Dreams didn’t make us kings. Dragons did.
HBO has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon. The highly anticipated series takes place 200 years before the events of the original series, following the rise and reign of the Targaryen family as rulers of Westeros.
In the short teaser, Matt Smith narrates images of Targaryens in the throne room, jousts, fights, and tense moments. We also see a Targaryen king sitting on the Iron Throne, a much larger and more imposing structure in this series, more like it is described in author George R.R. Martin’s books. Dragon is based on Martin’s book, Fire and Blood.
Set 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series tells the story of a turbulent period for House Targaryen, one that set sibling against sibling and dragon against dragon. The point of contention: who should rule on the Iron Throne, of course.
Martin teased in his blog,
“If you’d like to know a bit more of what the show will be about… well, I can’t actually spill those beans,” but you might want to pick up a copy of two anthologies I did with Gardner Dozois, Dangerous Women, and Rogues, and then move on to Archmaester Gyldayn’s history, Fire & Blood”
Who’s in the cast?
Paddy Considine (HBO’s The Third Day and The Outsider), Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One), Emma D’Arcy (Truth Seekers), Matt Smith (The Crown, Doctor Who), Steve Toussaint (It’s a Sin, Doctor Who), Eve Best (Nurse Jackie, The King’s Speech), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, The Amazing Spider-Man) and Sonoya Mizuno (Ex Machina, Crazy Rich Asians) have signed on for the series.
Check out the teaser here:
Winter may be coming, but so are dragons.
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