HBO and HBO Max content CEO Casey Bloys has offered an update on the second season of the cabler’s “Game of Thrones” spin-off “House of the Dragon” with production just getting underway according to Variety.
The show is expected to return sometime in 2024 and there’s no word as yet regarding when in that year the new run will premiere aside from being after 2024 Emmy season eligibility (so not until June 2024 or later).
Bloys says: “My philosophy is a good script is number one priority. I am not doing it based on wanting to have one a year, two a year. I want to do it based on the scripts that we’re excited about.”
He confirms they’re still developing further ‘Thrones’ spin-offs but admits, like with ‘Dragon,’ it’s going to take time and a lot of effort:
“Remember to get ‘House of the Dragon’ following up from ‘Game of Thrones,’ we developed a lot of shows, shot a pilot, developed a bunch of scripts and we got ‘House of the Dragon’.
To do that again is going to take the same amount of effort. You have to develop a lot of things, try things. You never know what’s going to work. So we’re currently doing that. I’m not opposed to any number of shows.
There’s probably a natural limit to how many fans want, but I’m open to any as long as we feel really good about the scripts and the prospects for a series.
It takes a while to get one that hits the mark. I know George [R.R. Martin] feels the same way. You want to do one that everybody’s really proud of and excited about.”
HBO previously had multiple ‘Thrones’ series in development, and shot a very expensive pilot for a spin-off that didn’t work, before settling on ‘Dragon’. The results worked with “House of the Dragon” proving one of last year’s bigger hits.
