‘Dwelling of the Dragon’: HBO Drops First-Peep Images of ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel (Pictures)
HBO dropped three first-demand photos of its upcoming “Game of Thrones” prequel series, “Dwelling of the Dragon,” on Wednesday, a week after revealing manufacturing on the spinoff had in a roundabout diagram begun in the U.K.
Situation 300 years sooner than the occasions of “Game of Thrones,” “Dwelling of the Dragon” tells the chronicle of Dwelling Targaryen, the ancestors of Emilia Clarke’s Daenerys Targaryen. The series is determined to debut in 2022.
In the most major of the three first-demand photos released this day, which you will need the selection to see below, “Dwelling of the Dragon” forged members Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith are confirmed in persona as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Prince Daemon Targaryen, respectively. The change two photos point out Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, a.k.a. The Sea Snake, and Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower and Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower.
Now whereas you aren’t an avid reader of George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fireplace” series — or “Fireplace & Blood,” the ebook on Targaryen family historical previous on which “Dwelling of the Dragon” is essentially based — and do not know who those characters are yet, right here are the descriptions, courtesy of HBO:
Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen: The king’s first-born miniature one, she is of pure Valyrian blood, and he or she is a dragonrider. Many would recount that Rhaenyra changed into born with all the pieces… but she changed into no longer born a man.
Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen: The younger brother to King Viserys and inheritor to the throne. A peerless warrior and a dragonrider, Daemon possesses the best blood of the dragon. Nonetheless it is miles asserted that every time a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin in the air…
Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, “The Sea Snake”: Lord of Dwelling Velaryon, a Valyrian bloodline as historical as Dwelling Targaryen. As “The Sea Snake,” the most famed nautical adventurer in the historical previous of Westeros, Lord Corlys built his dwelling valid into a sturdy seat that is even richer than the Lannisters and that claims an indispensable navy on the earth.
Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower: The daughter of Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, and the most comely lady in the Seven Kingdoms. She changed into raised in the Red Withhold, end to the king and his innermost circle; she possesses both a courtly grace and a eager political acumen.
Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower: The Hand of the King, Ser Otto loyally and faithfully serves both his king and his realm. As the Hand sees it, the best threat to the realm is the king’s brother, Daemon, and his honest as inheritor to the throne.
Look the “Dwelling of the Dragon” first-demand photos below.
While Martin is credited as the point out’s co-creator and govt producer, Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik will tackle the showrunning. (Condal is fellow co-creator, creator and govt producer; Sapochnik is directing the pilot and other episodes, and is an govt producer.)
Furthermore govt producing are creator Sara Hess and non-writers Vince Gerardis and Ron Schmidt. David Hancock is a co-govt producer. Jocelyn Diaz is a consulting producer. Additional administrators comprise co-govt producer Greg Yaitanes, and Clare Kilner and Geeta V. Patel, who cease no longer get producing credits.