HBO has announced the premiere date for House of the Dragon Season 2 with “dueling” trailers and posters. The eight-episode second season debuts on Sunday, June 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.
Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President of HBO Programming and head of HBO Drama Series and Films, debuted HBO’s first-ever dueling trailers at Series Mania in Lille, France, on Thursday, March 21. This was part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s announcement that Max will begin launching in Europe on May 21. Click here for more details on the rollout of Max in Europe.
Westeros is on the brink of a bloody civil war, with the Green and Black Councils fighting for King Aegon and Queen Rhaenyra, respectively. As each side believes theirs to be the rightful seat on the Iron Throne, the Green and Black trailers reflect those two perspectives in separate yet complementary halves of the same story.
For global audiences, “All Must Choose” their side of House Targaryen as the realm fractures in season two. 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.
The House of the Dragon Season 2 cast includes Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. The additional returning cast includes Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham.
New cast members for the second season include Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull, Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower, Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong, and Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull.
Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh, Tom Bennett as Ulf, Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne are also joining the HBO show.
George R.R. Martin is the co-creator and executive producer, and Ryan Condal is the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer. The executive producers also include Sara Hess, Alan Taylor, Melissa Bernstein, Kevin de la Noy, Loni Peristere, and Vince Gerardis.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.