“House of the Dragon” Season 3 has an official premiere date at HBO.
The third season of the “Game of Thrones” prequel will launch on June 21 at 9 p.m. ET and streaming at the same time on HBO Max. The eight-episode season will air new episodes weekly until the season finale on August 9. HBO had previously said the new season would begin in June, though an exact date was not known until now.
HBO has also released a new teaser trailer, which can be seen below.
Based on the George R.R. Martin book “Fire & Blood,” the series is set roughly 200 years prior to the events of “Game of Thrones” and tells the story of the Targaryen civil war that is known in Westeros as the Dance of Dragons.
The sprawling ensemble cast includes: Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, Matthew Needham, James Norton, Tom Bennett, Kieran Bew, Kurt Egyiawan, Freddie Fox, Clinton Liberty, Gayle Rankin, Abubakar Salim, Tom Cullen, Tommy Flanagan, Dan Fogler, Joplin Sibtain, and Barry Sloane.
Ryan Condal and Martin co-created the series and executive produce, with Condal also serving as showrunner. Sara Hess, Melissa Bernstein, Kevin de la Noy, Vince Gerardis, David Hancock, and Philippa Goslett also executive produce.
“House of the Dragon” is just one of the projects set in the “Game of Thrones” universe at HBO and Warner Bros. The premium cabler is currently prepping Season 2 of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” another “Game of Thrones” prequel which debuted its critically-acclaimed first season earlier this year. Warner Bros. is also developing a prequel film focused on Aegon’s Conquest.
