HBO. “House of the Dragon” will there be a new season? When will it be launched?

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The third season of “House of the Dragon” has come to an end and, of course, fans wonder if there will be a new season. In addition, the release date of new episodes remains an unknown.

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10/08/2026
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Miguel Patinha Dias

Che ended the third season of “House of the Dragon” and, as much as fans of this series located in the universe of “The Throne War” are still dealing with the events that marked this ending, there are also those who wonder about the future of the series.

 

Has HBO confirmed that there will be a fourth season? If so, when is it due?

Well, you'll certainly like to know that “House of the Dragon” already has a fourth season guaranteed. In fact, it was even confirmed that next season will be the last and will serve to complete the story.

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The official information was announced in 2025, with august 2024 – after the end of the second season – the showrunner of the series, Ryan Condal, said he planned to finish the story of “House of the Dragon” with two more seasons. Once season three has been released, we will now have to wait for the fourth to allegedly finish the story.

It should be stressed that we will still have to wait for HBO's official confirmation to know whether the fourth season of "House of the Dragon" will indeed be the last but, for now, it seems that these are the producers' plans.

As for the fourth season release, there is still no news on the subject. However, just look at the launch schedule for the three seasons of “House of the Dragon” to get an idea of what HBO might do with the next season.

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It turns out that starting with the first season released in 2022, fans of “House of the Dragon” had to wait two years to see new episodes. Moreover, these three seasons were released between June and August.

That said, if we take into account what HBO has done with “House of the Dragon” so far, we can say with relative confidence that the final season of the series will be released in the summer of 2028. Once again, we will have to wait for HBO's official confirmation for guarantees.