The series, which will run for 10 episodes, will begin on Sunday 21 August at 9pm on HBO.
HBO’s hotly anticipated series House of the Dragon is just days away from premiering.
Meanwhile, co-star Steve Toussaint has claimed that the series will present sex and violence in a different way to Game of Thrones.
Marking the first spin-off of the hit drama series, Game of Thrones, the prequel is set two centuries before “the fall of the throne”, and features a cast that includes Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke and Rhys Ifans.