Eight episodes of the second season of the television series House of the Dragon instead of ten as in the first season, which aired from August 21 to October 23, 2022 on HBO.
House of the Dragon executive producer and showrunner Ryan Condal, who works under George R.R. Martin, stepped back during pre-production for season 2 (soon to begin filming in the UK) to get a review of the game. prequel to Thrones, which follows the American author’s novel Fire and Blood, and define the overall flow of the story, including how to divide the stories from season to season and which battles to include and when.
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Gets Shorter as Season 3 of HBO’s ‘Eyes’ Greenlight https://t.co/T4QGD9e8Yj
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As per relatively common practice, HBO didn’t reveal the episode order when it announced its second season renewal last summer. The original plan called for a new 10-episode arc, but this was eventually changed, resulting in a rewrite of the script. Given the change in leadership at parent company HBO, some have pointed to the desire of Warner Bros. Discovery cut costs. An HBO spokesperson who confirmed to Deadline that the second season would have “only”eight episodes, pointed out that the episode cut was due to the story.
House of the Dragon season 3 coming soon
In this context, House of the Dragon season 3 has been revealed internally and could soon be formally confirmed as HBO is seriously considering moving forward with the scripts, casting and production schedule. Since some of the plot originally planned for Season 2, including a major battle, has been moved to Season 3, sources say it’s now more likely that the series will run for four seasons, but that hasn’t happened yet. Condal and George R.R. Martin continue to speculate on how many seasons (three or four) would be optimal to tell a complete story.