The heads of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, have a messaage for fans.
When news broke that HBO was looking for a Game of Thrones spinoff series, many writers and creatives threw their ideas in the ring. In the end (at least for now), co-showrunners Ryan J. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik’s House of the Dragon was ultimately the sole project to get the green light.
Co-created by Condal and fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin, House of the Dragon acts as a prequel to Game of Thrones. Set some 200 years before Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) tries to take back the Iron Throne, we find ourselves amongst her ancestors. A book loyalist, Condal draws the House of the Dragon source material from Martin’s Fire & Blood, a book that outlines the history of the Targaryen kings before the entire bloodline is nearly wiped out.
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