The third season of House of the Dragon will premiere on June 21 at 9 pm ET, according to an official announcement by HBO. The upcoming season will consist of eight episodes, released weekly, with the finale scheduled for August 9.
Alongside the release date, a new teaser for the series has been unveiled. The makers captioned the teaser with the line: “There will be no doubt who the gods have chosen to rule.”
The series is based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood and is set around 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones. It follows the Targaryen civil war, referred to in Westeros history as the “Dance of the Dragons.”
The cast includes Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell and Tom Glynn-Carney, among others.
The show is co-created by Ryan Condal and George R.R. Martin, both of whom also serve as executive producers. Condal continues as showrunner.
© instagram.com/gameofthronesHouse of the Dragon is one of several projects expanding the Game of Thrones universe. HBO is also developing further content, including another prequel series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and a prequel film based on Aegon’s Conquest.
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