House of the Dragon, a lavish Game of Thrones spinoff, had a record-breaking debut episode that helped launch the series in style.?The streamer revealed on Friday that House of the Dragon has been picked up for a second season.
However, this news isn't that shocking, given the fact that the premiere episode has attracted the highest audience ever for a brand-new original series, with more than 20 million viewers across platforms.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, executive vice president of HBO programming Francesca Orsi said, "We are beyond proud of what the entire House of the Dragon team has accomplished with season one."
And further stated, ¡°Our phenomenal cast and crew undertook a massive challenge and exceeded all expectations, delivering a show that has already established itself as must-see-TV. A huge thank you to [co-creator and executive producer George R.R. Martin and co-creator and showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik] for leading us on this journey. We couldn¡¯t be more excited to continue bringing to life the epic saga of House Targaryen with season two.¡±
The Targaryen civil war, which occurred about 300 years before the events in Game of Thrones, and their control over Westeros is central to the plot of House of the Dragon. House Of The Dragon's premiere episode was pretty good.?
The series conveys the sense that society has made some progress since Game of Thrones. All of them have returned from the carnage, conflict, personal moments, and the iron throne.
House Of The Dragon is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
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