House of the Dragon

American fantasy TV series

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April 2025 Tom Cullen, Joplin Sibtain, and Barry Sloane were announced to join the cast as Ser Luthor Largent, Ser Jon Roxton, and Ser Adrian Redfort respectively.
2025 Ryan Condal discussed creative tensions with George R. R. Martin regarding the adaptation of Fire & Blood in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
2025 Emma D'Arcy received another Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama nomination.
March 21 2025 Filming for the third season began at Leavesden Studios, Watford, with expected production lasting from March to October.
March 2025 Tommy Flanagan and Dan Fogler were announced to have joined the cast as Ser Roderick Dustin and Ser Torrhen Manderly, respectively.
2025 Emma D'Arcy was nominated for Best Actress in a Television Series at the Golden Globe Awards and Saturn Awards
2025 Caroline McCall nominated for Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television at the Costume Designers Guild Awards for 'House of the Dragon'
2025 Won Saturn Awards for Best Fantasy Television Series
2025 Emma D'Arcy was nominated for Best Actress in a Television Series at the Saturn Awards
2025 Daði Einarsson, Tom Horton, Sven Martin, Wayne Stables, and Mike Dawson nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode at the Visual Effects Society Awards
2025 Matt Perrin, James Thompson, Jacob Doehner, and P.J. Dillon nominated for Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project at the Visual Effects Society Awards
2025 Caroline McCall nominated for Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television at the Costume Designers Guild Awards for 'The Red Dragon and the Gold'
January 2025 James Norton was announced to have joined the cast for the third season as Lord Ormund Hightower.
2024 Season 2 premiered with 7.8 million viewers across linear and streaming, representing a 22% decline from season 1's 10 million viewers.
2024 Season 2 finale reached a season-high of 8.9 million viewers and marked the highest streaming viewership for any episode of the show.
2024 Second season of the television series 'House of the Dragon' is set to be released, continuing the narrative of the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.
2024 The show was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards
2024 Won Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes
August 2024 After the second season finished airing, Ryan Condal confirmed the series is intended to end after the fourth season.
July 7 2024 Eve Best makes her final appearance as Rhaenys Targaryen in this episode.
July 7 2024 First aired on HBO and Max, marking the premiere of the fourth episode of House of the Dragon's second season, 'The Red Dragon and the Gold'.
July 7 2024 The episode gained 8.1 million viewers in the United States during its premiere night, surpassing the season premiere's viewership.
June 2024 The second-season finale was leaked online, with HBO confirming the leak originated from a 'third-party distributor'.
June 2024 During the week of June 17-23, the series achieved its highest streaming viewership of 1.23 billion minutes according to Nielsen.
June 2024 Season 2 premiere attracted 7.8 million viewers, a 22% decline from season 1's debut, with 1.3 million U.S. households watching.
June 2024 The series was renewed for a third season ahead of the second-season premiere.
June 2024 HBO renewed House of the Dragon for a third season ahead of the second season's premiere.
June 16 2024 House of the Dragon's second season premiered on HBO.
June 16 2024 Second season premieres with eight episodes
June 16 2024 The second season of House of the Dragon premiered, with eight episodes and Ryan Condal as the sole showrunner.
2023 Ryan Condal announced plans to modify the show's lighting for the second season after receiving criticism about the dark cinematography in the first season's seventh episode.
2023 Emma D'Arcy earned a Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama nomination.
2023 The series won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama.
2023 Matt Smith was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at Critics' Choice Awards and Critics' Choice Super Awards
2023 Milly Alcock was nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series at Critics' Choice Awards
2023 Jim Clay, Dominic Masters, and Claire Nia Richards were nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program
2023 Jany Temime, Katherine Burchill, Paul Yeowell, Rachel George, and Joanna Lynch won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes
2023 Fabian Wagner was nominated for the British Society of Cinematographers Awards for Best Cinematography in a Television Drama
2023 Jim Clay was nominated for the Art Directors Guild Awards for Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Fantasy Single-Camera Series
2023 House of the Dragon won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Drama
2023 Jany Temime won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television for 'The Heirs of the Dragon'
December 2023 Additional cast members were announced for the second season, including Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull, Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh Hammer, Tom Bennett as Ulf the White, and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne.
December 2023 George R. R. Martin stated on his personal blog that third and fourth seasons were being written.
September 2023 George R. R. Martin published a since-deleted blog post criticizing changes made to the source material by Condal and HBO.
September 2023 Principal photography for the second season wrapped up.
August 2023 The battle at Rook's Rest was filmed in Bourne Wood, Surrey, England. The battle sequence was described by Ryan Condal as the largest and most expensive set piece in the series to date.
May 18 2023 Second season filming moved to Cáceres, Spain.
April 2023 Gayle Rankin, Simon Russell Beale, Freddie Fox, and Abubakar Salim were announced as new cast members for the second season, playing Alys Rivers, Ser Simon Strong, Ser Gwayne Hightower, and Alyn of Hull, respectively.
April 2023 Principal photography for the second season of House of the Dragon began. The first scene shot was Daemon's dream sequence with young Rhaenyra in the Throne room.
April 11 2023 Principal photography for the second season began at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in Watford, England.

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