- Filming is formally underway on House of the Dragon season 3
- The announcement has been overshadowed by a spat between its showrunner and George R.R. Martin
- It’s unclear what the tit for tat means for Martin’s future involvement with the HBO TV present
House of the Dragon (HOTD) is famend for the incendiary fallout that destroys House Targaryen from inside, however it seems that life is imitating artwork as filming will get underway on the hit HBO TV Original’s third season.
Yesterday (March 31), HBO confirmed that House of the Dragon season 3 has entered full manufacturing forward of its to-be-announced launch date on Max (US and Australia) and Sky/Now TV (UK).
The combat for the Throne is much from over. S3 of #HOTD is now in manufacturing. pic.twitter.com/NUe4POwIJMMarch 31, 2025
Pleasing as this information is, it is since been overshadowed by an more and more fraught tit-for-tat between the live-action sequence’ showrunner and George R.R. Martin. The latter, in fact, is the fantasy ebook namesake’s writer and world-famous creator of Game of Thrones, aka HOTD‘s multi-novel sequel that was additionally became a massively well-liked HBO TV present.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, HOTD showrunner Ryan Condal responded to feedback made by Martin in a September 2024 weblog submit that is since been deleted.
Writing to followers on the time, Martin failed to cover his disappointment over the artistic choices that had been taken for House of the Dragon season 2. Issues that Martin delivered to mild, as reported by IGN final September, included the absence of Aegon and Helaena’s third youngster Maelor, the latter’s significance to the surprising ‘Blood and Cheese’ storyline, and the way this main change units the stage for much more “poisonous” alterations to be made in top-of-the-line Max reveals’ third and fourth seasons.
Seven months on from Martin publicly airing his frustrations, Condal acknowledged that such modifications would disappoint Martin the “literary icon… and private hero of mine”, in addition to HOTD and Thrones‘ world fanbase. Nevertheless, he sought to defend himself in opposition to Martin’s remonstrations earlier than politely suggesting that the legendary writer grew to become tough to work with.
“It [the Targaryen civil war] is that this incomplete historical past and it requires loads of becoming a member of of the dots and loads of invention as you go alongside the way in which,” Condal stated.
“I’ll merely say, I made each effort to incorporate George within the adaptation course of. I actually did. Over years and years. And we actually loved a mutually fruitful, I assumed, actually sturdy collaboration for a very long time. But, sooner or later, as we bought deeper down the street, he simply grew to become unwilling to acknowledge the sensible points at hand in an inexpensive method.
“And, I believe as a showrunner, I’ve to maintain my sensible producer hat on and my artistic author, lover-of-the-material hat on on the similar time,” he added. “At the tip of the day, I simply should preserve marching not solely the writing course of ahead, but additionally the sensible components of the method ahead for the sake of the crew, the solid, and for HBO, as a result of that is my job. So I can solely hope that George and I can rediscover that concord sometime.”
New particulars on House of the Dragon season 3 revealed
Away from the more and more fiery change between the 2 creatives, Condal and HBO revealed new data on the hit sequence’ forthcoming season.
In a press launch, HBO introduced Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy) and Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts) had signed on to play Ser Roderick Dustin and Ser Torrhen Manderly in season 3. The duo be a part of fellow newcomer James Norton (Happy Valley), who was beforehand confirmed to have joined the case as Ormund Hightower.
Elsewhere, Condal teased that the Battle of the Gullet, one of the vital vital conflicts within the Targaryen civil conflict, might be tailored in season 3. Lastly, HBO revealed the present’s subsequent chapter will, like its forebear, comprise eight episodes quite than the ten that collectively informed season 1’s story.
For extra HOTD protection, refresh your reminiscence with what occurred final time round by studying my House of the Dragon season 2 ending defined piece. Alternatively, see for those who agree with our rating of the perfect Game of Thrones seasons.
