'House of the Dragon' – Season 2 premiere will last 64 minutes

We are two weeks away from the highly anticipated premiere of season 2 of House of the Dragonthe prequel series Game of Thrones the HBO.

The most recent news shared by the premium cable company confirms that the first episode of the second season, titled “A Son for a Son” will last more than an hour. To be exact, one hour and four minutes (64 minutes), according to HBO programming.

SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SEASON 1

To recap, at the end of the first season, war was about to break out between Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and his half-brother Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) for the Iron Throne. The decision was made by Rhaenyra after Aegon II's brother, Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) murdered Lucerys Velarion (Elliot Grihault), Rhaenyra's son.

This event gives rise to the Targaryen civil war, widely known as the Dance of the Dragonsdivided by the black side (Rhaenyra) and the green side (Aegon II).

HOTD sets its plot in Westeros, 200 years prior to the events portrayed in GoT, prior to the fall of the Throne, exploring the beginning and end of House Targaryen after the unification of the Seven Kingdoms. The first season dramatized the backstory of the key characters of King Viserys's reign and the civil war that resulted, both from Lucerys's assassination, and from his disrespected succession plans.

The title of the premiere of the second season, “A Son for a Son”, It is taken directly from George RR Martin's book, Fire & Bloodreferring to a specific plot, which we will not spoil here, that leads to Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) to plan revenge for Luke's death (blood and cheese!). Expectations regarding THAT scene in particular are already very high among the fandom who knows what is happening.

It is very likely that this plot will take place within the first or first episodes. Pay attention now.

Other returning Season 1 cast members include Olivia Cooke, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Rhys Ifans, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall y Matthew Needham.

They join the second season, Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull, Jamie Kenna as Being Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew like Hugh, Tom Bennett like Ulf, Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne, abu bakar salim as Alyn of Hull, Gayle Rankin como Alys Rivers, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower, and Simon Russell Beale like Being Simon Strong.

George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal They are the co-creators, co-writers, and executive producers. House of the Dragon is based on the novel Fire & Blood by Martin. Condal stayed on as solo showrunner for the second season, the other showrunner, Miguel Sapochnik He will be involved only as an executive producer from now on.

The second season of HOTD will consist of 8 episodes that will be released with a weekly premiere, both in linear transmission on HBO and on the MAX streamer. The premiere will premiere on June 16, 2024.