The extremely anticipated prequel to HBO’s fantasy megahit will premiere August 21, the community introduced this week, after months of teasing photographs and clips to rabid followers. (CNN and HBO share mum or dad firm WarnerMedia.)
The prequel, set some 200 years earlier than the occasions of the unique sequence, follows Home Targaryen, the blonde, dragon-riding clan from which Khaleesi herself, Daenerys Targaryen, descended. “Thrones” viewers may even keep in mind the lengthy line of Targaryens pushed mad, ensuing at one level in a civil battle referred to as the “Dance of the Dragons.”
Starring Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans and plenty of extra (plus some CGI dragons), “Home of the Dragon” already has the stamp of approval from creator George R. R. Martin, whose e-book “Fireplace & Blood” supplies the idea of the brand new sequence. In a March weblog put up, he wrote that he’d seen snippets of the 10-episode season and “liked” what he’d watched to this point.
Followers of “Thrones” who took concern with its remaining season (during which fan favourite Daenerys, like her ancestors, went mad, torched King’s Touchdown and murdered its residents with dragon fireplace earlier than her nephew/lover Jon Snow ended her temporary reign of terror) might take coronary heart in figuring out that the unique sequence’ creators, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, aren’t concerned in “Home of the Dragon.”
As a substitute, Martin and filmmaker Ryan Condal are credited because the prequel’s creators, and Miguel Sapochnik, who directed important “Thrones” episodes like “The Battle of the Bastards,” is amongst its govt producers.
What is going to these dragon-riding Targayens rise up to this time? Martin’s readers might know, however hopefully it’s going to contain much less genocide than Daenerys’ arc did. We’ll discover out on August 21, when “Recreation of Thrones” Sundays return.
