House of the Dragon: King Viserys reveal confirmed by director | EW.com Skip to content Top Navigation Close this dialog window Explore EW.com Close this dialog window Share & More Close this dialog window View image House of the Dragon director confirms a major character is dead this link is to an external site that … Read more
The following story contains spoilers for Season 1, Episode 7 of House of the Dragon, “Driftmark.” House of the Dragon, thus far in its freshman season, has been heavy on scheming, alliances, and politicking, and—outside of a 10-or-so minute, dialogue-free scene of triumph for Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith)—light on actual war, battling and violence. For … Read more
Olivia CookePhoto: Ollie Upton/HBO The pacing of House Of The Dragon is a curious thing, oscillating between a breakneck speed that hardly lets us learn the names of its players before it dispatches them and lethargic, plodding slowness. Maybe that’s what happens when you adapt one section of a fake history book rather than a … Read more
As you’re probably aware by now, House of the Dragon is a prequel. The Game of Thrones spinoff, based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, takes place nearly 200 years before the events of the original HBO series. Unlike the original series, which ran out of material to adapt by the end of its … Read more
Creator Ryan Condal told Variety he’s not ruling out Milly Alcock and Emily Carey returning. Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke replaced the duo as their older counterparts after a time-jump. Condal says “House of the Dragon” can do things differently to “Game of Thrones.” Loading Something is loading. When “House of the Dragon” first premiered … Read more
House of the Dragon viewers were reminded of a certainGame of Thrones character in the prequel’s latest episode. Sunday night’s (25 September) episode of the spin-off series moved the story on in rapid fashion, jumping forward 10 years in time. Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke officially succeeded Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Princess Rhaenyra … Read more
“Chaos is a ladder,” as Littlefinger infamously said on “Game of Thrones.” And the prequel series “House of the Dragon” just revealed that Larys Strong is climbing it. SPOILER ALERT: Contains details from Episode 6 of “House of the Dragon,” airing Sunday, Sept. 25, on HBO and HBO Max. Episode 6 of “House of the … Read more
Olivia Cooke and Fabien FrankelPhoto: Ollie Upton/HBO House Of The Dragon pulls a 10-year time jump with “The Princess And The Queen,” taking a page from The Crown. And like that other royal drama Matt Smith was also in, this involves a massive recasting to age up its characters, plus the introduction of a new … Read more
Viewership of ‘House of the Dragon’ has hit a steady pace. The fifth episode of the “Game of Thrones” prequel drew 3% more viewers than Episode 4, Variety has learned exclusively. Additionally, Season 1 is now averaging 29 million viewers per episode. These statistics combine Nielsen’s measurement of Episode 5’s four cable airings on Sunday … Read more
Ah, weddings – a time for love, and if you live in the “Game of Thrones” or “House of the Dragon” world, a time for carnage and death. [Warning: Spoilers ahead for episode 5 of “House of the Dragon.”] In the fifth episode of the “GoT” spinoff “House of the Dragon” (Sundays at 9 p.m. … Read more
Much like its predecessor Game of Thrones, HBO’s prequel series House of the Dragon is very much about the politics, palace intrigue and constantly shifting allegiances surrounding various characters’ ambitions to be ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. But unlike the earlier show, which depicted an entire realm vying for the Iron Throne, House of the … Read more
Milly Alcock Photo: HOLLIE ADAMS/AFP (Getty Images) (This post contains spoilers for House Of The Dragon season 1, episode 4. Proceed with caution!) From the perspective of this non-actor, there are few aspects of showbiz that seem more uncomfortable than filming a sex scene—one of them, however, is definitely filming an incestuous one. In Game … Read more
Warning: spoilers ahead for Episode 4 of House of the Dragon. Rhaenyra and Daemon chose the Targaryen way during Episode 4 of , when they visited a pleasure house and got even more comfortable with each other. After Daemon returned to Dragonstone and offered up his crown to Viserys, Daemon took Rhaenyra for a night … Read more
House of the Dragon reveals what happened between Rhaenyra, Daemon, and Ser Criston Cole | EW.com Skip to content Top Navigation Close this dialog window Explore EW.com Close this dialog window Share & More Close this dialog window View image How House of the Dragon clarifies a lingering mystery from Fire and Blood this link … Read more
At least four years have passed since the death of Baelon Targaryen—the “Heir for a Day”—an event that opened the succession vacuum on House of the Dragon. The Queen, Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), has since given birth to a son (the eldest son and first-in-line to the throne by gendered tradition) and now nurses another … Read more