House of the Dragon was one of the biggest shows last year, and its set to take 2024 by storm. The Game of Thrones prequel is one of the best things to happen to television in recent memory and some fans, including us, would give anything to get their hands on the second season. Fortunately, we won’t have to as HBO is working towards releasing it next summer.
We have Variety to thank for this tidbit. In a recent report by the magazine, we learned that, “HBO is eager to take fans back to Westeros for more backstabbing, incest, and power plays with the second session of House of the Dragon, targeting a summer 2024 premiere.”
That’s some interesting phrasing there, but fans of the IP are probably used to it. House of the Dragon Season 2 completed filming last month despite the strikes. We even reported on the massive battle scene filmed at Bourne Woods, Surrey.
Unlike other Hollywood projects that ground to a halt during the strikes, the fantasy drama series had complete scripts. Besides, most of its actors belong to the UK’s actor union and could continue working despite the strike by their US colleagues.
The first season of the prequel show ended last October on a cliffhanger, and fans worldwide have been eagerly waiting for the next season to see what will happen after the unexpected death of Lucerys Velaryon.
In the season finale, we saw Daemon whispering news of the boy’s death to Rhaenyra, who turned around with a chilling look. Game of Thrones fans have seen that look before – on Daenerys’s face just before she condemned Kings Landing to destruction by fire.
We wonder what Rhaenyra will do given she is Daenerys’s ancestor and probably also has the legendary madness that runs in the Targaryen lineage – it likely won’t be a level headed diplomatic response, even though such a move would constitute a plot twist at this point!
House of the Dragon Season 2 will be shorter than its predecessor, with eight episodes to the first season’s ten. Even though we find this a tad disappointing, we find solace in the fact that each episode will be bursting at the seams with action and emotion – at least according to director Clare Kilner.
She told The Hollywood Reporter, “There are eight wonderful episodes with so much happening in every episode, and we have trouble, at times, bringing them to one hour. Ryan’s decision was to give it a good opening and a good ending, and they’re jam-packed with emotional and visually exciting events.”
We are sure we are speaking for fans worldwide when we say we can’t wait for the official release date to be announced. Until then, we are optimistic that Variety is right. If that is the case, then House of the Dragon Season 2 will be available on HBO and Max anytime from June to September 2024.
