House of the Dragon just wrapped up its second season, but now we know there are two more to look forward to. As reported by Variety, House of the Dragon Showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal confirmed during a press event that the series will have four seasons in total, with the third expected to go into production in “early 2025.”
This is the first time HBO has confirmed how many seasons it will have. game of Thrones The prequel will have, but the network has not revealed how many episodes remain. “I have not had any conversations with HBO about it,” Condal said when asked if Season 3 will have eight episodes, matching that of its second season. “I would just anticipate that the cadence of the show, from a dramatic narrative perspective, will remain the same going into Season 2.”
That estimate is just shy of what “A Song of Ice and Fire” author George R.R. Martin previously suggested. In 2022, he said that House of the Dragon It would probably take four 10-episode seasons to “do justice to the Dance of the dragonsfrom start to finish.” Viewers may also have a long wait ahead of them given the nearly two-year gap between the first two seasons, but the upcoming A knight of the seven kingdoms series — another one game of Thrones prequel — should help keep fans satisfied when it debuts next year.