A big televised battle is coming to round off the summer. As Amazon Prime Video prepares for a return to Middle-earth with “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” coming September 2, HBO Max does the same with its big bet of the season, “The House of the Dragon.” ‘, which opens a little earlier, on August 22. From the “Game of Thrones” prequel until now we have seen several advancements in the form of teasers and promotional photos, but now, a month after the big premiere, Her epic full trailer is finally here.
“The House of the Dragon” is the first of several spin-offs in development at HBO, which after the end of the parent series, “Game of Thrones”, has put all its efforts into creating a fantastic universe. by George RR Martin. The series is based on the book ‘Fire and Blood’ and takes place 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones”centered on the history of House Targaryen.
The prequel is played by Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith, among others, who play Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen. Rhaenyra will be one of the engines of the new story, which will delve into her problems in accessing the throne for not being born a man, despite the fact that she is the eldest daughter of King Viserys and has pure Valyrian blood.
They are joined in the main cast by Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole and Rhys Ifans as Otto Torre Alta. Ryan Condal acts as the fiction’s creator and showrunner, with Martin himself as co-creator and executive producer..
Trial and error
The road to “House of the Dragon” was not an easy one for HBO. Gone are a good handful of discarded ideas and that pilot starring Naomi Wattsin which the network spent between 30 and 35 million dollars, and which after failing the test, led to the cancellation of the series (known provisionally as ‘Bloodmoon’) and was locked up forever.
Finally, of all the ideas that have been brought to the table (including a series on the Seven Gods of Westeros turned into humans, close to the superhero genre), “The Dragon House” is the one that came out victorious. With it, HBO intends to regain public trust after the disappointing finale of “Game of Thrones” and hopefully, continue expanding Westeros on screen the same way Disney is doing “Star Wars”.
The first season of ‘La Casa del Dragon’, which consists of 10 episodesbegins airing on HBO Max on August 22nd.
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