Miguel Sapochnik, co-showrunner of Home of the Dragon and frequent Recreation of Thrones franchise director, will go away 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 doubtless fill a really comparable function 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 Recreation of Thrones, together with “Past the Wall” and the final two chapters of the primary season. Taylor has additionally directed a number of motion pictures, together with Thor: The Darkish World and Terminator Genisys, however at the very least his Thrones episodes are fairly good.
Sapochnik will stay an government producer for the collection, and has a first-look cope with HBO on future tasks. Together with three episodes of Home of the Dragon and basic Recreation of Thrones episodes like “Hardhome” and “Battle of the Bastards,” Sapochnik has additionally directed motion pictures similar to Finch and Repo Males. Sapochnik will go away Home of the Dragon after having labored on the present for almost three years, serving to to shepherd it by means of the event course of together with Condal and creator George R.R. Martin.
Sapochnik’s departure shouldn’t come as a very enormous shock, particularly given how a lot of his time over the past a number of years has been dedicated to the Recreation of Thrones franchise. In truth, Sapochnik was initially hesitant to formally be a part of the workforce on Home of the Dragon, regardless of serving to to develop the present. Whereas Condal finally satisfied him to return aboard, plainly association was just for a restricted time, to assist get the present began on the precise foot.