Family saga
Genre of literature
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| 2025 | The fifth series of The Bay aired on television. |
| 2025 | Ryan Condal discussed creative tensions with George R. R. Martin regarding the adaptation of Fire & Blood in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. |
| 2025 | A second prequel series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, is scheduled to debut. |
| 2025 | Emma D'Arcy received another Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama nomination. |
| March 21 2025 | Filming for the third season began at Leavesden Studios, Watford, with expected production lasting from March to October. |
| March 2025 | Tommy Flanagan and Dan Fogler were announced to have joined the cast as Ser Roderick Dustin and Ser Torrhen Manderly, respectively. |
| January 2025 | James Norton was announced to have joined the cast for the third season as Lord Ormund Hightower. |
| 2024 | Season 2 premiered with 7.8 million viewers across linear and streaming, representing a 22% decline from season 1's 10 million viewers. |
| 2024 | Second season of the television series 'House of the Dragon' is set to be released, continuing the narrative of the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. |
| 2024 | Series 5 of the British crime drama 'The Bay' was aired, continuing the storyline of the series set in Morecambe, Lancashire. |
| November 17 2024 |
Dune
Dune: Prophecy premiered on HBO, concluding on December 22, 2024.
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| October 10 2024 | HBO, in partnership with Heritage Auctions, launched an event to auction over 2,000 costumes, props, set decorations, and other items used in Game of Thrones, running from October 10-12. |
| August 2024 | After the second season finished airing, Ryan Condal confirmed the series is intended to end after the fourth season. |
| August 2024 |
The Morland Dynasty
Planned publication of 'The Gathering Storm', the 36th book in the series, which will cover the period of 1936, including Edward VIII's abdication and the start of World War II.
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| July 2024 |
Dune
The series was moved from HBO Max to HBO.
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| July 16 2024 |
Dune
Abrams Books published 'Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet'.
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| June 2024 | The second-season finale was leaked online, with HBO confirming the leak originated from a 'third-party distributor'. |
| June 2024 | HBO renewed House of the Dragon for a third season ahead of the second season's premiere. |
| June 2024 | Season 2 premiere attracted 7.8 million viewers, a 22% decline from season 1's debut, with 1.3 million U.S. households watching. |
| June 2024 | During the week of June 17-23, the series achieved its highest streaming viewership of 1.23 billion minutes according to Nielsen. |
| June 2024 | The series was renewed for a third season ahead of the second-season premiere. |
| June 16 2024 | Second season premieres with eight episodes |
| June 16 2024 | The second season of House of the Dragon premiered, with eight episodes and Ryan Condal as the sole showrunner. |
| April 2024 | Kit Harington stated that the Jon Snow sequel series had been shelved due to inability to find a sufficiently exciting storyline. |
| April 2024 |
Dune
Following the success of Dune: Part Two, Legendary Pictures confirms Dune Messiah is in development with Villeneuve returning as director.
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| 2023 | Variety ranked Game of Thrones No. 21 on its list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time. |
| 2023 | Game of Thrones was included on The Guardian's list of worst TV endings of all time, highlighting the critical reception of the final season. |
| 2023 | Ryan Condal announced plans to modify the show's lighting for the second season after receiving criticism about the dark cinematography in the first season's seventh episode. |
| 2023 | The series won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama. |
| 2023 | Emma D'Arcy earned a Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama nomination. |
| 2023 |
Dune
Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Michael Shelfer won the Dragon Awards for Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel for Dune: House Harkonnen
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| 2023 |
Dune
Denis Villeneuve begins writing a script for a potential Dune Messiah film.
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| 2023 | Series 4 of the TV series 'The Bay' was released, featuring a cast including Karl Davies as Carl McGregor, Claire Goose as Jacqui Fischer, and other key actors returning to their roles. |
| 2023 | The fourth series of the British crime drama television series 'The Bay' was produced and aired in 2023, continuing the storyline centered around Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong in the Morecambe Bay area. |
| December 2023 | The Sea Snake was announced to be developed as an animated series, changing from its previous live-action format. |
| December 2023 | George R. R. Martin stated on his personal blog that third and fourth seasons were being written. |
| December 2023 | Additional cast members were announced for the second season, including Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull, Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh Hammer, Tom Bennett as Ulf the White, and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne. |
| November 2023 |
Dune
The series was retitled from Dune: The Sisterhood to Dune: Prophecy.
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| October 3 2023 |
Dune
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson released Princess of Dune, a third Heroes of Dune novel.
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| September 2023 | George R. R. Martin published a since-deleted blog post criticizing changes made to the source material by Condal and HBO. |
| July 2023 | Filming began for the fifth series of The Bay. |
| May 18 2023 | Second season filming moved to Cáceres, Spain. |
| April 2023 | HBO officially ordered A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms to series, moving forward with the Game of Thrones prequel project. |
| April 2023 | A series based on Aegon Targaryen's conquest of Westeros was reported to be in development. |
| April 2023 | Gayle Rankin, Simon Russell Beale, Freddie Fox, and Abubakar Salim were announced as new cast members for the second season, playing Alys Rivers, Ser Simon Strong, Ser Gwayne Hightower, and Alyn of Hull, respectively. |
| April 11 2023 | Principal photography for the second season began at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in Watford, England. |
| 2022 | House of the Dragon, a prequel series to Game of Thrones, premiered on HBO. |
| 2022 | House of the Dragon became the most pirated series of the year, surpassing The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and other series. |
| 2022 | The original Game of Thrones theme song was retained and debuted in the opening credits of the second episode of House of the Dragon, as confirmed by Djawadi to tie the shows together. |
| 2022 | Paddy Considine receives personal praise from George R.R. Martin about his portrayal of Viserys, with Martin stating that Considine's performance is 'better than my Viserys'. |
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