The ten-episode series “starts Sunday, August 21 on HBO and will be available for streaming on HBO Max” in the United States and in countries where the WarnerMedia platform is already accessible.
In France, it will be broadcast simultaneously on OCS, on August 22 at 03:00 local time (01:00 GMT)
This date allows HBO to slightly anticipate the release on Amazon, currently scheduled for September 2, of its big budget series adapted from "Lord of the Rings", the fantastic saga of JRR Tolkien.
"House of the Dragon", based on the book "Fire and Blood" by George RR Martin, which inspired the original series, is set 200 years before the events of "Game of Thrones" and tells the history of the Targaryen family.
The cast includes Emma D'Arcy (Wanderlust), Matt Smith (Doctor Who, The Crown), Rhys Ifans (The King's Man, Spiderman) and Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel, Ready Player One).
A worldwide success, which has received showers of awards, "Game of Thrones" has marked the history of television series over the course of 8 seasons broadcast from 2011 to 2019, with its mixture of fantastic and medieval universes.
She has also been criticized for her raw scenes of violence and sex.
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