What new TV series are you most looking forward to in 2022? According toIMDb,House of The Dragoncould well be on your list after theGame of Thronesprequel series took top spot on their list of the ten most anticipated original TV shows coming to the small screen next year. DespiteGame of Thronescoming to a disappointing end for most fans, that hasn’t stopped Warner Bros. putting a number of spin-off series into production for HBO based on the works ofGeorge R.R. Martin, with the first one being an adaptation of the author’s 2018 novel,Fire & Blood, telling the story of the Targaryen family 200 years prior to the events of theSong of Ice and Firesaga.
While 2022 is stacking up to be a big year in both film and television,House of the Dragontaking the top spot on the list is a sign of how much audiences are ready to be transported back to the Seven Kingdoms. Considering it is now over two years sinceGame of Thronesaired its finale in May 2019 to uproar from fans over its controversial ending, and there are still active petitions for HBO to remake the final season, it seems that returning to adapt another novel of Martin’s is enough for fans to at least put their annoyance at how one Targaryen’s story came to an end to one side to discover what preceded it.
House of the Dragonfocuses on the Targaryen family in the events that lead to the Dance of the Dragons, a civil war that caused a bloodbath among the dragonriders. Being set two centuries beforeGame of Thrones, the series will introduce a whole wave of new characters to the franchise, such as King Viserys Targaryen, his children Princess Rhaenyra and Prince Daemon, Hand of the King Ser Otto Hightower and Lady Alicent, his daughter. With an ensemble cast of Paddy Considine, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, and Rhys Ifans, the series has no shortage of talent, and with Martin’s novel to work from, the series can hopefully avoid the same kind ofdisappointing ending that befell its predecessor.
WhileHouse of the Dragon’s top position will be good news for Warner Bros, who also managed to land the top spot onIMDb’s most anticipated movie list withThe Batman, it is fair to say that Amazon will be probably a little bit annoyed that their upcomingLord of the Ringsseries, the one is costing them around $1 billion when all is said and done, only managed take the runner up spot in #2 on the list. With the rest of the top five being made up of Hulu’sPam & Tommy,Netflix’s adaptation ofThe Sandman, and HBO videogame adaptationThe Last of Us, it is then left to the big franchises of Marvel, DC andStar Warsto make up the lower part of the list, as can be seen below.
House of the Dragon
The Lord of the Rings
3. Pam & Tommy
4. The Sandman
5. The Last of Us
6. Obi-Wan Kenobi
7. She-Hulk
8. Ms. Marvel
9. Peacemaker
10. Moon Knight
While many of the titles on the list have all had a fair share of publicity, whether from early reveals and previews at various events such as Netflix’s TUDUM or Disney+ Day or the numerous trailers and clips released for James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadspin-offPeacemaker, it is likely that some of the biggest movies of 2022 will not actually feature on this list and will instead be one of the many returning series such asStranger Things, Ted Lasso, BridgertonorThe Mandalorianwhich all have a place on IMDb’s other list of most anticipated returning TV series which can also be found on their website.
