HBO and Max have debuted the first two posters for House of the Dragon season two, offering a look at friends-turned-enemies Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) as they gear up for an epic dance unlike any other.
With production on the highly anticipated second season reportedly wrapped (and plans already being put in place for season three), the posters also confirm that the first look at the eight-episode second season will arrive tomorrow morning, debuting during the show's CCXP presentation, which will likely have a few of its stars in attendance.
While they don't explicitly state that it's a full-length teaser trailer, we'd reckon it is and will be released online shortly after its convention debut, especially since WarnerMedia has already been extremely active this weekend with new trailers for Furiosa and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
There's no premiere date just yet, but they have slated it for a Summer 2024 return. Whether we get an actual date tomorrow remains to be seen, although we wouldn't bet against it, but it seems more likely they'll wait to give out the date until early next year.
The cast for season two includes Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. Additional returning cast includes Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham.
The directors for the new season are Alan Taylor (Episodes 1 & 4), Clare Kilner (Episodes 2 & 5), Geeta Patel (Episodes 3 & 8), Andrij Parekh (Episode 6), and Loni Peristere (Episode 7).
Alan Taylor previously helmed several episodes of flagship series Game of Thrones and joins House of the Dragon as an executive producer for season two. Clare Kilner and Geeta Patel both return after directing episodes from season one. Kilner was in the director's chair for episode four ("King of the Narrow Sea"), episode five ("We Light the Way"), and episode nine ("The Green Council"); while Patel was at the helm of episode eight ("The Lord of the Tides"), which is currently the highest-rated episode of the series on IMDb.
Check out the new posters below and come back tomorrow for the new trailer!
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.