually occupied by the Casterlys — for whom it’s still named after in the time of Game of Thrones.”

The show takes place roughly 5,000 years before the events in GoT and chronicles the world’s descent from the Golden Age of Heroes to the rise of the White Walkers and the near-destruction of man. 

The pilot from Jane Goldman is currently filming in Northern Ireland.

The post George R.R. Martin Reveals New Facts About “Game of Thrones” Prequel appeared first on EverydayKoala.

The prequel has tapped five new series regulars to star opposite Naomi Watts; they are: Marquis Rodriquez, John Simm, Richard McCabe, John Heffernan, and Dixie Egerickx.

They join previously announced Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, Toby Regbo, and Miranda Richardson.

The drama pilot hails from GoT co-executive producer George R.R. Martin and writer Jane Goldman. Goldman will also serve as showrunner and the two will also exec produce.

“Taking place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series chronicles the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour,” the logline reads. “And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend… it’s not the story we think we know.”

Back in November, Martin told Entertainment Tonight, “Westeros is a very different place. There’s no King’s Landing. There’s no Iron Throne. There are no Targaryens — Valyria has hardly begun to rise yet with its dragons and the great empire that it built. We’re dealing with a different and older world and hopefully that will be part of the fun of the series.”

Production is set to start this summer.

The post “Game of Thrones” Prequel Casts Five More Series Regulars appeared first on EverydayKoala.

And now they have another commonality to add to the list: Miranda Richardson.

The Churchill star played Rita Skeeter in the series about the boy who lived and has now been cast in the prequel to the HBO series.

The idea from Kingsman: The Golden Circle screenwriter, Jane Goldman, has been described as taking place thousands of years before the Westeros we know and will not feature any of the characters we’ve come to know during Thrones’ eight seasons.

Richardson will be joining a cast that already includes Naomi Watts, Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, and Toby Regbo.

She best gear up for a long night…

The post The “Game of Thrones” Prequel Adds Another Big Name appeared first on EverydayKoala.

With the epic show based on Martin’s series A Song of Ice and Fire ending after its eighth season, HBO announced that a prequel would be produced.

It was confirmed in October that an idea from Kingsman: The Secret Service producer, Jane Goldman, would be going to pilot, starring Naomi Watts of The Book of Henry.

At the time, the author was so excited that he wrote on his blog: “Casting is now underway for THE LONG NIGHT, the first of the GAME OF THRONES successor series to ordered to film. HBO has just announced the first cast member: NAOMI WATTS is coming on board as one of our stars. I could not be more excited. Welcome to Westeros, Naomi.”

But after his slip of finger, Martin is saying “not so fast.”

In another post, the author has now said, “Oh, I should also mention … HBO has informed me that the Jane Goldman pilot is not (yet) titled THE LONG NIGHT. That’s is certainly the title I prefer, but for the moment the pilot is still officially UNTITLED. So… mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa. Elsewise, the pilot is coming along well, with casting falling into place. I could tell you more, but I am not supposed to. We also have a couple of other successor shows still in development, but I cannot tell you about those either. Sorry.”

Oops.

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