Miguel Sapochnik, co-showrunner of Home of the Dragon and frequent Sport of Thrones franchise director, will depart Home of the Dragon on the finish of season 1. Author and government producer Ryan Condal will proceed to function showrunner heading into season 2 — which the present was picked up for final week.
Sapochnik shall be changed on the collection by Alan Taylor, who will possible fill a really related position to that of Sapochnik, besides that he received’t be a showrunner. As an alternative, Taylor will tackle the roles of government producer and director, very like Sapochnik did. And like Sapochnik, Taylor has fairly a little bit of expertise on this universe, having directed a number of episodes of the unique Sport of Thrones, together with “Past the Wall” and the final two chapters of the primary season. Taylor has additionally directed a number of films, together with Thor: The Darkish World and Terminator Genisys, however not less than his Thrones episodes are fairly good.
Sapochnik will stay an government producer for the collection, and has a first-look take care of HBO on future initiatives. Together with three episodes of Home of the Dragon and traditional Sport of Thrones episodes like “Hardhome” and “Battle of the Bastards,” Sapochnik has additionally directed films equivalent to Finch and Repo Males. Sapochnik will depart Home of the Dragon after having labored on the present for practically three years, serving to to shepherd it via the event course of together with Condal and writer George R.R. Martin.
Sapochnik’s departure shouldn’t come as a very large shock, particularly given how a lot of his time during the last a number of years has been dedicated to the Sport of Thrones franchise. In truth, Sapochnik was initially hesitant to formally be part of the group on Home of the Dragon, regardless of serving to to develop the present. Whereas Condal finally satisfied him to come back aboard, it appears that evidently association was just for a restricted time, to assist get the present began on the best foot.
