The company is a long-time partner of HBO’s and produced both Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. Although its website previously displayed several of the reported spinoffs in the works As Bloys said, now that House of the Dragon season 1 has wrapped, HBO can actually figure out the best time to debut the series. Assuming the network wants ample time to promote the show, House of the Dragon will likely end up with a premiere date in the back half of 2022. Summer isn't out of the question, but HBO will need to settle on it soon. EXCLUSIVE: The upcoming second season of HBO‘s House of the Dragon will consist of eight episodes, two fewer than Season 1 of the Critics Choice Award-winning Game of Thrones prequel. It is part Kilner, whose previous work includes shows like Pennyworth, a Batman prequel canceled by HBO Max after three seasons, also explained House of the Dragon 's second season moving from the existing House of Dragon showrunner, Ryan Condal, told IndieWire how he and George R.R. Martin had to save the show from being cancelled by HBO. “That was the spinoff that was the most important to him and he had been unhappy with how development had gone on it,” said Condal. “ HBO was going to shelve it and he didn’t want them to do that. The second season of HBO ‘s House of the Dragon will have fewer episodes than Season 1, according to the network. The Game of Thrones prequel series will contain eight episodes instead of its One creative decision has been looming over House of the Dragon since the premiere of the show in August: a 10-year time jump right in the middle of the show’s first season, one that would mark A whole damn lot! As this week’s teaser trailer for House of the Dragon Episode 6 reveals, we’re jumping ten years into the future. To mark the time gone by, the HBO show has re-cast the key The Night King in 'Game of Thrones'. HBO. On the same day news broke that the series was not moving forward, HBO confirmed that it was giving a full series order to House of the Dragon, a prequel Comments. (Image credit: HBO) House of the Dragon director Clare Kilner has revealed why season 2 of the fantasy drama is two episodes shorter than season 1, with eight episodes instead of 10 6dIk.