‘House of the Dragon’ Extended Comic-Con Trailer Released Online
On Saturday, HBO hosted an hour-long panel at San Diego Comic-Con, with the main cast of the upcoming series House of the Dragon, as well as co-showrunner Ryan Condal and George R. R. Martin.
The panel opened with an extended trailer for the Game of Thrones spin-off series, and then moved on to a Q&A with the cast and crew. HBO has now released that extended trailer online, which you can check out here:
Set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon will follow House Targaryen divide itself over the issue of heritage — Emma D’Arcy plays Princess Rhaenyra, firstborn of King Viserys (Paddy Considine). Rhaenyra’s claim to the Iron Throne sparks nationwide discussions that will quickly turn into battles, as following the outcome of the Great Council of Harrenhal, no woman would be allowed to sit on the Iron Throne.
The cast also includes Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen, Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower, Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, “The Sea Snake”, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole, Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria, and Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower. Check out an extensive explanation of the role each of them will play here.
The first two episodes have apparently been rated TV-MA for “Adult Content, Adult Language, Graphic Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content”, and “Adult Content, Adult Language, Violence”, respectively. Their runtimes have also been revealed to be 1h 6min and 54min. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in a piece that was published last week, co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik, who couldn’t attend Comic-Con after testing positive for COVID-19, said that, compared to Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon pulls back on the amount of sex, even though sexual assault is still very present in the world:
“[Ryan Condal and I approached sexual assault in ‘House of the Dragon’] carefully, thoughtfully and [we] don’t shy away from it. If anything, we’re going to shine a light on that aspect. You can’t ignore the violence that was perpetrated on women by men in that time. It shouldn’t be downplayed and it shouldn’t be glorified.”
Another controversy that surrounded the original series, and they hope to correct this time around, is the lack of racial diversity among the cast. Ryan Condal told THR:
“We knew from the outset that we wanted to change that conversation. The world changed a lot between 2011 and 2021 and [so did] what audiences expect to see on camera. The conversations Miguel and I had were: How do we create a diverse cast for ‘House of the Dragon’ but still do it in a way that feels organic to the world and doesn’t feel like pandering or tokenism — and also have them not be pirates, slaves and mercenaries like you tend to see in high fantasies?”
House of the Dragon will debut on HBO on August 21. It will be able to stream on HBO Max shortly thereafter.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as authors like Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
