Less than a year after its renewal, HBO's much-celebrated House of the Dragon has begun production in United Kingdom for its third season which will have eight episodes.
Additionally, the makers had announced that two new actors had onboarded the cast of the upcoming season. Actors Tommy Flanagan, known for Sons of Anarchy and Dan Fogler of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them-fame have been cast as Ser Roderick Dustin and Ser Torrhen Manderly respectively. James Norton, previously announced as a new addition for Season 3, has joined the cast as Ormund Hightower.
They will join the ensemble cast of House Green and Black consisting of Emma D'Arcy, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, Matthew Needham, Tom Bennett, Kieran Bew, Kurt Egyiawan, Freddie Fox, Clinton Liberty, Gayle Rankin and Abubakar Salim.
House of the Dragon is created by George RR Martin and Ryan J Condal, based on Martin's novel Fire & Blood.
The third season will be directed by Clare Kilner, Andrij Parekh, Loni Peristere and Nina Lopez-Corrado. Previously, Condal confirmed that the series will conclude in the fourth season.
Situated two centuries before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon's first season depicted how the House of Targaryen fell into a bitter and brutal civil war known as the 'Dance of the Dragons'—presaging the beginning of the end of the ruling family of Westeros.
Co-creator Ryan Condal serves as the showrunner of the series. Martin is also the executive producer along with Sara Hess, Melissa Bernstein, Kevin de la Noy, Vince Gerardis, David Hancock and Philippa Goslett. Plot details and a potential release date are yet to be revealed.
Apart from House of the Dragon, HBO is also making A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on George RR Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, set 90 years before Game of Thrones.