LGBTQ Inclusive Series ‘House Of The Dragons’ Season 2 To Premiere On June

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2024-03-08
11:51

LGBTQ-inclusive HBO series ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 will be arriving soon!

In an interview at Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media and Telecom conference on March 4, Monday, head of Global Streaming & Games for Warner Bros. Discovery JB Perrette has confirmed that ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 will premiere on HBO/Max in June.

Production of the second season started at Warner Bros.’ Leavesden Studios on April 11 last year but stopped midway due to the Hollywood strikes from May to September 2023.

‘House of the Dragon’ is well-loved by LGBTQ fans worldwide for having queer characters such as Laenor Velaryon (John MacMillan) and his lovers, Qarl Correy (Arty Froushan) and Joffrey Lonsmouth (Solly McLeod). Unfortunately, the latter suffered the “bury your gays” trope and died a gruesome death, which isn’t unusual in George R.R. Martin’s world.

The series also gained popularity due to non-binary actor Emma D’Arcy’s character Rhaeynyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower’s (Olivia Cooke) extremely sapphic-coded relationship.

‘House of the Dragon’ is based on Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones’ book ‘Fire & Blood,”’ and follows the story of the Targaryen dynasty in the fictional continent of Westeros. The story takes place nearly 200 years before the events of ‘Game of Thrones.’

Aside from the aforementioned actors, the returning cast includes Matt Smith, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, Rhys Ifans, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall and Matthew Needham.

Furthermore, new faces will join the cast such as Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull, Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower, and Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong.

Stay tuned to BLTai for more updates on this megahit series.

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