HBO orders Game of Thrones Targaryen prequel House of the Dragon to series

Entertainment Weekly

HBO has given a 10-episode order for the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon that is set during the Targaryen civil war, about 300 years before the events of the original HBO series. The pickup comes hours after news broke that HBO scrapped plans for the Naomi Watts-led prequel pilot from Jane Goldman. Colony co-creator Ryan Condal penned the prequel pilot and will serve as showrunner. George R.R. Martin will serve as co-creator on House of the Dragon. The prequel was originally developed by former Game of Thrones writer-producer Bryan Cogman, who now works for Amazon and its Lord of the Rings series. According to EW, "House of the Dragon is based on Martin’s 2019 book Fire and Blood, a history of House Targaryen that spans roughly 150 years. Like the other prequel, the story takes place long before the events in GoT, but not nearly as far back as the Goldman project (a couple hundred years before Ned Stark and Daenerys Targaryen, give or take). So Westeros will look different than it is in Game of Thrones, but not too dramatically different based on what Martin has written about the era." ALSO: Check out the "Fire Will Reign" House of the Dragon poster.