It is no secret that author George R.R. Martin is no stranger to adding a bit of violence to his vast world but House of the Dragon season 2 is set to take it to an even darker level.
As the author behind the world-famous Game of Thrones TV show and more recently, House of the Dragon, George R.R. Martin’s expansive fantasy series is full to the brim with sex, nudity and violence.
Check out one of the trailers for House of the Dragon season 2 below!
If you have watched Game of Thrones, you will remember the event simply known as the Red Wedding which saw a vast majority of the show’s important characters killed off in quite a brutal fashion.
However, the book which inspired House of the Dragon takes things a step further.
Titled Fire & Blood, readers of the book will recognise the ‘Blood and Cheese’ event and know that it is probably set to be one of the most brutal scenes seen in the show’s history. As someone who has read the book myself, I greatly advise researching its trigger warnings.
It is set to be so awful in fact, that House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal spoke about it in a recent interview with Den of Geek.
“I remember reading it and just thinking wow, George [R.R. Martin] kind of outdid himself in his own George-ness in terms of finding the awful depths of certain characters,” Condal explained.
“It is not a feel-good story. As with the original Game of Thrones, there are moments of true hope and humanity that shine through the bleakness. But it’s almost the bleakness that makes those things at work worthwhile.”
It won’t be long before we get to see the second season with it expected to air on Max on 16 June. The season will continue the saga of the fallout of House Targaryen and the war of the Greens vs the Blacks.
House of the Dragon releases dual season 2 trailers, setting up a tense civil war
House of the Dragon is teasing the Dance of Dragons storyline with two season two trailers.
The first full-length trailers for House of the Dragon’s second season have finally arrived. Yes, that’s trailers, plural.
It was always going to be a tough task following in the footsteps of Game of Thrones, but House of the Dragon did so in style. As soon as reviews compared it to Thrones’ early golden seasons, I think it’s fair to say that we all knew that we were in for a good time.
Just a few episodes later and House of the Dragon had already secured an early season two renewal, with that season now having been in the works for two years.
The wait for more is almost over as House of the Dragon is set to return in June and ahead of its premiere, HBO has dropped two full-length trailers for the new season – and oh my, it looks just as glorious as we hoped.
Take a look at House of the Dragon’s second season in action below in the all-new ‘Black’ trailer.
All being well, it’s believed that House of the Dragon should last for four seasons, at least according to George R. R. Martin. Of course, it needs to maintain a solid base of viewers for that to happen.
Season two should track the events of the infamous Dance of the Dragons, a civil war within the Targaryen house with Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Daemon (Matt Smith), and Alicent (Olivia Cooke) all continuing to be key players.
As such, season two has been presented to us via two different trailers. The ‘Black’ trailer and the ‘Green’ trailer. “There’s two sides to every story,” the marketing teases.
A host of new faces will also be joining the show including Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong, and Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower.
My hype for season two has grown tenfold – and we can now begin an official countdown. Season two premieres on 16 June.