Someone call the Westeros fire department because
House of the Dragon is now in production and about to set television screens ablaze. Hailing from co-creators George R.R. Martin and
Game of Thronesprequel is set about three centuries before the murder of Jon Arryn and the start of the flagship series.
As its title suggests,
Dragon — based on Martin's 2018 fictional history,
Fire & Blood — will focus on House Targaryen, the dragon-riding (and slightly unhinged) royals who forged the Iron Throne and ruled all of Westeros until Robert's Rebellion. HBO broke the news of production kicking off with a collection of images from a table read with principal cast members: Emma D’Arcy (Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen), Steve Toussaint (The Sea Snake), and Paddy Considine (King Viserys Targaryen), Matt Smith (Prince Daemon Targaryen), Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower), and Rhys Ifans (Otto Hightower).