
During a recent interview with Jonatan Blomberg from MovieZine, Condal addresses House of the Dragon‘s series ending and how closely it will follow Martin’s book.
According to the showrunner, there is already a plan in place regarding how the series will wrap up. While Condal affirms that House of the Dragon will “honor” the book, the difference in mediums between the book and the show means that there could be some changes. Check out Condal’s comment below:
“We’ve certainly talked about all that. We know where the ending is now. The writing team and I…and when I say the ending it’s really just where the curtain drops in this particular period of Targaryen history. Because, of course, after the Dance of Dragons is over there’s still another 120, 150 years of history before the Mad King is overthrown by Robert Baratheon. Which is really the end of the Targaryen Dynasty, and that leads us into the original series.
“So yeah, we’ve talked about it. I do want to honor as much of what is there in the book, but we also have to find a satisfying to this story that wraps things up in a different and unexpected way for a giant TV audience. You’re always balancing the written history and making television show. But I think the fun of Fire & Blood as a whole is it’s such a deeply rich and textured history that another writer can follow me after this and tell a story from the past before the Dance of Dragons or just after.”
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Martin himself has been vocal that he thought Game of Thrones’ ending should have happened with season 10 and that he largely wasn’t consulted during the show’s final seasons. While it’s unclear how many seasons Martin wants House of the Dragon to run for, several factors suggest the spinoff could end in a less divisive manner than its predecessor. First and foremost, Fire & Blood has been written. This means the entire Targaryen saga that House of the Dragon is adapting is already on the page.
Condal, then, won’t run out of source material for later seasons, but Martin also seems to be more closely involved with the writing this time around. Martin revealed in December that he had a productive brainstorming session about House of the Dragon season 3 and 4 with Condal and the writing team. It remains to be seen how House of the Dragon ultimately wraps up its story, but there’s certainly reason to be optimistic that the show won’t be as divisive as Game of Thrones.
House of the Dragon season 2 premieres on HBO on June 16.