Warner Bros. has announced that the second season of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” will air in June. JB Perrette, Discovery’s president of broadcast and gaming, made the announcement during a media interview at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference.
HBO CEO Casey Bloys previously hinted at a “summer” date in November. Discovery CEO David Zaslav talked about “next quarter” during the fourth quarter call in February. 23. The series is adapted from George R.R. Watch Martin’s ‘Fire and Blood’ and explores the Targaryen dynasty in fictional Westeros, nearly 200 years before ‘Game of Thrones.’ The story takes place approximately 100 years after the Targaryens united the Seven Kingdoms.
Returning cast members for the season include Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabian Frankel, Ivan Mitchell, Tom Green-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Rhys Ifans, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia. , Phoebe Campbell, Fia Saban, Jefferson Hall and Matthew Needham. The show will also introduce newcomers including Abubakar Salim, Gail Rankin, Freddie Fox and Simon Russell Beale.
The first season was released with 10 episodes in August 2022. A week after the first broadcast, ratings of the show skyrocketed. Filming for the second season will begin on April 11, 2023 at Warner Bros. Leavesden Studios, which was not influenced by the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild and Television Screen Actors Guild genre, as the script was completed before the film began.