The Night King

HBO's House of the Dragon will have a shorter second season with only eight episodes, compared to the ten episodes in the first season   However, the network is considering a green light for a third season. Production for season 2 is set to begin in   the   UK with a tentative release date in the summer of 2024 KING AND QUEEN  Initially, HBO did not disclose the episode count for the second season when it was renewed last summer, leading to speculation that it was due to cost-cutting measures   However, an HBO spokesperson clarified that the decision to have eight episodes was due to story-driven reasons   The show's creative team had originally planned for the series to run for three or four seasons, and they are currently considering the optimal number of seasons needed to tell the entire story   Executive producer-showrunner Ryan Condal and author/executive producer George R.R. Martin are taking a big-picture view of the, series, including the overall narrative flow, battles

There were no female White Walkers ever seen in Game of Thrones but, based on a story from the   books, there could have been a Night's Queen The Night King and his army of the dead may have become Game of Thrones' major villains, but the show cut the only known female White Walker from the books. Revealed on screen in Game of Thrones season 1, episode 1's ice-cold open, before any major characters had even appeared, the White Walkers gradually became a bigger part of the story.  That will be true in the books as well - right from George R.R. Martin's original outline for A Song of Ice and Fire, the Others (his preferred name for them) were the looming threat that would fully emerge towards the end Still the TV adaptation of Martin's novels did make some big changes to the Others, not least with Game of Thrones inventing the Night King.  The mysterious leader of the White Walkers was once a human, turned into the icy creature by the Children of the Forest, though li

              What Matt Smith Would Love To See Less Of In House Of The Dragon House of the Dragon star Matt Smith makes a suggestion to the showrunners about some of Prince Daemon Targaryen’s most notorious scenes Matt Smith, star of House of the Dragon, recently suggested that the show could benefit from less sex in its upcoming second season. The show is set hundreds of years before Game of Thrones and features unique takes on George R. R. Martin's novels. House of the Dragon has gained popularity due to its dramatic action, compelling storytelling, and explicit content, which includes sex and violence Smith, who plays the character Daemon Targaryen, has been praised for his performance as the charismatic anti-hero. However, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, he expressed concern over the excessive sex scenes in the show. He questioned whether the scenes were necessary to stay true to the books or if they were merely gratuitous The Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon