House of the Dragon season 3 may only just be arriving on HBO this month, but work on season 4 is already well underway. The fantasy show will be coming to a close with the fourth season and showrunner Ryan Condal says they can't wait to tell this story.
"We're actually starting to show HBO," Condal said about season 4's scripts at a recent press conference attended by GamesRadar+. "This is our early iteration, I don't put the script down and take it away from me in production and we have many months ahead of that. But we're as far ahead at this point in crafting a new season while we're still posting the old one."
The showrunner added of their excitement to be bringing this tale to a close: "The machine is up and running and on its feet, then the fourth season, the end, the final act is a story we've been waiting for so we're all really excited about doing it."
Based on George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood, the series so far, has shown the decline of House Targaryen in the bloodthirsty war of succession known as the Dance of the Dragons. The final season will conclude this story, and Condal has been open that he's not sure a "happy ending" is in the cards.
Speaking at the same press conference, he added: "Do we really expect happy endings in Westeros? I think this show goes to extremely dark places, places we've been, places we're yet to go. But I will say, one of the big challenges of adapting Fire and Blood is not making this an aimless, bleak death march." I guess there may still be some hope then?
House of the Dragon season 3 kicks off with the much-anticipated Battle of the Gullet as the war for King's Landing heads to the seas. You can watch the new series when it begins on HBO Max on June 21 in the US and June 22 on HBO Max, Sky, and NOW in the UK.
