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HBO speaks out after ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 finale leaks on TikTok
By Eric Todisco,
20 hours ago
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The Season 2 finale of “House of the Dragon” leaked online Tuesday night, five days before it airs on HBO and Max on Sunday, August 4.
The episode spread like dragon fire on TikTok, forcing HBO to release a statement.
Matt Smith in “House of the Dragon.” HBO Olivia Cooke in “House of the Dragon.” Ollie Upton/HBO
“We are aware that clips from the ‘House of the Dragon’ season finale have surfaced across social media platforms,” a spokesperson for the network told The Post.
“The clips were posted after an unintentional release from an international third-party distributor,” the statement continued. “HBO is aggressively monitoring and removing clips from the internet, and fans can watch the episode in its entirety this Sunday night on HBO and Max.”
The Post has reached out to HBO.
David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. REUTERS
According to Variety , one TikTok account posted 14 videos and roughly 30 minutes of footage from the upcoming episode.
The clips had at least 100,000 views before the TikTok account was banned three hours after the leak.
However, the videos ended up spreading on X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit as well, per Variety.
In a statement to The Post , HBO said at the time that the finale was posted to illegal torrent sites, and “it appears to have originated from a distribution partner in the EMEA region,” referencing Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
“HBO is aggressively monitoring and pulling these copies from the internet,” the network continued.
Milly Alcock, Matt Smith in “House of the Dragon.” Ollie Upton/HBO
The “Game of Thrones” prequel series premiered its 10-episode debut season in August 2022. Season 2 kicked off on June 16 and will conclude Sunday after 8 episodes.
The show, set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” stars Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Sonoya Mizuno, Fabien Frankel, Matthew Needham, Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell and Phia Saban.
Olivia Cooke, Fabien Frankel in “House of the Dragon.” Liam Daniel/HBO Ewan Mitchell in “House of the Dragon.” Ollie Upton/HBO
During the Season 2 penultimate episode , Rhaenyra Targaryen (D’Arcy) gained new dragon riders as Team Black prepares to go to battle against Team Green, led by King Aegon Targaryen (Gylnn-Carney), for control of the Iron Throne.
“Her blood is up and I think for the first time … she thinks she can [win],” D’Arcy said about Rhaenyra in an interview with TheWrap .
“One of the few things she’s felt clear about is not entering into war that [she’s] obviously going to lose, that [it] being a completely pointless exercise,” D’Arcy added. “And for the first time, she has what she feels to be an ultimate deterrent.”
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