In a new blog post, author George R.R. Martin opened up about his visit to the set of the House of the Dragon Season 2 at Leavesden Studios in London. Martin, who is an executive producer on the show, confirmed that he has already seen early cuts of the first two episodes of Season 2, teasing that fans should anticipate a “very dark” and “gut-wrenching” sequences for the next installment.
“Ryan [Condal] gave me of the first two episodes of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, season two. (Rough cuts, of course),” Martin wrote. “Of course, I am hardly objective when talking about anything based on my own work… but I have to say, I thought both episodes were just great. (And they are not even finished yet). Dark, mind you. Very dark. They may make you cry. (I did not cry myself, but one of my friends did). Powerful, emotional, gut-wrenching, heart rending. Just the sort of thing I like. (What can I say? I was weaned on Shakespeare, and love the tragedies and history plays best of all).”
More Seasons of House of the Dragon Have Been Discussed
In addition, Martin also shared that during his visit, he was able to discuss House of the Dragon’s potential Seasons 3 and 4 for two days with co-creator Condal and the show’s writing staff.
He added, “It was not all tromping through sets, though. I also spent two days locked in a room with Ryan Condal and his writing staff (Sara Hess, Ti Mikkel, David Hancock, and Philippa Goslett) talking about the third and fourth seasons of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. They were lively, fun discussions, and we got some good work done… though two days was not nearly enough. There is so much ground to cover that I am not sure twenty days would have been enough.”
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon chronicles the rise and the downfall of the Targaryens – the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria. It currently stars Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Graham McTavish, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Matthew Needham, Bill Patterson, Gavin Spokes, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Savannah Steyn, and Theo Nate.
