HBO chief gives fans a peek into the ‘GOT’ prequel, ‘House of the Dragon’

While fans are ready with bated breath for the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’, they'll’t assist however surprise what the present has in retailer for them. And HBO content material chief Casey Bloys may need a solution!

As per Variety, Bloys not too long ago spoke about the upcoming collection and different ‘GOT’ spinoffs in the works.

Bloys instructed Variety that he has been stunned by the quantity of individuals who consider that there are a number of ‘GOT’-related collection in energetic manufacturing.

For the report, ‘House of the Dragon’, a prequel that takes place 300 years earlier than the occasions depicted in ‘GOT’, is the solely spinoff that's actual thus far. ‘GOT’ creator George R.R. Martin helps to supervise improvement on at the least six different tasks, together with an animated collection.

Speaking about the forthcoming prequel collection, Bloys mentioned, “House of the Dragon is the only one shooting. All the other ones are in various stages of development. People may think we have 10 series shooting at the moment. There’s one that will be on the air in 2023. We’ll see how the other scripts come along.”

‘House of the Dragon’ is now filming in England, led by showrunner/govt producer Ryan J. Condal and director/govt producer Migel Sapochnik, a ‘GOT’ alum.

Bloys didn't give out any spoilers however he mentioned he likes what he’s seen of the dailies thus far.

“It looks spectacular. The cast that (Sapochnik) and Ryan have put together looks good,” he mentioned.

The prequel collection is predicated on Martin’s novel ‘Fire and Blood’, a companion to the ‘Song of Ice and Fire’ novels that had been the foundation for ‘GOT’.

The prequel will comply with the Dance of the Dragons, the Targaryen civil conflict between siblings Aegon II and Rhaenyra, who fought for the throne after the demise of their father Viserys I. The Dance of the Dragons pits Westeros’ nice homes — together with the Lannisters and Starks — in opposition to one another and resulted in the demise of House Targaryen’s strongest dragons. Soon after the conflict, they'd go extinct till Daenerys Targaryen would give beginning to 3 dragons three centuries later.

‘GOT’ ran for eight seasons from 2011 to 2019 and was created by showrunners and govt producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

The pair had been famously protecting of the franchise. But they've now handed the keys to the kingdom to the ‘Dragon’ workforce after signing a USD 200 million manufacturing pact with an HBO rival.

Benioff and Weiss “have been entirely hands off” on Dragon. “They’re off working at Netflix,” Bloys mentioned.

‘House of the Dragon’ stars Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen, Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon aka the Sea Snake, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon, Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, and Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole.

The upcoming collection ‘House of the Dragon’ will premiere in 2023.