HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 2. A successful prequel to Game of Thrones, “House of the Dragon” returns to the screen in the summer of 2024 for its season 2. Discover information on the program.
Successful launch for House of the Dragonthe first spin-off series of the saga Game Of Thrones on HBO. This prequel to the original series attracted a huge number of viewers with audience figures never seen since Game Of Thrones. It is therefore a successful bet for the American encrypted channel which announced upon the broadcast of episode 1 that a second season would be started.
The fans are already waiting House of the Dragon season 2 of firm footing. What do we already know about this sequel? We take stock of filming information, casting information and the potential broadcast date of the series on HBO.
House of the Dragon will indeed make its return for a season 2. This was announced upon the release of the second episode, when the audience figures were already phenomenal for the series. Unlike the first season, this sequel will be made up of only 8 episodes, two fewer than season 1. The cast of the first season is also making a comeback, with the exception of actors playing characters who died in previous episodes. .
There season 2 release date House of the Dragon is not yet known with precision. However, it was announced by HBO that the new round of episodes will arrive on the small screen in the summer of 2024. The precise date of broadcast of the first episode is, however, not yet known. Like most HBO series, House of the Dragon will be broadcast weekly, with one episode per week.
As to casting of House of the Dragon season 2, most of the actors seen during the first season will return in the sequel apart from the actors replaced after episode 5 and the actors whose characters died during season 1. New actors will also appear during season 2: Simon Russell Beale will play Ser Simon Strong, Lors Larys’ great-uncle. Freddie Fox will play Ser Gwayne Hightower, Alicent’s brother, while Gayle Rankin will play the mysterious Alys Rivers. Finally, Abubakar Salim was chosen to play a sailor in the Velaryon fleet, Alyn of Hull.
Series sheet
House of the Dragon is an American television series adapting the novel Fire and Blood by George RR Martin released in 2018. It is a chronicle dedicated to the Targaryen dynasty and above all a prequel to Game Of Thronesa hit HBO series from 2011 to 2019. The first episode of House of the Dragon is broadcast on August 22, 2022. A real audience success, the series is renewed for a season 2, scheduled for summer 2024.
House of the Dragon is between 200 and 170 years before the events of Game of Thrones. The series focuses on the period known as the “Dance of the Dragons”, a period of unrest in Westeros where the Kingdom is split into two camps which support the accession to the throne of two different heirs. At the time, Viserys Targaryen was first on the throne of Westeros. He has no male heir from his first wife but a daughter named Rhaenyra who could succeed him. However, he obtained sons from his second marriage, which disrupted the order of succession and created the seeds of dissension.
The series covers a period of approximately thirty years. To do this, she resorted to regular time jumps and also recruited several actors to play the same characters at different ages in their lives. From episode 1 to 5 (season 1), Milly Alcock and Emily Carey play Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower. From episode 6, Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke reprise these roles.
Apart from the last two seasons, Game Of Thrones has always offered ten-episode seasons since its launch in 2011. House of the Dragon follows the example of the original series and replicates this same rhythm. Season 1 of House of the Dragon therefore has 10 episodes, but season 2 will only have eight.
- Season 1, episode 1: Heirs of the Dragon – August 22, 2022
- Season 1, episode 2: The Rebel Prince – August 29, 2022
- Season 1, Episode 3: Aegon the Second – September 5, 2022
- Season 1, episode 4: The King of the Narrow Sea – September 12, 2022
- Season 1, Episode 5: We Light the Way – September 19, 2022
- Season 1, episode 6: The Princess and the Queen – September 26, 2022
- Season 1, episode 7: Lamarck – October 3, 2022
- Season 1, episode 8: Lord of Tides – October 10, 2022
- Season 1, episode 9: Council of the Greens – October 17, 2022
- Season 1, episode 10: The Dark Queen – October 24, 2022
- Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen
- Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen
- Olivia Cooke: Alicent Hightower
- Ewan Mitchell as Aemond Targaryen
- Tom Glynn-Carney as Aegon II Targaryen
- Harry Collett as Jacaerys Targaryen
- Phia Saban as Helaena Targaryen
- Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower
- Steve Toussaint as Corlys Velaryon “The Sea Serpent”
- Eve Best as Rhaenys Velaryon
- Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole
- Graham McTavish as Ser Harold Westerling
- Matthew Needham as Larys Strong
- Paddy Considine: King Viserys I Targaryen (season 1)
- Milly Alcock: Young Rhaenyra Targaryen (season 1)
- Emily Carey as Alicent Hightower young (season 1)
- Ryan Corr as Ser Harwin Strong (season 1)
- Jefferson Hall: Jason and Tyland Lannister
- David Horovitch: Grand Maester Mellos
- Bill PatersonLyman Beesbury
- Gavin Spokes as Lyonel Strong
- Simon Russell Beale: Ser Simon Strong (from season 2)
- Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower (from season 2)
- Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers (from season 2)
- Abubakar Salim as Alyn d’Hull (from season 2)
In France, the series House of the Dragonspin-off of Game Of Thrones, was broadcast during its first season on OCS. For watch episodes of the series in streaming on OCS, all you had to do was subscribe to the platform from €10.99 per month. Since then, Amazon has taken over the broadcasting rights for HBO productions in France via its Warner pass. But the platform of the American prestige channel, Max, should arrive in the summer of 2024 in France, around the same date as House of the Dragon. It therefore seems likely that season 2 will be seen on (HBO) Max. For the moment, no official announcement has been made on the broadcast of season 2 of House of the Dragon In France.