The second season of House of the Dragon flies express to Showmax and M-Net from 17 June 2024. The Emmy-winning first season was named Best TV Series – Drama at the 2023 Golden Globes and Best TV Series at Rotten Tomatoes’ Golden Tomato Awards for the best reviewed show of 2022.
The series holds the record for the most-watched series premiere in HBO history. 10 million people tuned in to watch the first episode.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen.
Matt Smith is back in his Critics Choice-nominated role as Daemon Targaryen, as is Emma D’Arcy in her Golden Globe-nominated role as Rhaenyra Targaryen. Olivia Cooke, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel and Rhys Ifans also return.
New cast this season include BAFTA nominee Abubakar Salim (Father in Raised by Wolves) as Alyn of Hull, Gayle Rankin (Sheila the She-Wolf in GLOW) as Alys Rivers, Freddie Fox (Slow Horses, The Great) as Ser Gwayne Hightower, and Kieran Bew (Bill O’Hara in Warrior) as Hugh.
Check out the trailer for the new season below:
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George R.R. Martin found inspiration for the plot of House of the Dragon in the English Civil War of the 12th century, with a particular focus on the rivalry for the throne between King Henry I’s daughter Matilda and her cousin, Stephen.
Five days after the first episode aired, the show was renewed for a second season. At that time the show already had 20 million viewers. The first season of the show took 10 months to shoot. It was predominantly shot in the UK.
The overall production budget of the first season of House of the Dragon was nearly $200 million (under $20 million per episode). By comparison, the first few seasons of Game of Thrones only cost about $6 million per episode to produce, while the final season had a price tag of $15 million per episode.
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