House of the Dragon: that’s when the Game of Thrones prequel arrives in Italy

HBO must know a little more of the devil, otherwise the decision to broadcast the first episode of would not be explained House of the Dragonthe highly anticipated prequel to game of Thronesa week before the prequel de The Lord of the Rings on Prime Video. It remains that the series, one of the most anticipated of the year, will see the light on 22 August on Sky and streamed on NOW simultaneously with the American broadcastbringing viewers back to Westeros to give them an epic adventure that, we hope with all our heart, redeems the bad ending with which game of Thrones he took his leave of the public three years ago. Based on the novel Fire and blood by George RR Martin, House of the Dragon it will be set 200 years before the events mentioned in the original serieswith a special focus on the history of House Targaryen.

About the ten episodes, shot in the UK, we know very little, except that they will mainly focus on Daenys, the daughter of Aenar who he will predict a cataclysm destined to destroy all the territories of Valyria to the Targaryens. When their tragic fate is fulfilled, the Targaryens will remain the only surviving dragonlords: from the stronghold of Dragonstone, Aenys I, the son of Aegon the Conqueror, born of incest, will fight to defend the legendary Iron Throne built by his father. Throne that will lead, however, many ruthless contenders to come forward, convinced that he is not the worthy heir to power. Soon, however, House Targaryen will find themselves fighting a bloody civil war which will go down in history as the Dance of Dragons, leading Daenerys’ ancestors to unknowingly trace their slow and inexorable decline.

Great cast, ranging from Matt Smith to Paddy Considine, from Olivia Cooke to Emma D’Arcy, from Steve Toussaint to Eve Best, from Sonoya Mizuno to Fabien Frankel. It goes without saying that House of the Dragon will see George RR Martin as co-creator and executive producer of the series; Ryan Condal as co-creator, co-showrunner, executive producer and screenwriter; Miguel Sapochnik as co-showrunner, executive producer and director; Sara Hess as executive producer and screenwriter; and Jocelyn Diaz, Vince Gerardis, Ron Schmidt as executive producers. Directed by House of the Dragon it is, instead, entrusted to Clare Kilner, Geeta V. Patel. Buckle up, the Seven Kingdoms are about to return.

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