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This is an important week for Marvel, DC, and Image/Sybound Comics. Each has a No. 1 issue or a new story in a current run. This article will break them down with other comics you may want to grab. Let’s start with the pick of the week.

Yesterday may have been Wonder Woman day...but how about Wonder Woman Week!

It's a pleasure to be spending so much time with such an inspirational character ♥️

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— Hayden Sherman (@Cleanlined) October 22, 2024Absolute Wonder Woman No. 1 (pick of the week)Writer: Kelly ThompsonArtist: Hayden Sherman

If you buy one comic book this week, it should be Absolute Woman. First, writer Kelly Thompson doesn’t miss. Her story about a Wonder Woman raised in Darkseid’s hellish world will be something you’ll never forget. Second, Hayden...

Darius Rucker has been sentenced months after his drug arrest.

Back in February, the 58-year-old “Wagon Wheel” singer was arrested on two counts of simple possession/casual exchange of a controlled substance and one count of violation of Tennessee’s vehicle registration law. At the time, he was taken into custody and released on a $10,500 bond.

On Sept. 10, Darius pleaded no contest to one count of simple possession of a controlled substance in a Williamson County, Tenn. courtroom and received his sentence.

Keep reading to find out more…Darius received no jail time and by pleading contest, he waived his right to a trial and will accept a sentence of 11 months and 29 days of probation. His charges will be expunged if he completes the required probationary period, Penn Live reported.

Following the sentencing, Darius‘ attorneys released a statement saying that the country music singer is ready to put this incident behind him.

Darius Rucker has pleaded no contest to drug-related misdemeanor charges of simple possession, casual exchange, and violation of registration law. The musician received a probation sentence of 11 months and 29 days from a judge in Williamson County in Tennessee.

In a statement to Wkrn, legal representation for Rucker, attorneys Mark L. Puryear III and Richard N. Gusler, thanked Judge Tom Taylor and the District Attorney’s office “for the time and care taken in considering the details of this case and its final disposition.”

Rucker was taken into custody earlier this...

Last week’s comic books didn’t disappoint. X-Factor No. 1 showed that it will be an entertaining series. It's unlike any of the new X-titles bringing something original. Miles Morales: Spider-Man No. 23 revealed that Miles’ venom powers keep his vampiric powers at bay. However, if he uses them too much, he could die. And, as always, Transformers No. 11 was perfect. That issue could lead to a big fight between the Autobots and the Decepticons.

This week is heavy with new DC comic books to look forward to. Let’s start with the pick of the week.

Nightwing No. 117 (pick of the week)Writer: Tom TaylorArtist: Bruno Redondo

While Batman is dressed as Nightwing in Bludhaven, Dick Grayson continues his journey to overcome his fear of heights. And, according to ComiXology, Dick learns a secret about his parent’s death. Does Deadman know something he never told Dick Grayson?

This is...

Harry Collett got a lot more time in the second season of House of the Dragon, where he plays Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen son and heir, Jacaerys Velaryon, aka Jace.

And with more responsibility comes a new look. In season 1, Collett sported a mulleted mop top that fans instantly clocked as a wig, but in season 2, he got to grow out his own hair.

Photograph by Ollie Upton / HBO

"In Season 1, I was cast quite quickly, and I had short hair and there wasn’t enough time to grow out my hair before I started shooting — a wig was the only option," Collett explained to Variety. "And they also didn’t have time to make me a wig, so it was kind of a thing of just getting one out of the cupboard and putting it on me. To be honest, I couldn’t rock that wig in Season 1 very well.

Burbank, CA – The reign of House Targaryen continues as Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is set to release the HBO Original drama series House Of The Dragon: The Complete Second Season. Following the unprecedented success of its first season, which captured hearts and imaginations worldwide, this latest installment promises even more drama, intrigue…and dragons! The physical release includes all eight heart-pounding episodes from the second season of the hit HBO series, with over an hour of bonus content, including two all-new, never-before-seen exclusive featurettes, plus extended “The House that Dragons Built – Inside the Episode” pieces for each of the (8) Season 2 episodes. House Of The Dragon: The Complete Second Season will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD Steelbook Edition, 4K Ultra HD Standard Edition, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 19, online and in-store at major retailers. And for a limited time, while supplies last, collectible character cards are being...

Burbank, CA – The reign of House Targaryen continues as Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is set to release the HBO Original drama series House Of The Dragon: The Complete Second Season. Following the unprecedented success of its first season, which captured hearts and imaginations worldwide, this latest installment promises even more drama, intrigue…and dragons! The physical release includes all eight heart-pounding episodes from the second season of the hit HBO series, with over an hour of bonus content, including two all-new, never-before-seen exclusive featurettes, plus extended “The House that Dragons Built – Inside the Episode” pieces for each of the (8) Season 2 episodes. House Of The Dragon: The Complete Second Season will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD™ Steelbook Edition, 4K Ultra HD™ Standard Edition, Blu-ray™, and DVD on November 19, online and in-store at major retailers. And for a limited time, while supplies last, collectible character cards are being...

In a shocking twist for House of the Dragon fans, the show’s second season finale dropped one much-loved character while indulging in an unexpected mud wrestling scene. Fans are fuming as the beloved character’s absence leaves a glaring void, overshadowed by what many see as a wasteful plot choice.

Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark of Winterfell in House of Dragon | HBO Entertainment

Viewers questioned whether the show’s priorities were skewed and if its storytelling had gone off course. Dive into the heated debate and discover why this latest season has fans riled up!

House of the Dragon Season 2 Finale Leaves Fans Muddy: Cregan Stark Absence Stirs Controversy Tom Taylor as Cregan Stark from House of the Dragon season 2 trailer | HBO Entertainment

House of the Dragon Season 2’s finale was a dragon-sized disappointment, wrapped in mud pie. While the realm was on the brink of all-out war,...

“House of the Dragon” hit a Season 2 high in viewership with Sunday’s finale, which drew 8.9 million multiplatform viewers across HBO and Max, per Warner Bros. Discovery.

That’s up 14% from the Season 2 premiere night, which garnered 7.8 million viewers. However, it is down from the audience size for the first season finale of “House of the Dragon” in 2022.

After premiering with 10 million viewers in June 2022, “House of the Dragon” Season 1 hit its peak with Episode 2, reaching 10.2 million. Exact data was not made available for Episodes 3-9, but Episode 10 closed the season with 9.3 million viewers.

Warner Bros. Discovery attributed the season opener declines to a drop in linear viewing, as fewer viewers now watch on HBO’s cable channel. But on the flip side, the conglom reports that Sunday’s “House of the Dragon” finale has now led to the biggest streaming day ever for Max, both in the U.S.

This article contains spoilers for House of the Dragon season 2 episode 8 and details from Fire & Blood that could spoil House of the Dragon season 3.

Did you find yourself a little disappointed with the House of the Dragon season 2 finale? You weren’t alone on that front.

Season two’s final episode appeared to stop just short of some real action. While Daemon resolved his family issues and Rhaenyra and Alicent resolved…whatever it is they have going on, the Dance of the Dragons civil war appeared to be stuck in a holding pattern on House of the Dragon.

Still, the final five minutes of the season 2 finale do act as a sort of sizzle reel for the action to come in season 3 as we see several armies and navies advance across the Westerosi landscape to parts unknown. With that in mind, let’s take stock of all the various factions on the board,...

It’s easy to forget with this season’s high kill count — including several dozen Targaryen bastards just as of Episode 7 — but “House of the Dragon” Season 2 opened with a moment of ancient power. Not just Jace (Harry Collett) and Lord Cregan Stark (Tom Taylor) visiting the Wall, already centuries old at the time of our story. The “House Stark” theme, which composer Ramin Djawadi wrote all the way back in 2011, makes its return to the world of Westeros. The strings are as aching (and heroic) as they’ve ever been, but the music feels heavier, more poignant, for all the years that we as viewers have lived with Djawadi’s variations of it.

It’s quite something to see — well, to hear — that return of one of “Game of Thrones” core musical identities and know that that’s the amount of oomph Djawadi will have imbued into his variations...

“You’ve got the wrong guy,” sneers Wolverine in the latest and final trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine.

“You were always the wrong guy,” comes the rejoinder, which would have been powerful said by anyone, but gets all the more cutting because of who delivered it: Laura aka X-23, once again played by Dafne Keen.

Ever since Hugh Jackman announced his return to the world of superheroes as Wolverine, fans have worried about the sanctity of his last outing, Logan. In addition to fully embracing the themes of regret and violence that have always driven Wolverine, Logan gave the hero a moving and well-deserved ending that seemed permanent when Jackman announced his retirement from the character.

The newest and final trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine goes to great lengths to assure viewers that Logan remains unsullied. Throughout the surprisingly sober teaser, Wolverine distinguishes himself as a multiversal variant of those seen in previous X-Men movies,...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of "House of the Dragon."

If season 2 of "House of the Dragon" has felt like something of a reunion tour so far, you're not the only one who's noticed. The premiere episode set the nostalgic tone right from the start by checking back in with the Northerners at Winterfell before moving on to Tom Taylor's Cregan Stark at the freezing Wall, a setting and a people we haven't seen since Jon Snow (Kit Harington) rode out into exile during the final episode of "Game of Thrones" in 2019. Of course, many of the major locations initially featured in the original series remain the same as in the prequel-- after all, it'd be tough to tell another story about infighting over the Iron Throne without returning to the Westerosi capitol city of King's Landing or the island fortress of Dragonstone, to name just two.

Warning: This article contains dragon-sized spoilers for the latest episode of "House of the Dragon."

It's easy to forget that, when it debuted in 2011, "Game of Thrones" defined itself by very different standards than the ones audiences would eventually come to demand. During its initial seasons, we hardly ever experienced budget-breaking battles spanning the length of entire episodes or a gaudy sense of scale only one degree removed from blockbusters like "The Lord of the Rings." Instead, what really grabbed viewers in the first place was exactly what readers found so engrossing in author George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" book series: the Machiavellian scheming that a broad range of characters tried and mostly failed to use to protect -- or take over -- the Iron Throne.

While "Game of Thrones" may have ultimately traded that identity away in favor of a less nuanced (but undeniably more spectacular) one,...

“House of the Dragon” drew 8.1 million viewers across HBO and Max in the U.S. for its fiery fourth episode of Season 2 on Sunday, just besting the audience size for the premiere last month.

On June 16, “House of the Dragon” debuted its second season to 7.8 million viewers, putting the Season 2 premiere 22% below the 10 million viewers that the “Game of Thrones” prequel series launched to in 2022.

Per Warner Bros. Discovery, the premiere of “House of the Dragon” Season 2 is now approaching 25 million viewers, and catch-up viewing over the Fourth of July holiday led “House of the Dragon” Season 2 to its “strongest week yet” on Max between July 1-7.

Sunday’s Episode 4, titled “The Red Dragon and the Gold,” featured an epic dragon battle scene. Prince Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) and his dragon Vhagar of the Greens, who is joined at the last minute by his usurper sibling King Aegon Targaryen II...

House of the Dragon‘s world gets even bigger in season 2. With the Dance of the Dragons Targaryen civil war now in motion, the “Blacks” (Queen Rhaenyra I’s supporters) and the “Greens” (King Aegon II’s supporters) must enlist the other Great Houses of Westeros to their cause.

This means that many of the characters we’ve gotten to know thus far, Prince Jacaerys (Harry Collett), Prince Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), Ser Criston (Fabian Frankel), and more, will hit the road to recruit nobles like college football coaches in need of a star quarterback.

“People have to curry favor with the other lords and figure out who’s on what team,” House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal told Den of Geek. “It’s nice because instead of just introducing 18 new characters, we follow characters who we already know going to these new places and meeting new people.”

Condal is exaggerating a bit.

House of the Dragon is officially back with its second season, reintroducing the members of the Blacks and the Greens as they prepare for the fiercest war Westeros has ever seen.

Though so far there hasn’t been any significant addition to the leading cast (we don’t count Tom Taylor’s 5 minutes of screen time as Cregan Stark), the new season’s first episode just subtly brought along a seemingly minor side character who still might become an important game player in the upcoming season.

Ironically, he’ll rapidly change sides once the war arrives.

In House of the Dragon season 2 episode 1, King Aegon II is seen hearing petitions from common people lamenting their government’s inability to provide them with basic needs.

Trying to win the folks’ trust, Aegon assures each of them that their problems will be gone soon, but the King’s grandfather, Otto Hightower, appears...

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George R.R. Martin’s sprawling epic world, the one of A Song of Ice and Fire, has hundreds of named characters, with entire stories in a footnote. Martin’s style of writing often references events and characters in the story, a lot of which fail to make it into the adaptation of his work. As known by fans, a slew of interesting and minor characters were absent from Game of Thrones, and this is also true for the adaptation of House of the Dragon.

Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon || HBO

A slew of key characters seems to be missing from the show, given that every adaptation needs to balance its budget with the narrative it has at hand. While characters can number in the hundreds in the books, the show needs to make do with a core cast, the absolutely important characters in the books,...

There Won't Be a Lot of Winterfell in House of the Dragon Season 2, Confirms Show Creators - Main Image

Game of Thrones fans were in for a nostalgic ride in the Season 2 premiere of House of the Dragon, as the series brings us back to Winterfell, albeit very briefly.

With only eight episodes for Season 2, the showrunners need to keep the story tight and focus on the conflict between Blacks and Greens.

In a brief sequence, Lord Cregan Stark (Tom Taylor) meets with Prince Jacaerys (Harry Collett) and reaffirms the Starks’ allegiance to the rightful heir of Viserys I, Queen Rhaenyra, while insisting that a bigger threat lies beyond The Wall:

There were various accounts of what followed after their first encounter, but the showrunners cut their introductions short with a distressing message from Dragonstone.

"It didn't feel right to just be at Winterfell for a really long time...

We don't have to wonder if House of Dragon will be cancelled right now since the HBO series has already been renewed for a third season. Will it have a long run or end with season three? Stay tuned.

A fantasy series, the House of the Dragon TV show is based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood novel and is a prequel to Game of Thrones. It stars Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Matthew Needham, Sonoya Mizuno, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban and Jefferson Hall. Additional season two cast members include Abubakar Salim, Gayle Rankin, Freddie Fox, Simon Russell Beale, Clinton Liberty, Jamie Kenna, Kieran Bew, Tom Bennett, Tom Taylor, and Vincent Regan. The series tells the story of House Targaryen. King...

La segunda temporada de la serie spin-off de ‘Juego de Tronos’ ya se está emitiendo cada lunes en Max. © Max

¡Buenas noticias! La serie original de HBO “La Casa del Dragón”, basada en “Fuego y Sangre” de George R.R. Martin y ambientada 200 años antes de “Juego de Tronos”, ha sido renovada por una tercera temporada. El rodaje comenzará antes de que acabe el año.

La serie está protagonizada por Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Matthew Needham, Sonoya Mizuno, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban y Jefferson Hall. El reparto adicional de la segunda temporada incluye a Abubakar Salim, Gayle Rankin, Freddie Fox, Simon Russell Beale, Clinton Liberty, Jamie Kenna, Kieran Bew, Tom Bennett, Tom Taylor y Vincent Regan.

Francesca Orsi, Vicepresidenta Ejecutiva de Programación de HBO, Jefa de Series Dramáticas y Películas de HBO, ha...

“House of the Dragon” is back and back with a vengeance in Season 2. After nearly two years away, the “Game of Thrones” prequel returned with one of the most hyped – and dreaded – moments from the book rounding out the episode. The big Blood and Cheese confrontation had been top of mind for many fans since the show debuted and the results were as tough to watch as expected.

But that was far from the only thing that shocked viewers in the impactful premiere. Rhaenyra (Emm D’Arcy) still hasn’t come to terms with Luke’s death, Daemon (Matt Smith) is on the warpath, and House Stark is entering the picture in a bigger way.

These are the most shocking moments from “House of the Dragon” Season 2, Episode 1, titled “A Son for a Son”

The New Opening Credits

The shocks came right out the gate in the Season 2 premiere when...

With the hustle and bustle following a brand new season of House of the Dragon comes disappointing news hand-delivered by the showrunner Ryan Condal himself.

Spoiler Alert!You're entering spoiler territory for House of the Dragon season 2, episode 1 "A Son for a Son."

The very first episode of season 2 of the globally hailed Game of Thrones spinoff explores the frosty landscape of Winterfell with Tom Taylor opening the premiere as the austere Lord Cregan Stark.

Tom Glynn-Carney as King Aegon II in House of the Dragon 2 (Credit: Warner Bros.)

Unfortunately enough, much of the backstory comprising the Lord of Winterfell and Jacaerys Velaryon from George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood – the source material fueling House of the Dragon – won’t be making it to the show.

House of the Dragon 2 Showrunner Admits Being Frugal With the Narrative

While the first episode of the new House of the Dragon season...

This post contains spoilers for "House of the Dragon" season 2.

The shadow of grief looms large over the season 2 premiere of "House of the Dragon," where fledgling war strategies go hand in hand with covert machinations across Westeros. The show's season 1 finale ended on a rather shocking note: Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) and his massive dragon Vhagar taunt Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) and his dragon Arrax, leading to the latter duo being unexpectedly chomped alive by the chonkier beast during an airborne chase. The news devastates Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy), who is still mourning the loss of her child at the start of season 2 -- much to the frustration of a scheming Daemon (Matt Smith), who surreptitiously hatches a devious plan for swift retribution.

After the tensions between Team Black and Team Green had reached a boiling point in season 1, Rhaenyra instructed her sons Lucerys and Jacaerys (Harry Collett) to travel across the...

This House of the Dragon review contains spoilers.

Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) says precisely four words in the House of the Dragon season 2 premiere.

Rhaenyra doesn’t speak when she unsaddles from her dragon on a beach in the Stormlands to find the ashen remains of her second son, Lucerys (Elliot Grihault), killed by Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) in the season 1 finale. She doesn’t speak when her eldest son Jacaerys (Harry Collett) appears in her chambers, attempting to deliver the good news about winning fresh allies to their cause, but instead weeping with her about what they both just lost.

The first and only time Rhaenyra speaks in the installment’s 64-minute runtime is upon her arrival back to Dragonstone after finding Luke’s body. As her advisors and allies plead for further instructions on the coming war – like establishing a stronghold in The Riverlands and maintaining the...

Tom Glynn Carney Opens Up On Playing King Aegon in House Of The Dragon Season 2(Photo Credit –Instagram)

There are only a few days until we finally descend into the mad world of Westeros. House Of The Dragon Season 2 will premiere on June 16, and fans who have been waiting with bated breath will finally get to unveil what will happen on the show. Recently, actor Tom Glynn Carney, who plays the role of Aegon, opened up about his shooting process and what it’s like to play a character that people dislike.

The Game of Thrones spinoff series, House Of The Dragon, co-created by Ryan Condal and George R.R. Martin, has been a massive hit for HBO. The show had the biggest premiere audience for an original series on HBO and HBO Max (now just Max), with the first season averaging 29 million viewers per episode. It was renewed for a...

A return to Westeros is imminent with the second season of Max’s House of the Dragon arriving this summer. The prequel series, based on George R. R .Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire book series — specifically Fire & Blood, tells the story of the Targaryen lineage alongside the familys Hightower and Velaryon.

Set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the story of House Targaryen unfolded over some major time jumps in the first season, transporting back between young versions of characters and their adult counterparts.

When does House of the Dragon Season 2 premiere?

House of the Dragon Season 2 premieres Sunday, June 16 at 9 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time.

How many episodes are in House of the Dragon Season 2?

Season 2 will contain eight episodes. Season 1 unfolded in 10 episodes.

Are new episodes weekly or all at once? What time are they streaming on Max?

New episodes will arrive every...

Season 2 of “House of the Dragon” premieres June 16 on HBO. The reign of House Targaryen begins with this prequel to the Emmy-winning HBO series “Game of Thrones,” based on George R.R. Martin‘s “Fire & Blood,” “House of the Dragon” is set nearly 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” telling the story of the Targaryen civil war with King Viserys I Targaryen’s children battling for control of the Iron Throne.

This second cycle has garnered early buzz from critics, certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a critics consensus that reads, “Approaching its dynastic cataclysm with a deliberate stride rather than a charging gallop, ‘House of the Dragon’ carefully sets up its emotional stakes to make the fiery spectacle all the more scorching.”

Picking up where last season ended, the war is on for the Iron Throne as the Targaryens battle their own blood. The ensemble cast includes Emma D’Arcy,...

The HBO Original drama series House of the Dragon has been renewed for a third season, ahead of the launch of the second season debuting Sunday, June 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and streaming on Max.

“George, Ryan, and the rest of our incredible executive producers, cast, and crew have reached new heights with the phenomenal second season of House of the Dragon,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President of HBO Programming and Head of HBO Drama Series and Films.

Orsi added: “We are in awe of the dragon-sized effort the entire team has put into the creation of a spectacular season two, with a scope and scale that is only rivaled by its heart. We could not be more thrilled to continue the story of House Targaryen and watch this team burn bright again for season three.”

House of the Dragon season two has already...

The “House of the Dragon” is still building out its walls with a renewal for Season 3.

HBO confirmed that the beloved, critically acclaimed series is getting a third installment, even before Season 2 debuts. The “Game of Thrones” prequel is back June 16 on HBO and streaming on Max.

The show is based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood” and is set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones.” Matt Smith, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Matthew Needham, and Sonoya Mizuno lead the origin story for the House Targaryen.

Season 2 cast members include Abubakar Salim, Gayle Rankin, Freddie Fox, Simon Russell Beale, Clinton Liberty, Jamie Kenna, Kieran Bew, Tom Bennett, Tom Taylor, and Vincent Regan.

Author Martin is the co-creator and executive producer, with Ryan Condal as the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer. Sara Hess, Alan Taylor, Melissa Bernstein, Kevin de la Noy,...

Demonstrating the formidable strength of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” empire, the network has renewed “House of the Dragon” for Season 3, in advance of its Season 2 premiere on June 16.

The “Game of Thrones” spinoff series — co-created by Ryan Condal and “Thrones” author George R.R. Martin — has proven to be a fire-breathing hit for the network. The show enjoyed the biggest premiere audience ever for an original series for both HBO and HBO Max (now Max), and the first season averaged 29 million viewers an episode over linear and streaming. It was renewed for Season 2 just one week following its series premiere.

Based on author Martin’s “Game of Thrones” book “Fire & Blood,” “House of the Dragon” follows the Targaryen dynasty in the fictional continent of Westeros. It takes place nearly 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and about 100 years after the Targaryens united the Seven Kingdoms.

“George, Ryan, and...

Ahead of Sunday’s Season 2 premiere, HBO has confirmed it has renewed House of the Dragon for a third season.

The news is not a surprise. House of the Dragon creator George R.R. Martin teased in December 2023 that he was already working with the writing team on Seasons 3 and 4 of the fantasy drama.

Based on Martin’s Fire & Blood and set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon tells the story of House Targaryen.

“George, Ryan, and the rest of our incredible executive producers, cast, and crew, have reached new heights with the phenomenal second season of House of the Dragon,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Series and Films. “We are in awe of the dragon-sized effort the entire team has put into the creation of a spectacular season two, with a scope and scale that is only rivaled by its heart.

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood.] House Stark fans, the wait is almost over. The return to Winterfell is upon us. House of the Dragon Season 2, based on George R. R. Martin‘s Fire & Blood, will introduce one of most beloved characters in the world of Westeros: the one, the only, Cregan Stark. So, who is Cregan Stark? What is his significance in House of the Dragon? Below, we’re breaking down everything you need to know about the man at the head of House Stark in House of the Dragon, including information about the character in Fire & Blood. Who is playing Cregan Stark? Tom Taylor plays Cregan Stark in House of the Dragon Season 2. Taylor made his acting debut in a 2014 episode of Casualty. He notably played Jake Chambers in the 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Dark Tower. How does Cregan Stark fit into House of...

Martin’s mythical made-up* monsters loomed large over the capital this evening for the Premiere for House of the Dragon Season 2, the latest slice of the prequel series to Game of Thrones.

Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood and set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series tells the story of House Targaryen. The returning cast includes Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. Additional returning cast includes Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham.

New cast members are Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull, Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh, Tom Bennett as Ulf, Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne. Previously announced new season two cast includes Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull,...

As anticipation builds for the premiere of the highly awaited second season of House of the Dragon, fans take a notorious dig at a particular House Stark actor, Tom Taylor. Set to play Cregan Stark, the Lord of Winterfell in S2, Taylor has surprisingly garnered immense hate and criticism since his casting announcement.

A still from House of the Dragon | HBO

A lot of people seem to be skeptical based on Tom Taylor’s appearance as Cregan Stark which lacks intimidation. However, as fans delve back into the complex world of Westeros with House of the Dragon S2, a few of them rally behind Taylor, fervently defending him against backlash.

Tom Taylor Cast as Cregan Stark in House of the Dragon Faces Backlash

Back in December 2023, EW reported the arrival of a popular figure from George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood in House of the Dragon season 2. With HBO dropping...

The hectic inaugural season of House of the Dragon covered roughly 20 years as the long-standing peace under King Viserys came to an end. In the season’s final two episodes, the series found its footing, establishing the parallel claims to the throne between the Black faction that follows Viserys’s appointed heir, daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), and the Green faction under Rhaenyra’s former best friend, Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), who follow Alicent and Viserys’s young, impetuous son Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney).

All the table setting and time jumping that dominated the better part of the first season have, perhaps inevitably, set the stage for a much stronger second season for House of the Dragon. It’s also, especially for a Game of Thrones property, surprisingly restrained. The first four episodes made available to press cover only a few weeks, and the entire opening episode, “A Son for a Son,...

Despite the success of House Of The Dragon’s first season, both in terms of its burnished worldbuilding and its broadly positive critical response, the second arrives with much expectation that it can do better. Whether it was the relative lack of geographical and social scope, the big leaps forward in time, or the constant casting switch-ups as characters aged, even its biggest fans had a niggle they could mention. On all those fronts, we have good news. Season 2, now run solo by Ryan Condal (co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik having bowed out), is more chronologically focused, less fidgety with its actors, and has its eye on the world (and the social strata) beyond the highborn Targaryen court.

It opens with a reassuringly familiar musical theme and location, welcoming us briefly back to Winterfell, where we meet Lord Cregan Stark (Tom Taylor), promising a Northern contingent in the war to come. And...

It’s almost time to head back to Westeros as the second season of “House of the Dragon” premieres on Max and HBO on Sunday, June 16. The epic prequel series to “Game of Thrones” will air new episodes in HBO’s premier window on Sunday night through Aug. 4. Also hitting the service in June will be the comedy special from “Hacks” star “Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go” and the motel-renovation series “Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home.”

Also coming to Max via the Bleacher Report Sports Add-On will be United States Men’s and Women’s soccer games, the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, Major League Baseball games, and potentially the conclusions of the NBA and NHL conference championship slates. Don’t miss any of the sports action and streaming premieres of the best prestige and unscripted titles on Max. The streamer offers three monthly subscription plans ranging from ad-supported...

HBO’s House of the Dragon, a spin-off series related to Game of Thrones, was welcomed by both fans and critics, becoming yet another hit series for the streaming service. The first season aired in 2022 and consisted of 10 episodes, and it has been a while since we’ve known that the series would be getting a second season as well. The second season will premiere later this year on Max, and HBO is slowly heating up for the upcoming premiere, which is what we are going to do with this report as well.

In this report, as you might have guessed, we are going to bring you all that we know about the upcoming second season of House of the Dragon in one place. You are going to find out all that we know about the series’ release date, episode count, plot, trailer, and cast, ahead of the upcoming premiere.

Superman may be colloquially known as "The Big Blue Boy Scout," but sometimes, he can be straight up villainous. Sure, he's saved Metropolis (and the world) more times than any individual can count, however, that doesn't excuse his moments of cruelty and authoritarian-brand of justice.

The most interesting aspect of Superman as a character derives from his immortality on Earth. Short of using Kryptonite, our measly human-made weapons never account for much damage against the Man of Steel. The only thing stopping Clark Kent/Superman from taking over the world or causing serious harm is his sense of righteousness.

While Supes, for the most part, doesn't allow his ego or greed to corrupt him, he's certainly made some questionable decisions across his nearly-90 year history. As we prepare for the cinematic return of Superman with James Gunn's "Superman: Legacy," let's remind ourselves that even our most morally straight hero falters.

5 Things You Missed in House of the Dragon Season 2 Trailer - Main Image

A month before House of the Dragon Season 2 finally hits the small screen, HBO has dropped the official trailer for the much-awaited series. As expected, it’s filled with action with the incoming war between the Green and Black Councils, but there are several things you may have missed during the first watch.

After the death of Lucerys (Elliot Grihault) in the first season finale and the threat of the looming war, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) begins her move to face her half-brother and the king of the Seven Kingdoms, Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney).

But several other things will happen here, from dragon fights to Targaryen family drama. The battle for the throne (and revenge) continues in House of the Dragon Season 2.

So, read the five things you may have missed in the House of the Dragon Season 2 trailer.

In the first season of House of the Dragon, we were shown many representatives of the main houses of the Seven Kingdoms: in addition to the Targaryens, we saw the Hightowers, Velaryons, and Lannisters.

However, the family that played a key role in Game of Thrones was unrepresented in the first season of House of the Dragon. Did the silent and stern Northern Starks really not participate in the events that were about to bring blood to the Seven Kingdoms?

Of course they did, and even played an important role, while managing to be true men of honor, which is extremely difficult in the conditions of war.

The hero of these events was the young, but already experienced Cregan Stark, who will appear in the second season. Cregan, played by Tom Taylor, can be seen in the Black trailer standing shoulder to shoulder with Jacaerys.

Cregan Stark's Early Years

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HBO’s House of the Dragon, a spin-off series related to Game of Thrones, was welcomed by both fans and critics, becoming yet another hit series for the streaming service. The first season aired in 2022 and consisted of 10 episodes, and it has been a while since we’ve known that the series would be getting a second season as well. The season is premiering on June 16, 2024 and everyone’s slowly preparing for the premiere, as HBO is releasing more and more promotional and teaser material for the upcoming series. Today, a month before the premiere, a brand new trailer has been released, revealing more exciting details, scenes, and characters.

As we reported earlier, the premiere of House of the Dragon Season 2 will be next month, and the season will consist of eight episodes in total. This is the first in the line of a series of planned Game of Thrones...

*House Of The Dragon S1 Spoilers Ahead*

If we had a nickel for every time a trailer for the second season of a big budget fantasy series based on an iconic book series released on a Tuesday in mid-May, we’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right? Yes folks, within mere hours of the first teaser for The Rings Of Power Season 2 dropping yesterday, HBO fired back with its own fancy new trailer for House Of The Dragon’s second season. And sure enough, there be dragons. Check it out below:

As you may recall, Season 1’s breathless finale saw Aemond Targaryen’s (Ewan Mitchell) dragon Vhagar brutally kill his half-sister Rhaenyra’s (Emma D’Arcy) son Lucerys (Elliot Grihault). Families, eh? Unsurprisingly, Rhaenyra’s none-too-happy about Aemond’s heinous deed, and in this new trailer things are hotting up...

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Se ha publicado el nuevo tráiler oficial de la segunda temporada de “La Casa del Dragón”.

Poniente está al borde de una sangrienta guerra civil con los Consejos Verde y Negro luchando por el Rey Aegon y la Reina Rhaenyra, respectivamente. Cada bando cree que el suyo es el asiento legítimo en el Trono de Hierro. Para el público de todo el mundo, “todos deben elegir” su bando de la Casa Targaryen a medida que el reino se fractura en la segunda temporada.

Basada en “Fuego y Sangre” de George R.R. Martin, la serie nos transporta 200 años antes de los eventos de “Juego de Tronos”, explorando la fascinante historia de la Casa Targaryen.

El elenco de la segunda temporada incluye a Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno y Rhys Ifans, quienes retoman sus roles.

HBO has released the first full-length trailer for House of the Dragon season 2 (via SFFGazette.com), and brace yourselves because it's epic. In the newly released footage, we see more of the scheming which continues in Westeros as war beckons between Queen Alicent Hightower and Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen.

The Targaryen civil war known as the "Dance of the Dragons" is nearly upon us and this sneak peek does a phenomenal job of setting the stage for the conflict to come.

All the major players are highlighted, with the sneak peek ending on a suitably epic note as Rhaenyra stands tall with Syrax looming large behind her. Who will prevail? Book readers (and most Game of Thrones fans) will know, but we won't spoil anything here,

"The first season was so much about the royal family, that 1 percent of the upper 1 percent that rules this world. All the people in the...

This trailer breakdown contains no spoilers for House of the Dragon season 2. But it does broadly allude to events from the source material Fire & Blood.

Don’t be alarmed if you heard a crash around 11:07 a.m. Et on May 14, 2024. That was merely the sound of Jeff Bezos smashing his desk into pieces upon discovering that HBO had released a House of the Dragon season 2 trailer just over an hour after Prime Video unveiled its first teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2.

Based on the trailer, it once again appears as though no expense was spared for the latest season of this Game of Thrones prequel that explores the Dance of the Dragons civil war. Season 1 set up the many pieces of this Targaryen family squabble and now those pieces are set to smash into one another in season 2. While the first round...

On Tuesday, HBO released the full trailer for “House of the Dragon” Season 2, which premieres June 16.

The eight-episode second season of the “Game of Thrones” prequel finds the Targaryens in a civil war, with the Greens – supporters of Aegon II Targaryn (Tom Glynn-Carney), son of late king Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and the traditional heir – on one side, and the Blacks – partisans of Viserys’ daughter Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Viserys’ chosen heir, and her husband/uncle Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) on the other. Both sides claim the Iron Throne, and they will kill their kin to get it.

The trailer previews the combination of political strategy, intense action, and interpersonal backstabbing that’s the “Game of Thrones” franchise’s signature. On the political side, there’s a small council meeting where Aegon forcefully rejects the idea of dignity in favor of revenge. On the action side,...

In October of 2022, the first season of House of the Dragon left audiences with a sense of impending war as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen found herself laced with rage and coming to a decision to battle for the throne. The second season suffered some delay due to last year’s dual union strikes, but wait no more. The new trailer from HBO prepares you for the inevitable war as both houses are preparing for the grand-scale conflict and lines are about to be drawn. House of the Dragon is set to premiere on Sunday, June 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and available to stream on Max.

The returning cast from the first season of House of the Dragon includes Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. Additional returning cast includes Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia,...

All hail the king ... or the queen! Which one has the rightful claim, you ask? Well, that depends on which side you happen to have sworn allegiance to in the great Targaryen schism known as the Dance of the Dragons.

"House of the Dragon" lived up to its billing as an essential "Game of Thrones" prequel, set hundreds of years before Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen ever made their claims on the Iron Throne. The events of the mythic Targaryen civil war always loomed large in the background of the original HBO series, but never before had we seen the fire, blood, and (of course) incest depicted with as much fervor as the 10 episodes that comprised its debut season. With all the major players fully established and the stakes set impossibly high, season 2 now has a full runway to double down on our favorite royal squabble and dive deep into...