The ongoing production of House of the Dragon Season 2 in the U.K. will not get delayed by the Writers Guild of America’s writers strike, which officially started today. According to Variety, scripts for the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off have already been completed.
For the first time in 15 years, WGA has issued a work stoppage on films and television shows. The strike is in response to the lack of progress in the negotiations over studios and streamers’ use of artificial intelligence for screenwriting. In accordance to the strike rules, WGA members working abroad must stop writing on any project that falls within the union’s jurisdiction. This is why some U.S. productions filming internationally might get impacted by the strike.
What to Expect in House of the Dragon Season 2?
Season 1 ended with the death of King Viserys, which threw the Targaryens into complete chaos over the next rightful heir – Prince Aegon or Princess Rhaenyra. The next season signals the beginning of the Dance of the Dragons, with each side gathering as many allies and dragons as they can to ensure the other’s defeat.
The series currently stars Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Graham McTavish, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Matthew Needham, Bill Patterson, Gavin Spokes, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Savannah Steyn, and Theo Nate. Season 2 also welcomes the addition of Gayle Rankin, Russell Beale, Freddie Fox, and Abubakar Salim.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon chronicles the rise and the downfall of the Targaryens – the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria. It takes place 300 years before the events of the award-winning series adaptation of Game of Thrones, which aired its final episode in 2019.
House of the Dragon hails from George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal, and Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik, with Condal and Sapochnik also serving as showrunners. Martin, Sapochnik, Condal, Vince Gerardis, and Sara Lee Hess are executive producers.