Otto Hightower: Last News

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the season 2 finale of House of the Dragon on HBO.

Rhys Ifans is leading Apple TV+’s Star City!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The “For All Mankind” spinoff has found its first cast member. Variety has learned that Rhys Ifans has been cast in the upcoming Apple TV+ drama series, which is titled “Star City.” “Star City” was originally announced in April 2024 alongside the news that “For All Mankind” would be back for a fifth season.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for HBO’s “House of the Dragon” Season 2, Episode 6, titled “Smallfolk,” now streaming on Max. King’s Landing is far from the City of Brotherly Love. The rule of Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) as prince regent has begun, and things aren’t looking great for Westeros or its broken king, Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney). Aemond takes the lead at the Greens’ small council, and immediately makes some big moves by dismissing his mother Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) as the Dowager Queen.

George R.R. Martin is a proud papa.

George R.R. Martin has heaped praise on the creators of the second season of House Of The Dragon for the way they have changed his original story.The second season of the Game Of Thrones prequel series, based on Martin’s 2018 book Fire & Blood, is being released in weekly episodes, with the fourth having arrived last night (July 7) on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic and NOW in the UK.The season picks up following King Aegon II’s coronation and the death of Queen Rhaenyra’s son, with House Targaryen divided in two.

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers from Season 2, Episode 2 of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” The fallout from “Blood and Cheese” continues in “House of the Dragon.” Episode 2 begins with heartbreak in King’s Landing when King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) discovers the grisly murder of his young son Jaehaerys. He blames Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) for not protecting the prince — and as we saw at the end of the premiere, Criston was too busy sleeping with Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) instead of guarding the castle grounds. Everyone in King’s Landing gathers for a somber funeral procession to pay their respects to Jaehaerys, whose head was reattached for the occasion.

Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon is up and running – but what happened to Jaehaerys and Jaehaera in last night’s big premiere?The first episode of season two aired on HBO in the US on June 17, with UK viewers able to watch concurrently via Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW.Last month, a trailer for the second season was released, which built upon the tension that highlighted season one’s end, when Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) conspired to put Alicent’s son Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) on the throne after King Viserys (Paddy Considine) snuffed it.Viserys had originally designated daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) as his heir – but a death-bed change-of-mind (conveniently only heard by Alicent) changed all that. Cue a Targaryen civil war, otherwise known as the ‘Dance Of The Dragons’ by readers of George R.R.

Jordan Moreau Send a raven and mount your dragon because the Targaryens are back. “House of the Dragon,” the spinoff of HBO’s fantasy mega hit “Game of Thrones,” is returning for Season 2 on Sunday, June 16. It’s all-out war for the white-haired Targaryens, as Westeros is engulfed in the Dance of Dragons — a bloody civil war from the pages of George R.

“Game of Thrones” prequel series, “House of the Dragon” returns for Season 2 after a long wait (Season 1 aired in 2022 and did gangbusters, with around 29 million viewers tuning in weekly). Premiering Sunday, June 16 on HBO (9 p.m.) and streaming on Max, the story picks up where Season 1 left off, following Daenerys Targaryen’s (Emilia Clarke) ancestors around 200 years before the original show. Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) is supposed to be Queen, as her late father, King Viserys (Paddy Considine), named her as his heir before he died in the first season.

“House of The Dragon” is adding new cast members for season 2.

Simon Russell Beale, Freddie Fox, Gayle Rankin & Abubakar Salim have joined the cast of HBO’s House of the Dragon for Season 2.

It’s time to return to King’s landing!

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from the season finale of House of the Dragon.

*Warning: Contains spoilers for House of the Dragon episode 9*House of the Dragon episode 9, entitled The Green Council, saw half of the Game of Thrones prequel’s cast missing from action. With Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Daemon Targaryen both away on Dragonstone, they were locked out of the events in the latest installment of the Sky Atlantic drama. Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) both want to keep the news of King Viserys’ death under wraps, but for different reasons.

[Warning: Spoilers for HBO’s “House of the Dragon” Episode 9, “The Green Council,” ahead.]Brothels got nothin’ on a foot fetish.Fans were left cringing over a moment in “House of the Dragon” on Sunday that even the episode’s director called a “really dirty scene.”While delivering gossip that can help Queen Alicent Hightower’s bottom line — placing her son Aegon on the Iron Throne in a hostile Westeros takeover — Larys Strong asks for something in return while the pair rendezvous in her bedchamber.But it seems Alicent has been lent a helping hand in exchange for her feet.As Larys, played by Matthew Needham, begins to spill the tea, Alicent (Olivia Cooke) starts to take off her shoes and stockings and places her bare feet on the coffee table. Larys then informs her of a web of spies in the Red Keep — led by the “White Worm” Mysaria and aided by one of her servants in an operation her father, Otto Hightower, knows about — as he stares at her dogs.But it doesn’t stop there.

Spoiler alert for Season 1 episode 9 of “House of the Dragon.” On “Game of Thrones,” the penultimate episode of each season was typically the hour when the s–t hit the fan. That’s when, in their respective seasons, Ned Stark lost his head and the bloody Red Wedding unfolded.

end of episode 8, picks up immediately the next morning in episode 9, as Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) starts making moves -- ones that seem to counter what was set in place by the king and his council many years prior. Not only that, but the queen’s sons prove just how much of a hot mess they are while Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) finally finds herself provoked to get up off the sidelines and take action in the battle of succession for the Iron Throne. As the penultimate episode set up the season 1 finale, which will surely end with a fiery fight between families, fans took to social media to share their thoughts about the queen’s change of plans and that shocking show of restraint that ended the aptly titled “The Green Council.” [: Spoilers for season 1, episode 9.] With the king now dead, after a miraculously long health battle that ended with him crying into the night, the queen wastes no time to start making moves of her own, believing that Aegon Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) is now the rightful heir to the throne -- and not Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), who was previously promised to rule after her father’s death and even seemed to finally heal the festering wounds between her and her former best friend. However, the news of the king’s death is not yet widely known, allowing the queen and her father, the Hand of the King Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifan), to call their own small council (err “Green Council”) to determine the line of succession.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched Episode 9 of “House of the Dragon,” titled “The Green Council.” King Viserys is dead, long live King Aegon! Season 1 of “House of the Dragon” barrels toward an explosive finale next Sunday, as the battle lines are further drawn between the greens and the blacks. The penultimate episode didn’t feature Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) or her side of the impending civil war, instead focusing on how Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and her supporters usurped the Iron Throne and ushered in the new, somewhat reluctant, King Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney).

Just two episodes after a massive 10-year time gap, HBO's House of the Dragon has skipped over yet another decade in Sunday night's eighth episode.The new episode - entitled The Lord of the Tides - reveals that Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) has been ruling as the Hand of the King in the stead of the seemingly ailing Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine).It seems that Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) have had enough of the Hightowers assuming the throne, as they make plans to head to King's Landing.  Ruling: The new episode - entitled The Lord of the Tides - reveals that Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) has been ruling as the Hand of the King in the stead of the seemingly ailing Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) King's Landing: It seems that Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) have had enough of the Hightowers assuming the throne, as they make plans to head to King's LandingThe episode begins with Rhaenys saying she hasn't seen her husband in six years, as she speaks with Maester Kelvin.'He led his sailors into an ambush. A ship made to look as if it were abandoned.

Just two episodes after a massive 10-year time gap, HBO's House of the Dragon has skipped over yet many more years in Sunday night's eighth episode.The new episode - entitled The Lord of the Tides - reveals that Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) has been ruling as the Hand of the King in the stead of the seemingly ailing Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine).It seems that Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) have had enough of the Hightowers assuming the throne, as they make plans to head to King's Landing. While the official synopsis reveals that 10 more years have past, Rhaenys (Eve Best) mentions it's been six years since she's seen her husband Corlys (Steve Toussaint).  Ruling: The new episode - entitled The Lord of the Tides - reveals that Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) has been ruling as the Hand of the King in the stead of the seemingly ailing Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) King's Landing: It seems that Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) have had enough of the Hightowers assuming the throne, as they make plans to head to King's LandingThe episode begins with Rhaenys saying she hasn't seen her husband in six years, as she speaks with Maester Kelvin (Haqi Ali)'He led his sailors into an ambush. A ship made to look as if it were abandoned.