House of the Dragon‘s Showrunner Hopes He and George R.R. Martin Will Make Up ‘Someday’

There was plenty of onscreen drama in House of the Dragon season two: painful betrayals, fiery deaths, powerful awakenings, wanderings in the spirit world, Aemond being Aemond… you name it. But a behind-the-scenes tiff may have overshadowed them all, when source material author George R.R. Martin spoke out about his dissatisfaction with plot changes made in HBO’s adaptation. With season three’s production now underway, there’s no way showrunner Bryan Condal wasn’t going to be asked about the controversy. To recap the kerfluffle, in July 2024, Martin published a blog post praising a new addition to House of the Dragon. He loved that the show added a faithful dog to the assassin duo of Blood and Cheese, though he couched it in a warning: “I am not usually a fan of screenwriters adding characters to the source material when adapting a story. Especially not when the source material is mine.” That same episode—the season two premiere, featuring Blood and Cheese offing King Aegon II Targar ... Read full article.