HBO has officially announced in a press release that there will be only seven episodes in Game of Thrones Season 7. The press release also confirmed that Season 7 will start later than the usual spring premiere date, since the producers want to wait until the weather turns to film some of the scenes. Said Casey Bloys, president of HBO programming:
Now that winter has arrived on Game of Thrones, executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss felt that the storylines of the next season would be better served by starting production a little later than usual, when the weather is changing. Instead of the show’s traditional spring debut, we’re moving the debut to summer to accommodate the shooting schedule.
The release doesn’t specify exactly when Season 7 is debuting, but says that it’s “slated for summer 2017 on HBO.” The presser also confirmed the directors for Season 7: Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa, Matt Shakman, and Alan Taylor. There’s no word yet on who’s directing what episodes. Specific filming locations in Spain include Sevilla, Caceres, Almodovar del Rio, Santiponce, Zumaia, and Bermeo. Production of Season 7 will be based in Northern Ireland, with Spain and Iceland being the other two confirmed filming locations.
Finally, HBO lists the Season 7 credits:
Executive producers of Game of Thrones are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis, George R.R. Martin and Bryan Cogman; producers, Chris Newman, Greg Spence and Lisa McAtackney.
Since we have been told that there are roughly 13 episodes remaining in the series remaining, it appears as if Season 8 will have only six episodes. However, for now, that remains speculation. With a summer premiere, it looks like the long wait until new Game of Thrones content just got a lot longer.
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I saw, great news, the world is so deep in history, there's a lot of different stories they can tell.
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Subject: Re: GoT Season 7 News Thu May 25, 2017 11:57 am
Can't fricking wait!
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Ez wrote:
Can't fricking wait!
Yep, but this season is so damn short ... I'm thinking of saving the few eps up and binge watch them.
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Subject: Re: GoT Season 7 News Thu May 25, 2017 2:38 pm
Yea, That's impossible for me to do lol. Just think of this season as a 2 part season finale, with only 13 hours left, it's really like one long final season.
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Subject: Re: GoT Season 7 News Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:31 pm
Game of Thrones Season 7 Pics from EW Magazine:
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Game of Thrones Season 7 First Look Pictures:
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The running time for Game of Thrones season seven episodes has been a subject of uncharacteristically high interest, partly because of the novelty of a shorter season, but also because of the reports showing information differing between HBO.com and Entertainment Weekly. Though a few minutes here or there have been known to change in the HBO schedule, if it is to be believed we now know the running time of every season seven episode. And the last two are record-length! Let’s just get to the hard data, because that’s what you are all looking for here:
Now let’s play with the numbers: the last two episodes will break the record established by the last aired episode, the season six finale “The Winds of Winter”, which stood at 68 minutes. This year’s finale will reportedly top it by 13 minutes. For this show, that’s a lot. Together, these seven episodes make up about 7 hours 20 minutes. With three fewer episodes to work with, that may be significantly less than the average 9 hours 15 minutes season, yet at the same time it’s the longest run of seven episodes in the show. Historically, the average episode ranges very little from season to season (from a low of 54:25 in season two to a high of 56:08 in season one), so it’s fair to claim this season leaps ahead with its 63 minutes average — that is, 8 minutes longer than the typical Game of Thrones episode. Though the longer episodes do not make up for the missing three, they do make up for one of them; this season may as well have eight episodes. I don’t know about you guys, but that feels like a long season to me!
Ok, so S7 will practically run as long as 8 eps already ... nice!
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Exclusive: Showrunners won’t be involved in prequels, will spend year and a half crafting epic series conclusion before any new GoT shows air James Hibberd@JamesHibberd Posted on June 2, 2017 at 12:45pm EDT
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HBO is offering some revelatory new details concerning the final seasons of Game of Thrones and its plan to find a prequel successor. Entertainment Weekly spoke to programming president Casey Bloys about his strategy to usher the worldwide pop culture phenomenon to an epic and satisfying conclusion and possibly launch new adventures in Westeros as well. Below the entertainment executive discusses the prequels, the level of involvement of author George R.R. Martin and Emmy-winning showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss, and tempers expectations for how long all this will take — the Game of Thrones final season and any prequel series (there are now five in development) might not air as soon as fans think. “I want to put the prequels in context,” Bloys began. “It should go without saying I love having a show with this much intense interest around it. Even the smallest bit of information is a big deal and I appreciate that. But I wanted to make sure fans know this is a really embryonic process. I haven’t even seen outlines. In the press at large, everybody said, ‘there are four spinoffs’ and they assume that means each one is happening and we’re going to have a new Game of Thrones show per quarter. That’s not what’s going on. The idea is not to do four shows. The bar set by [Benioff and Weiss] is so high that my hope is to get one show that lives up to it. Also, this is a long-term plan. Our No. 1 goal is the seventh season this summer and getting the eighth season written and aired.” ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Can you talk about your strategy to develop multiple Thrones prequels at once? It’s a unique approach, particularly for a network that’s never made a spinoff or prequel series before. CASEY BLOYS: You couldn’t do this with a lot of shows. In talking with the drama group here, and the nice thing is George has created an entire universe. The fact that there’s enough material to even contemplate making different prequels is crazy when you think about it. George has all these histories he’s thought about and that’s one reason why the books are so good. The other reason, frankly, as I said, is the bar is so high. If you only developed one, everything would rest on that one shot. It’s such a special show. I want to make sure that [any prequel] feels worthy. We have some amazing writers who want to take a shot at this. They’re also looking at different times in the universe and all will have different feels. This increases our odds of finding one that’s unique. What sort of timeline are you looking at for potentially launching a new Thrones universe series? Making Game of Thrones as good as possible is the No. 1 goal, and then we’ll see about these scripts. You’re not going to see a situation where the next show in the Thrones universe launches off the back of this one. The show that Dan and David have created will get its proper send off first. We wouldn’t want to take away from that in any way. I heard originally that one or more might be a limited series instead of a regular series. Is that anthology-style format possible? At this point, everything is on the table. The idea is to find a series. It would be nice to find something that has the legs this one did. But if something works better as a limited series, sure. On the Dan and David side of things, they told me that they’re not going to be involved in the prequels and instead are going to work on the final season for the next year and a half. Is that right? Yep. I’m glad you asked that because that is one thing I want to clarify: By the time the final season airs, Dan and David will have been at this for 12 years. Which is an amazing fact. They didn’t go and do movies in between seasons, they didn’t set anything else up, they put everything — and are putting everything — into this show. They came into HBO with an idea for a show with a beginning, middle, and end, and they want to see it through. In conversations with them, they feel if their name is on the prequels — even in a passive way — it conveys some sort of expectation or responsibility. They want to enjoy the show as fans and don’t want to worry about the scripts or production issues. We were hoping to have their names on it out of respect for them, but we understand why they don’t want that. So as of now, the final season could air in 2018 and/or in 2019 depending on their needs? Yeah. They have to write the episodes and figure out the production schedule. We’ll have a better sense of that once they get further into the writing. Creatively, it’s my understanding that the final season is going to be extremely cinematic — so much so that there was an urge behind the scenes for years to end the show with a movie. But it sounds like instead of doing that you’re effectively making six one-hour “movies” for HBO. One of the hallmarks of the show has been how cinematic is it. The show has proven that TV is every bit as impressive and in many cases more so, than film. What they’re doing is monumental. When you see these battles in season 7, and what I imagine season 8 will be, it’s a big, big show. We’ve done a lot of great shows, but this one combines the complex characters we love with a huge cinematic scope. I think this is the first show to prove that can be done — and we’re the first people to pay for it. I think it’s great HBO keeps giving the producers the resources they need to each season as strong as possible, no matter how many — or few — episodes there are. And circling back to what I said earlier, that’s why I want to temper the expectation on the prequels. We want to focus on seasons 7 and 8. If any of these scripts come to pass, you’re not going to see anything air anytime close to the season 8 finale, Martin is credited on two of the prequels, and he says he’s involved with all. Is he actively co-writing these pilots or is he more like the franchise’s creative advisor? It varies project by project. The writers each have to decide how they operate with George. Some like to collaborate, some look at the source material and do their own thing. There’s no one way, but in all cases, George will be reading the scripts and weighing in. And because they’re all prequels there is no expectation of any roles in the prequels for the original cast? Nope. Have you seen a cut yet of the Thrones season 7 premiere? I don’t want to oversell, but I can’t imagine anybody being disappointed in this season. It’s amazing. RELATED: Game of Thrones Stars Reveal Their Ultimate Spinoff Ideas
EW has released its annual Game of Thrones preview issue behind the scenes in Westeros and offering five collectible covers. Get a copy here and check out our gallery of exclusive photos.
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