There have been talks for a while now that the final season of Game of Thrones might not air until 2019, now those rumours are pretty much confirmed.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, programming president Casey Bloys said that depending on how long it takes creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss to write Season 8, we might have to wait two full years after Season 7 is done before Game of Thrones comes back.

However, not everything is bad news. sound designer Paula Fairfield confirmed that we might get feature-length episodes throughout the season instead of the usual hour-long ones, so we’re basically getting a full-length season with the 6 episodes.

Fairfield also said that the last episode of Season 7 will be 82 minutes long!

Season 7 of Game of Thrones premieres Sunday, July 16.