‘House of the Dragon’ stars share what they know about Season 3

House of the Dragon Stars Matt Smith, Tom Glynn-Carney and Fabien Frankel have shared an update on the upcoming third season of the HBO hit game of Thrones Spin off. In the series, Smith plays the role of the demon Targaryen, while Glynn-Carney and Frankel portray his enemies Aegon II Targaryen and Criston Cole, respectively.

Smith, Glynn-Carney and Frankel attended the recent event House of the Dragon Panel at New York Comic-Con 2024, where they were asked for their thoughts on the script for the next installment. According to Variety, both Smith and Glynn-Carney admitted that they still have no idea what will happen in Season 3 as the creative team hasn’t let them read the scripts yet. “Not a word, not a letter,” Glynn-Carney said. “The longer they go on, the longer we have to go without reading for a while.” Smith added: “I didn’t hear skin or hair. I don’t know about you. I haven’t heard anything – have I?” Unlike them, Frankel confirmed that he was able to find out some new information about the third season. “I’ve heard some things that I can’t possibly share herehe teased.

House of the Dragon is created and executive produced by showrunner Ryan Condal and author George RR Martin, based on his 2018 book Fire and blood. The acclaimed series also currently stars Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra, Olivia Cooke as Alicent, Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, Ewan Mitchell as Prince Aemond, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, Phia Saban as Helaena Targaryen and Harry Collett stars as Jacaerys Velaryon and more. Last season ended with Team Black preparing their armies and allies for an all-out war against Team Green after Alicent revealed Aegon’s current situation to Rhaenyra.

Shortly after the second season finale aired, Martin voiced his criticism of the final season in a now-deleted blog entry, saying, among other things, that the series mishandled some of its characters. In a statement, an HBO representative responded to Martin’s controversial post, reminding viewers that adapting existing material for television has its limitations. Nevertheless, they are convinced that Condal and his team have done “extraordinary work” in the first two seasons. “There are few bigger fans of George RR Martin and his book Fire and blood as the creative team House of the Dragonboth in production and at HBO. “When adapting a book for the screen, with its own format and limitations, the showrunner generally ultimately must make difficult decisions about the characters and stories that the audience will follow,” HBO said.

What’s next for the Game of Thrones franchise?

In an earlier press conference, Condal confirmed this House of the Dragon will end its run with the fourth season, while production on the third season is expected to begin in early 2025. Several Game of Thrones spin-offs are currently in development at HBO. These include: the upcoming ones A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight about two unlikely heroes, Ser Dun the Tall and Squire Egg; and an untitled Aegon’s Conquest series about the Targaryen family’s bloody and violent conquest of Westeros. The Batman – Part II Writer Mattson Tomlin was tapped to write the project.

Source: Diversity