314 Filming Days and Tons of Propane: "House of the Dragon" Showrunner Talks Season Three Production
The creators spent almost a year on set to depict the Targaryens' equivalent of "nuclear war."
Showrunner Ryan Condal shared details about the production of the third season of "House of the Dragon" at the ATX TV Festival panel in Austin. According to him, the team spared no expense for scale: production took 314 filming days, required over 25 tons of propane, hundreds of actors, and countless practical sets.
The first episode of the season will immediately immerse viewers in the Battle of the Gullet. Condal emphasized that a significant part of the episode was created with practical effects directly on the water. For the sea scenes, the creators built two huge tanks. In the first, "dry" tank, ships were placed on hydraulic platforms simulating pitching, rolling, and yawing of a vessel in the open sea. In the second, "wet" tank, engineers recreated the real interaction of actors with water during collisions, ramming, and boarding.
"Most of the episode is done with practical effects. You're in the water, multiple ships interacting with each other – and it's real physical sets. What we had to design for one episode is pretty damn insane. For us, it's the grandest thing we've ever done."
Condal also spoke about the plot. If the previous season was a "slow boil," now "the cork is out of the bottle." The war in the third season will be intermittent and resemble a cold war due to the presence of "nuclear weapons" on both sides: no one wants to make a decisive move, understanding what a retaliatory strike could entail.
"We have a classic situation of mutually assured destruction. No one wants to make a decisive move that would unleash the wrath of Vhagar or Daemon and his dragon Caraxes, knowing that only ashes would remain. But the tension is rising... The plot becomes increasingly dark and will boil down to how to use your dragons to kill other dragons to win."
The premiere of the third season of "House of the Dragon" will take place on June 21, 2026.
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