British actress Emma D’Arcy will take on the role of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, while Crown alum Matt Smith will play her uncle Prince Daemon Targaryen. House of the Dragon is set hundreds of years before the events of GoT and focuses on the ancestors of Daenerys Targaryen ( Emilia Clarke).

“So one of the great things about House of the Dragon is that’s an established history that leads you to Game of Thrones the show, and there a lot of little branches.”īecause this is a prequel, though, none of Thrones‘ familiar faces will be present - not even the ones who were still living in the series finale, including Arya ( Maisie Williams), Sansa ( Sophie Turner) and Jon Snow ( Kit Harington). Martin’s world is so big, and what’s interesting about it, not only is it big, but he’s got a lot of road maps in terms of history,” Casey Bloys, chief content officer for HBO and HBO Max, said at a Television Critics’ Association event in February. Following some pandemic-related delays throughout 2020, the show began production in April 2021.

Dracarys! The Game of Thrones spinoff series House of the Dragon is finally in the works at HBO, giving Westeros obsessives something to look forward to.Īfter canceling one GoT prequel series in late 2019, the network decided to move forward with House of the Dragon, based on George R.R.

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