“Home of the Dragon” Season 2 is about to soar onto screens quickly.
After Season 2 was first unveiled at CCXP in Sao Paolo in December 2023 with a teaser, and later launched viral dueling trailers, the season of the dragon is nearly upon audiences. Season 2 won’t have a time leap like in Season 1, and as a substitute solely deal with former besties turned step-family Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent (Olivia Cooke) as they each battle for the Iron Throne.
Per the official synopsis, after the dying of King Viserys I (Paddy Considine), an plain rift has grown between his daughter Rhaenyra (D’Arcy) and spouse Alicent (Cooke), after their shut friendship as youngsters. A rift that’s now a full-blown civil struggle.
The sequence is predicated on George R.R. Martin’s “Fireplace & Blood,” and is about 200 years earlier than the occasions of “Recreation of Thrones.”
Along with Cooke and D’Arcy, fellow returning forged members embrace Matt Smith, Eve Greatest, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. Further returning forged consists of Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Corridor, and Matthew Needham.
New forged members and characters are Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull, Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower, Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Robust, Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull, Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh, Tom Bennett as Ulf, Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne.
Co-creator Ryan Condal returns as showrunner, however sans Miguel Sapochnik who’s now simply an government producer. Creator Martin is billed as a co-creator and government producer, with Sara Hess, Alan Taylor, Melissa Bernstein, Kevin de la Noy, Loni Peristere, and Vince Gerardis additionally government producing.
“Home of the Dragon” Season 2 premieres June 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and might be obtainable to stream on Max. Take a look at the trailer under.