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House of the Dragon, the second season of the Game of Thrones spinoff show, will premiere on HBO in June. (Also read: The Taste with Valor: Why House of the Dragon is Successful,
Warner Bros. Discovery streaming and gaming head JB Perrette revealed the launch month during an interview at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media & Telecom conference, Variety reports.
Based on author George RR Martin’s Game of Thrones book Fire and Blood, House of the Dragon follows the Targaryen dynasty in the fictional continent of Westeros. The story takes place approximately 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones.
Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabian Frankel, Evan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Rhys Ifans, Harry Collette, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Fia Saban, Jefferson Hall and Matthew Needham is returning to the cast.
Abubakar Salim, Gail Rankin, Freddy Fox and Simon Russell Beale have joined the series as new members.
The 10-episode first season of ‘House of the Dragon’ aired from August 21 to October 23, 2022. It was renewed for season 2 just one week after its series premiere, which garnered record-breaking ratings for HBO, Variety reported.
The Hindustan Times review of episode one reads, “Filled with unimaginable scenes of violence, pain, suffering and torture, Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon has learned all the wrong lessons from its predecessor. There are the usual voyeuristic brothel scenes, the women usually walk around completely naked for very short periods of time and their torture is shown in such vivid detail, it might make you choke up a bit. Of course, my past self would have embraced this as absolutely great, first-rate television, but the me that I am now has seen far better shows about women’s suffering, succession dramas, and epic fantasy, so that’s easy to come by. Can be passed from.
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