During the San Diego Comic-Con 2022, HBO has been on hand with a new extended trailer for House of the Dragon, an upcoming epic fantasy series acting as a prequel to Game of Thrones.
The events of the series are based on George R. R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood” and take place two hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones, covering the Targaryen war of succession also known as the “Dance of the Dragons”, a conflict between Rhaenyra Targaryen and her half-brother Aegon.
House of the Dragon premieres August 21 on HBO Max.
“Targaryens are closer to Gods than to men.”
According to the official site, Paddy Considine (HBO’s The Third Day and The Outsider), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint (It’s a Sin, Doctor Who), Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Fabien Frankel and Rhys Ifans to star. Additional cast members include Milly Alcock, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Emily Carey, Harry Collett, Ryan Corr, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Graham McTavish, Ewan Mitchell, Theo Nate, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson, Phia Saban, Gavin Spokes, and Savannah Steyn. See the cast and who they will play here.
Martin and Ryan Condal serve as co-creators on the series. Miguel Sapochnik and Condal are showrunners, and the pair also serve as executive producers along with Martin, Sara Hess, Jocelyn Diaz, Vince Gerardis and Ron Schmidt. Clare Kilner and Geeta Vasant Patel also direct the series. Greg Yaitanes is director and co-executive producer. Game of Thrones and Westworld composer Ramin Djawadi scored the series.