In HBO’s first-ever release of dueling trailers, HBO asks audiences to choose a side – Rhaenyra and the Blacks or Alicent and the Greens – ahead of season two of House of the Dragon, premiering June 16 on HBO and Max. Francesca Orsi, executive vice president, HBO programming, head of HBO Drama Series & Films, debuted the trailers at Series Mania in Lille, France on Thursday.
If you’re a rebel by nature and your heart lies with the Blacks – led by Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) – here’s your trailer:
If you stand for establishment and tradition, the Greens, led by Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and her son and crowned King Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glenn-Carney), might be more your speed:
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HBO also announced Thursday that it would roll out Max in 25 European countries ahead of the June 17 European premiere of House of the Dragon and the Summer Olympics in Paris in July. The streaming service will debut May 21 in the Nordics, Iberia and Central and Eastern Europe. Those launches will be followed by Poland, the Netherlands, France and Belgium closely thereafter.
The series also stars Eve Best as the "queen that never was," Rhaenys Targaryen; Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, also known as the "Sea Snake"; Fabien Frankel as Ser Criston Cole; Ewan Mitchell as Prince Aemond Targaryen; Sonoya Mizuno as former lover to Prince Daemon and now shadowy spymaster Mysaria; and Rhys Ifans as Otto Hightower, father to Dowager Queen Alicent.
Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is based on George R. R. Martin’s bestselling book, “Fire & Blood,” and Martin is co-creator and executive producer, along with Ryan Condal, who also showruns. Other executive producers are Sara Hess, Alan Taylor, Melissa Bernstein, Kevin de la Noy, Loni Perstere and Vince Gerardis.