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House of the Dragon: HBO Addresses How Season 2 Finale Leak Happened

HBO released a statement explaining how a leak of the Season 2 finale of Showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon was able to happen.

Late on Tuesday, the news hit that the second season finale of HBO and Showrunner Ryan Condal's House of the Dragon had leaked. While not the entire episode, reports were that 14 videos amounting to approximately 30 minutes of the episode hit TikTok. Though the account that hosted the videos was eventually banned, it wasn't soon enough to stop copies of the videos from making their way onto other social media sites. Now, HBO has released a statement on the leak, attributing it to "an unintentional release from an international third-party distributor."

"We are aware that clips from the 'House of the Dragon' season finale have surfaced across social media platforms. The clips were posted after an unintentional release from an international third-party distributor. 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," read the statement. The first season finale of the spinoff series also suffered from leaks, as did several episodes from the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones.

With the season finale set to hit HBO and Max screens this weekend (and parts of it currently online), here's a look back at previously released trailers and more for HBO's House of the Dragon Season 2:

During the second season of the "Game of Thrones" prequel series, Westeros is on the brink of a bloody civil war with the Green and Black Councils fighting for King Aegon and Queen Rhaenyra, respectively. As each side believes theirs to be the rightful seat on the Iron Throne, the Green and Black trailers reflect those two perspectives in separate yet complementary halves of the same story. For global audiences, "All Must Choose" their side of House Targaryen as the realm fractures in season two.

HBO's House of the Dragon Season 2 stars Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. Additional returning cast includes Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham.

Joining the cast for the second season are Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower, Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull, Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull, Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh, Tom Bennett as Ulf, Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne.

Based on author & executive producer George R.R. Martin's "Fire & Blood," the prequel series is also executive produced by Condal, Sara Hess, Alan Taylor, Melissa Bernstein, Kevin de la Noy, Loni Peristere, and Vince Gerardis.

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