House of the Dragon will end in season 4

HBO’s The House of the Beast it will wrap up nicely after four seasons.

Ryan Condalexhibition of Game of Thrones prequel, announced the news during a press conference on Monday, August 5, confirming that the show will officially end after two more seasons, Variety report.

Condal said that season 3 is currently being written and will be filmed sometime in “early 2025.” Season 2, with its finale on Sunday, August 4, has eight episodes. When asked if the next installment would match that number, Condal replied, “I have not had any discussions with HBO about it. I would just expect that the cadence of the show, from a storytelling perspective, will continue to be the same from Season 2 onwards.”

The House of the Beast takes inspiration from George RR Martin2018 novel Fire and Blood. The ongoing series is set centuries before the events of Game of Thrones and focuses on Daenerys Targaryen’s ancestors.

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Martin, who developed the system with Condal, he wrote on his blog in 2022 that he saw the transformation of TV Fire and BloodThe story of “Dance of the Dragons” will run for four seasons, with 10 episodes each. Game of Thronesbased on Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books, from 2011 to 2019; another HBO prequel to that series, Knight of the Seven Kingdomshe is at work.

When he spoke to reporters on Monday, Condal explained why the Battle of the Gullet – an important sequence Fire and Blood – was not shown in the The House of the Beast‘s season 2 finale.

“We’ve been trying to offer the Gullet, which is the most anticipated – well, I’d say probably the second most anticipated event – Fire and Blood, we are trying to give it the time and place it deserves,” said Condal. “Obviously, like anyone who has seen the end, we are building on that event. That event will happen soon in terms of storytelling The House of the Beast.”

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He joked, “From what we know now, it should be the biggest thing we’ve pulled off.” And we just wanted to have the time, the space to do that at a level that will please and satisfy the fans in the right way.”

Condal “also wanted to build hope” for the fight, adding, “I know everybody wants this to come out every summer. It’s just that the schedule is so complicated that we really do feature films every season. So I’m sorry for the wait, but I’ll just say if Rook’s Rest and Red Sowing is the clue, we will win the hell with Battle the Gullet in the future.”

Regarding the temporary appearance of Ifans’s Otto Hightower, who is clearly shown as a prisoner, Condal said in private: “We’re glad that Rhys has reintroduced the story, and I will just say that the story of Otto Hightower is not over. “

Season 1 and 2 of the The House of the Beast are available for streaming on Max.

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