{"id":548896,"date":"2026-03-10T16:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/game-of-thrones-prequel-series-house-of-the-dragon-premieres-in-august\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:30:29","slug":"game-of-thrones-prequel-series-house-of-the-dragon-premieres-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/game-of-thrones-prequel-series-house-of-the-dragon-premieres-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones Prequel Series House of the Dragon Premieres In August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/game-of-thrones-prequel-series-house-of-the-dragon-premieres-in-august.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>House of the Dragon<\/em>, the prequel series to <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> centered on House Targaryen, premieres on August 21, HBO announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hbomax\/status\/1509183677518987267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 10-episode series, which will only be streamed through HBO Max, is set 200 years before the events of <em>Game of Thrones,<\/em> when the Targaryens were still in power. However, <em>House of the Dragon <\/em>centers on the inner turmoil that led to their downfall, particularly a civil war known as the Dance of Dragons.\u00a0The show draws partial inspiration from author George R.R. Martin\u2019s 2018 book <em>Fire &#038; Blood<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-center\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/game-of-thrones-prequel-series-house-of-the-dragon-premieres-in-august-1.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p><span>The cast includes Matt Smith (Prince Daemon Targaryen), Olivia Cooke (Lady Alicent Hightower), Paddy Considine (King Viserys I Targaryen), and Emma D\u2019Arcy (Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen). Writer and producer Ryan J. Condal (<em>Rampage<\/em>, <em>Colony<\/em>) and George R.R. Martin serve as principal showrunners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can watch <em>House of the Dragon<\/em>\u2019s first trailer, which premiered last October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/gamer-culture\/2021\/10\/05\/heres-the-first-teaser-trailer-for-game-of-thrones-prequel-series-house-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Are you excited to watch House of the Dragon? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/gamer-culture\/2022\/03\/30\/game-of-thrones-prequel-series-house-of-the-dragon-premieres-in-august\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House of the Dragon, the prequel series to Game of Thrones centered on House Targaryen, premieres on August 21, HBO announced on Twitter today.\u00a0 The 10-episode series, which will only be streamed through HBO Max, is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, when the Targaryens were still in power. However, House of the Dragon centers on the inner turmoil that led to their downfall, particularly a civil war known as the Dance of Dragons.\u00a0The show draws partial inspiration from author George R.R. Martin\u2019s 2018 book Fire &#038; Blood.\u00a0\u00a0 The cast includes Matt Smith (Prince Daemon Targaryen), Olivia Cooke (Lady Alicent Hightower), Paddy Considine (King Viserys I Targaryen), and Emma D\u2019Arcy (Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen). Writer and producer Ryan J. Condal (Rampage, Colony)&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/game-of-thrones-prequel-series-house-of-the-dragon-premieres-in-august\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":548897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Game of Thrones Prequel Series House of the Dragon Premieres In August | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"House of the Dragon, the prequel series to Game of Thrones centered on House Targaryen, premieres on August 21, HBO announced on Twitter today.\u00a0 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