Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 4, 2018 15:59:26 GMT -5
Game of Thrones will officially return for its eighth and final season in 2019, HBO announced today.
The hit HBO drama will take 2018 off and return for a six-episode final season next year. However HBO has not confirmed an exact premiere date as of this time.
HBO also announced the directors for the season, with David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik returning to helm episodes in the final season. Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will also be directing this season. Benioff & Weiss, Bryan Cogman, and Dave Hill are confirmed as writers for Season 8.
Sapochnik has directed several episodes of the show, including "Hardhome," "Battle of the Bastards," and "The Winds of Winter," while Nutter directed "The Rains of Castamere," "Mother's Mercy," and others. Benioff and Weiss have previously directed as well on the series with "Two Swords."
Cogman, a producer on the series, is also one of the several writers and producers involved in creating possible Game of Thrones spinoff series. Cogman's prequel was confirmed following the announcement of four possible Game of Thrones prequel series, all of which HBO is considering as potential followups after Game of Thrones ends.
Star Sophie Turner indicated late last year the final season would not be airing until 2019, and, prior to this announcement, HBO programming president Casey Bloys said last year the show might not return until 2019.
"They have to write the episodes and figure out the production schedule," Bloys said in June 2017. "We’ll have a better sense of that once they get further into the writing."
The hit HBO drama will take 2018 off and return for a six-episode final season next year. However HBO has not confirmed an exact premiere date as of this time.
HBO also announced the directors for the season, with David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik returning to helm episodes in the final season. Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will also be directing this season. Benioff & Weiss, Bryan Cogman, and Dave Hill are confirmed as writers for Season 8.
Sapochnik has directed several episodes of the show, including "Hardhome," "Battle of the Bastards," and "The Winds of Winter," while Nutter directed "The Rains of Castamere," "Mother's Mercy," and others. Benioff and Weiss have previously directed as well on the series with "Two Swords."
Cogman, a producer on the series, is also one of the several writers and producers involved in creating possible Game of Thrones spinoff series. Cogman's prequel was confirmed following the announcement of four possible Game of Thrones prequel series, all of which HBO is considering as potential followups after Game of Thrones ends.
Star Sophie Turner indicated late last year the final season would not be airing until 2019, and, prior to this announcement, HBO programming president Casey Bloys said last year the show might not return until 2019.
"They have to write the episodes and figure out the production schedule," Bloys said in June 2017. "We’ll have a better sense of that once they get further into the writing."
Yea pretty much just a confirmation on what we already knew. 2018 was going to be hard to get this season in but damn it's going to be 2 years between Season 7 and 8
