We all know that Game of Thrones has spent so long stalling potential plots that it was beginning to seem like the show would never come to end. Recently the seventh season of Game of Thrones just wrapped up, but it’s never too soon to start thinking about season eight, which needs to premiere, like soon. Details are scarce at the moment, but here’s everything we know so far.
It won’t premiere till April
HBO confirmed in January 2018 that the final season of the show will not air until next year.
It will consist of six episodes
In 2016, show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss said the final two seasons would include 13 episodes; seven in season seven and six in season eight. However, these final six might be longer than the standard hour-long ones we’ve enjoyed thus far.
The scripts are written and will likely begin filming in October
Casey Bloys, HBO’s president of programming, said that the scripts are finished, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) told Collider that the actors go back to work in October 2017.
Only four writers will be responsible for all six episodes
According to David Benioff, Dave Hill will write episode one, Bryan Cogman will do episode two, and Benioff and D.B. Weiss will handle the last four.
The final six episodes will be handled by four directors
David Nutter, Miguel Sapochnik, and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Nutter last directed GoT in season five; Sapochnik’s most recent work on the show was in season six (he also directed season five’s “Hardhome”).
