HBO Renews HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON has been renewed for a third season, HBO announced. The move comes ahead of the show’s second season premiere on Sunday, June 16.

“[Co-creator] George [R.R. Martin], [showrunner[ Ryan [Condal], and the rest of our incredible executive producers, cast, and crew, have reached new heights with the phenomenal second season of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films, in a statement. “We are in awe of the dragon-sized effort the entire team has put into the creation of a spectacular season 2, with a scope and scale that is only rivaled by its heart. We could not be more thrilled to continue the story of House Targaryen and watch this team burn bright again for season 3.”

The series, based on Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” “set 200 years before the events of GAME OF THRONES, tells the story of House Targaryen.”

Season 2 stars Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Matthew Needham, Sonoya Mizuno, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban,  Jefferson Hall, Abubakar Salim, Gayle Rankin, Freddie Fox, Simon Russell Beale, Clinton Liberty, Jamie Kenna, Kieran Bew, Tom Bennett, Tom Taylor, and Vincent Regan.

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