House Of The Dragon: Author George R. R. Martin Praises The Pilot Episode Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel Series

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Fans of the extremely popular fantasy series Game of Thrones are eagerly expecting the first prequel series — House of The Dragon — which is set to debut next year on HBO. Created by Ryan J. Condal and Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin, House of the Dragon is set two centuries before the events of the original Game of Thrones series, and it will follow the beginning of the end of House Targaryen.

George R. R. Martin, author of the original A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels and the creator of this prequel now revealed that he watched the rough cut of the pilot episode, and he loved it.

“I’ve seen a rough cut of the first episode. And loved it. It’s dark, it’s powerful, it’s visceral… just the way I like my epic fantasy. Just as with Game of Thrones, most viewers will only have heard of a few of the actors, but I think you are going to fall in love with a lot of them. (Only to have your heart broken later when… but no, that would be telling). I think the Targaryens are in very good hands.” — George R. R. Martin, Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Martin published A Game of Thrones novel in 1996, followed by more books that together make the book series called A Song of Ice and Fire. The popular TV show debuted on HBO in 2011 and it ran for eight seasons until 2019. Although it was considered one of the best TV shows of all time, many fans were disappointed with the final season. The prequel House of the Dragon is based on Martin’s novel Fire & Blood, which was published in 2018.

Starring Paddy Considine, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, and Fabien Frankel, House of the Dragon is set to premiere in 2022.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.