at the gate of the premiere ‘dragon’s house(‘The Dragon’s House’)Coming to Spain on August 22, ‘Game of Thrones’ slowly unraveling his letters. After the final trailer was released, it’s clear that this is one of the big long-term bets. HBO Max is currently immersed in its own revolution due to its imminent merger with Discovery+.
As in the successful series starring Daenerys, Jon Snow and Starks, it will not be easy to cover the names of many characters we will see on the screen. Although the war is now confined to the same family, targaryens. Here’s a rundown of 10 things viewers dare to continue exploring the universe they’ve created. George R.R. Martin In “Dragon’s House” (“Dragon House”).
George RR Martin involved in the project
George R.R. MartinThe creator of the fantasy epic on which “Game of Thrones” and “The House of Dragon” are based has been in this prequel from the very beginning. Actually, one of the creators, ryan condaladmits that he was the novelist who hired him. The author was mostly involved in the initial phase, determining the timeframe that the new series would cover and the events it would cover. Later, he released the team, although the scripts were read to be aware of how his story would be transferred to the big screen.
A ‘Game of Thrones’ expert
Outside of Condal, co-creator and co-producer of “La Casa del Dragón” (“The House of the Dragon”) Miguel Sapochnik An expert in the ‘Game of Thrones’ universe. He directed the two most influential episodes of the original series. “Battle of the Bastards” (ninth episode of season six) and “long night” (third of the eighth). Here he will again be in charge of the cameras in three of the 10 episodes that make up the first season.
Four players for two characters
Because “The House of Dragon” spans different time periods, the creators chose to use two different actresses for the same character. They will do it as two women who will have a lot of weight in the plot. Princess Rhaenyra TargaryenThe Australian actress will play the character of the king’s eldest daughter. Milly Alcock in adolescence and by the British Emma D’Arcy in his adulthood. It will be the same with your character. Alice High Towerdaughter Otto High Tower, Hand of the King. they will face Emily Carey first and Olivia Cooke after that.
new literary epic
In “Dragon House” (“Dragon House”), the platform again adapts a book by George RR Martin: ‘Fire and blood’. The title, which refers to the epic of the protagonist, targaryensDragon lords, as Daenerys already showed in ‘Game of Thrones’. Published in 2018, it is the first of two volumes (the second has yet to be published) exploring this influential lineage house. valyria He ruled for nearly 300 years in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
eight generations apart
Although “The House of Dragon” mentions the Targaryens, an epic we know from “Game of Thrones”, no characters from the original series will appear. Basically, because the story is set 200 years ago and the events that led to the civil war within the clan known as the Dance of Dragons. To summarize: in the family tree, eight generations They separate Rhaenyra, one of the prequel’s great heroes, from Daenerys Targaryen.
Like “Succession” but with dragons
Ryan Condal, “showrunner” of “The House of Dragon” with Miguel Sapochnik, compared the plot of the prequel to that of another successful HBO Max series. subrogation. Because here the plot also revolves around a succession, in this case the coveted king of the Iron Throne, Viserys Targaryens (commented by Paddy). “The drama that we paid the most attention to was ‘The Crown’ and ‘Succession’, which are the shows that the writers enjoyed the most and were similar in tone. [que queríamos mostrar]”, the co-producer assured in an interview with ‘SFX’ magazine.
“‘Game of Thrones’ actually [como] The War of the Roses, namely Yorks and Lancasters, was represented by Starks and Lannisters. However, this dance of dragons. It’s a civil war within one family, and that makes it all the more fascinating and tragic in a way, because you see people of the same blood turning against each other and going to war.”
“Too Much” Sex Scene
‘Game of Thrones’ has not been cut when it comes to violence and sex scenes, and it looks like its predecessor will follow the same path. At least, according to one of the heroes, Matt Smithgiving life to the prince Daemon Targaryens. The actor, who is the Duke of Edinburgh in “The Crown”, said in an interview with “The Rolling Stones” that he owns “The House of Dragon”. “a little too much” sex scene. “You find yourself asking, ‘Do we need another sex scene,’ and they say, ‘Yeah, we do.’”
On the other hand, the new series wants to move away from its predecessor regarding the sexual violence sequences that were widely criticized during the ‘Game of Thrones’ era. First of all, featuring the character of Sansa Stark. As we move forward to the ‘Showdown’ Sarah Hessexecutive producer, “wouldn’t show sexual violence in the series instead to show the effects and consequences on the victim and the mother of the perpetrator. coerced and manipulated to please grown men. This is not necessarily done by those who identify as rapists or abusers, but often by well-meaning men who fail to see that what they are doing is traumatic and oppressive, because the system they all live in normalizes it. Less obvious than rape, but just as maliciousalbeit in a different way,” he explained.
Filming in Spain
‘Game of Thrones’ knew how to take advantage of the diversity of Spanish settings and filming took it across much of the Peninsula (Andalusia, Catalonia, Navarra, Castilla La Mancha, Extremadura, Basque Country…). And the prequel got good grades and some of its scenes caceres and at the Plaza Mayor in Trujillo, Estremadurawhere they converted it into a medieval market and placed a statue of a dragon.
dragons
There were three dragons that Daenerys raised in ‘Game of Thrones’. Rhaegal, Viserion and Drogon. But its predecessor will be a period of glory for the Targaryens, and it will be far more common to see one of these fantastical beings fly over the skies of Westeros. The creators predicted it would be 17 and that they take great care to differentiate them in their appearance and behavior as well as in the way they interact with their riders.
Lots of ‘by-products’
HBO Max has seen a vein in George RR Martin’s literary epic and is hoping to replicate the success of ‘Game of Thrones’ at the time. Although he did not succeed with the ‘spin-off’ starring Naomi Watts (a pilot was recorded but not released because he could not convince the producers), he is already preparing several derivative productions set in the same universe: about a series “Tales of Dunk and Egg” (“Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”), another Jon Snow as the hero, “10,000 Ships” (also known as “Nymeria”) ‘9 Journeys’ (or ‘Sea Snake’) and three animated series.