HBO Finally Confirms Game of Thrones Comes Back in 2019
There have been speculations for a long time now that hit series Game of Thrones would not come back to our screens in 2018. Well, now those speculations have been confirmed, as HBO announced on Thursday that the show’s final season will not air until 2019.
The very short announcement was made on HBO’s main page:
The epic fantasy series Game of Thrones will return for its six-episode, eighth and final season in 2019.
David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik will be the directors for the new season. Writers for the new season are David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill.
This news comes as no surprise, as some people involved in the project have stated before that the show would not come back for a while.
This will be the final season of Game of Thrones and surely David Benioff and D.B. Weiss want to put out the best they can. Filming of the series started last October and it is rumoured to last until summer of this year.
“Battle of the Bastards” Director to Return for Game of Thrones Season 8
The list of director for the final season of Game of Thrones is finally here, and you’re going to love it.
The medieval drama is bringing in Miguel Sapochnik and David Nutter, both men have directed episodes of the series before, and some great episodes, for that matter.
Sapochnik directed the action-packed “Battle of the Bastards,” as well as the season 6 finale “The Winds of Winter.” Sapochnik won an Emmy for his work on Game of Thrones last year, but took a break from the show’s seventh season to shoot Netflix’s Altered Carbon.
Nutter, on the other hand, has also worked on some of the series most iconic episodes. He notably directed the Red Wedding episode, “The Rains of Castamere,” which has fans a bit worried for all their favourite characters; as well as the season 5 finale, “Mother’s Mercy.” Nutter’s other credits include series like Arrow, The Flash and The X Files.
Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are also going back to directing in this final season. The duo has the honour to direct no less than the final episode of the series.
Game of Thrones begins filming in October, and production is expected to go until August of next year, with rumours to premiere in 2019.
Game of Thrones Season 8 Production to Run from October to August 2018
The Hollywood Reporter released an article on Monday talking about how it’s not a big deal that we’re going to have to wait at least 16 months for the final season of Game of Thrones, but we’re not over it.
As we know, season 8 will start production in October, and according to the article, filming might go on until August 2018.
This fact is not a surprise, considering it has been confirmed that we’re getting feature-length episodes throughout the season.
“The shooting is complicated enough,” said HBO programming president Casey Bloys, “and the special effects are a whole other production period that we’re trying to figure out.”
According to the article, showrunners D. B. Weiss and David Benioff have the episodes mapped out already and currently figuring out a schedule.
THR also pointed out that this two-year wait is not strange for HBO, as shows like Atlanta, The Sopranos and Westworld all have had/are having long periods of time between seasons.
Three First Episodes of ‘Game of Thrones’ Now Have Titles and Details
HBO has released the titles for the first three episodes of the seventh season of Game of Thrones, and they are very cryptic.
Check them out:
Episode #61: “Dragonstone” (July 16)
Jon (Kit Harington) organizes the defense of the North. Cersei (Lena Headey) tries to even the odds. Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) comes home.
Written for television by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss; directed by Jeremy Podeswa.
Episode #62: “Stormborn” (July 23)
Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) receives an unexpected visitor. Jon (Kit Harington) faces a revolt. Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) plans the conquest of Westeros.
Written for television by Bryan Cogman; directed by Mark Mylod.
Episode #63: “The Queen’s Justice” (July 30)
Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) holds court. Cersei (Lena Headey) returns a gift. Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) learns from his mistakes.
Written for television by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss; directed by Mark Mylod.
Not very informative of you, HBO, but we’ll take it.
While you wait for the new season to air on July 16, check out our trailer 2 breakdown.
Source: Entertainment Weekly.
Season 8 of Game of Thrones May Not Air Until 2019
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.
Game of Thrones Spin-Offs: Everything There is to Know
Earlier this year, HBO revealed that they were working on developing four spin-offs for the widely popular TV show Game of Thrones.
As expected, fans have done a lot of partying (and speculating) over this news, we have here for you everything we know (so far) about the upcoming spin-offs:
There are already four writers working on developing the shows: Max Borenstein (“Godzilla,” “Kong: Skull Island”), Jane Goldman (“KickAss,” “X-Men: First Class), Carly Wray (“Mad Men,” “Constantine”) and Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland (“L.A. Confidential,” “Mystic River”).
This group of writers are working on as many as five ideas for the spin-off. However, this does not mean there will be five Game of Thrones-related new TV shows. Programming president Casey Bloys said during an interview with Entertainment Weekly, that for now, they’re hoping to do one show that “lives up” to what Dan Weiss and David Benioff have created.
Speaking of Weiss and Benioff, at the moment, they do not want to be involved in any way in these spin-offs. During the interview, Bloys said, “they feel if their name is on the prequels — even in a passive way — it conveys some sort of expectation or responsibility.”
There will be no Robert’s Rebellion or Dunk & Egg spin-off. George R. R. Martin himself announced on his LiveJournal that by the time he’s done with A Song of Ice and Fire, everything about Robert’s Rebellion will be revealed. As for Dunk & Egg, Martin just does not want a situation where the show surpasses the books again.
Martin is, however, involved in all the spin-off ideas and weighing in as it goes.
Finally, do not expect these spin-offs to come out anytime soon. Bloys said that their number one priority right now is delivering a high-quality finale for Game of Thrones (which might not come out until 2019), and they do not intend to premiere a new show “off the back” of the current show and that we’re “not going to see anything air anytime close to the season 8 finale.”
Check out the full interview by clicking here.