The 'Game of Thrones' prequel series is set to end with season 4, with season 3 beginning production in early 2025.
House of the Dragon is gearing up for the most epic battle yet in the Dance of Dragons -- and there's plenty more drama to come.
The Game of Thrones prequel series concludes its second season with Sunday's finale, showing both sides of the splintered Targaryen dynasty gearing up to wage war for the Iron Throne. However, before season 2 even premiered, House of the Dragon was already greenlit for a third season on HBO and Max.
"George, Ryan, and the rest of our incredible executive producers, cast, and crew, have reached new heights with the phenomenal second season of House of the Dragon," Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films, said at the time. "We are in awe of the dragon-sized effort the entire team has put into the creation of a spectacular season 2, with a scope and scale that is only rivaled by its heart. We could not be more thrilled to continue the story of House Targaryen and watch this team burn bright again for season 3."
Following the season 2 finale, showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal revealed that the series will then conclude with a fourth and final season.
Per Condal, season 3 was being written as of August 2024, with production set to begin in "early-ish 2025." However, he could not confirm how many episodes each season will contain.
"I haven't had discussions with HBO about it, I would just anticipate the cadence of the show, from dramatic storytelling perspective, will continue to be the same from season 2 on," he shared.
The upcoming seasons continue to explore the "Dance of Dragons" storyline, drawing from author George R.R. Martin's 2018 book Fire & Blood. The series is set nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones.
It's expected that many of the season 2 stars (at least those who survive the finale) will return for the new episodes, including Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Sonoya Mizuno, Fabien Frankel, Olivia Cooke, Graham McTavish, Matthew Needham, Harry Collett, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Kurt Egyiawan, Kieran Bew, Abubakar Salim, Tom Taylor, Clinton Liberty, Tom Bennett, Ellora Torchia, Gayle Rankin, Simon Russell Beale and more.
In addition to House of the Dragon, another Game of Thrones prequel series is currently in the works. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, was greenlit in early 2021.
The series will star Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall, aka "Dunk," a hedge knight, and Dexter Sol Ansell as Aegon V Targaryen, aka "Egg," who serves as Ser Duncan's squire in his early years. The six-episode first season is set to premiere on HBO in 2025.
House of the Dragon seasons 1 and 2 are streaming now on HBO and Max. The series will return for season 3 and 4.
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