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Aug 21, 2022 · Director Miguel Sapochnik and star Paddy Considine break down King Viserys' big premiere episode decisions. ... with the premiere concluding with Viserys picking his daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen ...
Feb 8, 2022 · Putting the pair at the heart of the Targaryen tale was the catalyst for veteran Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik returning to ... Emma D’Arcy taking on the role of the king’s daughter ...
Sep 28, 2022 · House of the Dragon executive producer and Game of Thrones veteran Miguel Sapochnik has explained the dynamics between Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock/Emma D'Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey/Olivia Cooke). House of the Dragon depicts a succession crisis within the small screen's most notorious dragon-owning family, the Targaryens.
Jul 20, 2022 · Sapochnik breaks down the prequel’s story in the simplest of terms: “The main characters are two women and two men. There’s the king (Viserys), his brother (Daemon), the king’s daughter ...
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The Game of Thrones prequel is now streaming on HBO Max
The other prequel series looked set to be massive. One of five potential spin-off shows ordered into development by HBO, this one, set 8,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones, looked the most likely to get a green light. HBO even shot a pilot episode over the summer of 2019.
Scripted by Jane Goldman – who boasts Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class and Kingsman on her impressive resumé – the untitled series would reportedly have told the story of the First Men, the Children of the Forest, and the creation of the White Walkers.
Naomi Watts headed up an impressive cast that also included John Simm (Life on Mars, Doctor Who), Miranda Richardson (Blackadder II, Good Omens), Jamie Campbell Bower (The Twilight Saga: New Moon, King Arthur) and Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The End of the F***ing World).
All looked promising until October 2019, when it turned out HBO had decided not to pick up the show. So, what gave the broadcaster the fear?
"In development, in pilots, sometimes things come together, sometimes they don't," HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys told Deadline. "One of the things I think Jane [Goldman] took on beautifully, which was a challenge, there was a lot more world creation because she set hers 8,000 years before the [parent] show, so it required a lot more. One of the things about House of Dragons [sic], there is a text, there is a book, so that made it a little bit more of a road map for a series order.
"I think Jane did a beautiful job, it was a big challenge but there was nothing that I would point to and say, 'Oh, that one element did not work.' Just overall it did not quite gel."
By the time House of the Dragon arrives, we think curiosity for a Game of Thrones prequel series will be higher than it would've been three years ago, when the show ended divisively.
The big names in the cast and shift in time frame do make the series sound intriguing – the pressure will just be on to make the stakes feel as grand as they were in the main series, which is tough when we ultimately know what happens to House Targaryen.
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Aug 18, 2022 · The new series opens with House Targaryen at full power, but the line of succession is soon questioned when King Viserys names his eldest daughter Rhaenyra heir. Showrunners Ryan J. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik, who also directs several House of the Dragon season 1 episodes, have turned GRRM's epic history of the Targaryen family into a high ...
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