Co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik teases how the Targaryen-centric HBO series will pay homage to GoT while doing its own thing.

We’re standing on the shoulders of that show and we’re only here because of that show."

Now he’s co-showrunningHouse of the DragonwithRyan Condal, who co-created the prequel series withGeorge R.R.

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Milly Alcock as young Rhaenyra Targaryen on ‘House of the Dragon’.HBO

This is something else, and should be something else," Sapochnik continued.

“It’s a different crew, different people, different tone.

Hopefully it will be seen as something else.

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Olivia Cooke and Rhys Ifans in ‘House of the Dragon’.Ollie Upton/HBO

But it will have to earn that it won’t happen overnight.

Hopefully fans will enjoy it for the thing that it is.

Lord Corlys Velaryon, House Velaryon’s lord and famed nautical adventurer.

House of the Dragonis slated to premiere sometime in 2022.