House of the Dragon Featurette Previews the Game of Thrones Prequel Series

HBO returns to the Game of Thrones franchise next month with House of the Dragon, and a new featurette previews the prequel series. HBO released the video on Tuesday which features George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal, and Miguel Sapochnik among others discussing what’s to come in the new series.

The show is set to premiere on August 21st and is based on Martin’s Fire & Blood. It stars Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Milly Alcock, Emily Carey, Graham McTavish, Ryan Corr, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Matthew Needham, Bill Patterson, Gavin Spokes, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Savannah Steyn, and Theo Nate, and is described as follows:

Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen.