Martinhas provided a welcome update for the highly anticipatedGame of Thronesspin-off series.
“Yes, all 10 episodes.”
Martin also divulged that he’s seen “rough cuts” of a few episodes.

Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith on ‘House of the Dragon’.Ollie Upton/HBO
“And I’m loving them,” he added.
“Of course, a lot more work needs to be done.
Special effects, color timing, score, all the post-production work.

Olivia Cooke and Rhys Ifans in ‘House of the Dragon’.Ollie Upton/HBO
But the writing, the directing, the acting all look terrific.
I hope you will like them as much as I do.”
But Martin still doesn’t know precisely when.
“I wish I could tell you.
You’ll know when we do.”
Nevertheless, Bloys toldVarietythat a season 2 is already pretty likely.
Martin previouslywroteabout a rough cut of the pilot episode he saw.
“It’s dark, it’s powerful, it’s visceral,” he said.
“Just the way I like my epic fantasy.”