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'House of the Dragon' Showrunner Ryan Condal

August 10, 2026·31 min
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HBO's epic dragon war just wrapped its third season, and Showrunner and Co-Creator Ryan Condal sat down with IndieWire's Sarah Shachat to break down how they pull of multiple features worth of world building and action into a season of TV. Hear how they balanced character psychology with famous battles adapted from the source material, and why they added some of their own dragon action to the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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