George R.R. Martin has confirmed the rumors are true:
House of the Dragon Season 2 remains to be in manufacturing regardless of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Most TV exhibits have been grounded amid the twin strikes, however the HBO epic can proceed filming resulting from the solid not being beneath contract with SAG-AFTRA for the prolonged shoot.
In a brand new replace on his web site, the creator of the Game of Thrones novels revealed that work on the sophomore season is “half done.”
“One of the few shows still shooting is House of the Dragon, as you may have read. That’s true. I am told the second season is half done,” he wrote.
“All of the scripts had been finished months before the WGA strike began.”
“No writing has been done since, to the best of my knowledge.”
Martin shed some gentle on why the collection has been capable of proceed filming.
“HOTD is shot mostly in London (and a little bit in Wales, Spain, and various other locations), which is why filming has continued,” the creator added.
“The actors are members of the British union, Equity, not SAG-AFTRA, and though Equity strongly supports their American cousins (they have a big rally planned to show that support), British law forbids them from staging a sympathy strike,” he shared.
“If they walk, they have no protection against being fired for breach of contract, or even sued.”
News that the present can proceed filming means it is going to probably make its deliberate 2024 launch on HBO and Max.
Fellow HBO collection The White Lotus, The Last of Us, and Euphoria are poised to be hit with lengthier hiatuses resulting from the strikes.
House of the Dragon Season 2 scored a proper pickup days after its collection premiere reached dizzying heights for the premium cabler.
Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans will return.
Additional returning solid contains Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham.
As beforehand reported, the sophomore run will clock in at eight episodes, down from the deliberate ten-episode run.
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