CONFIRMED: The Final Season Of HBO's GAME OF THRONES Won't Air Until Next Year

CONFIRMED: The Final Season Of HBO's GAME OF THRONES Won't Air Until Next Year

It was heavily rumored already, but HBO has now confirmed that final six episodes of its hit fantasy drama series Game of Thrones won't air until next year. Check out the press release after the jump...

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By MarkCassidy - Jan 04, 2018 12:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Game of Thrones
HBO has finally confirmed the bad news: the final six episodes of Game of Thrones will not air until 2019.

The network shared a brief press release with Watchers on The Wall:

Your readers may be interested to know that the hit HBO series GAME OF THRONES will return for its six-episode, eighth and final season in 2019.

Directors for the new season are: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik. Writers for the new season are: David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill. Season seven credits: The executive producers of GAME OF THRONES are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield; co-executive producers, Bryan Cogman, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and George R.R. Martin.

As disappointing as this news will be for Westeros fans, it does make the most sense from a creative standpoint. The show has become more and more expensive and time consuming to produce over the years, and the last thing anyone wants is for the highly-anticipated conclusion to be rushed.

Though a 2019 return for Game of Thrones was all-but confirmed anyway, how do you guys feel now that it's been made official? Drop us a comment in the usual place.
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BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 1/4/2018, 12:26 PM
Unrelated but I'm curious to see what Amazon has in store for their Middle Earth series, hopefully it explores the stories of the Silmarillion and the rise of Sauron
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 1/4/2018, 12:49 PM
@BigMikeReviews - I'd love to see Talion (Shadow of Mordor) appear in that series.
BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 1/4/2018, 12:54 PM
@BlackPhillip - Yea for sure! If they make it an anthology series they can dedicate entire seasons to one character trough various timelines in Middle Earth history
narrow290
narrow290 - 1/5/2018, 7:07 AM
@BigMikeReviews - Me too! a lot of story to tell from middle earth. I would love to see the fall of Numennor
antman8o8
antman8o8 - 1/4/2018, 12:28 PM
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 1/4/2018, 12:30 PM
Like i said in the other thread, i will really miss this show, eventhough there are cool things to look forward to on HBO, such as Westworld and Watchmen, it will be hard to replace a show like GoT.

I heard they are making 4 or 5 spin-offs tv shows tho! :P
RivalSpy
RivalSpy - 1/4/2018, 12:36 PM
@Doomsday8888 - They are developing 5. With the aim to pick the best one to actually commission.
ODanil
ODanil - 1/4/2018, 12:32 PM
Arya will be a full grown werewolf;
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 1/4/2018, 12:51 PM
@ODanil - Sansa will be a fire breathing bird.
Antithesis
Antithesis - 1/4/2018, 12:32 PM
Rick and morty season 4 isn't coming until fall of 2019, now got...DAAMMMIIIT
NOVAtheSUPA
NOVAtheSUPA - 1/4/2018, 10:04 PM
@Antithesis - what the [frick] did you just say? Are you serious
Antithesis
Antithesis - 1/5/2018, 4:48 AM
@NOVAtheSUPA - totally serious.
Peel
Peel - 1/4/2018, 12:36 PM
If the main producers and writers of this show, David and Dan, had actually stuck more closely to the books and didn't actually cut important plotlines - Victarion Greyjoy, Aegon Targaryen, Arianne Martell, the Grand Northern Conspiracy etc. - then the show wouldn't have even caught up to the books by now and we wouldn't have this show.

Screw D&D for destroying this great show because of their own arrogance and incompetence.
Antagonist
Antagonist - 1/4/2018, 1:40 PM
@TheGoddamnPeel -
hufflepuff69
hufflepuff69 - 1/4/2018, 12:41 PM
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 1/4/2018, 12:42 PM
I feel like I just got raped by click bait. By "Release Date" I expected a little more than just the year of the release. Any money you STEAL, on this page, you should donate to charity.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/4/2018, 12:59 PM
@SpideyQuad - There's not a single mention of a release date in the headline or teaser.
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 1/4/2018, 2:00 PM
@RorMachine - Yeah, that's kind of my point. You advertise this thread as having the release date within. What it has is the year, not the release date which most people would take as the day it will be released. Hence why I'm accusing you of "click bait"
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/4/2018, 4:33 PM
@SpideyQuad - WTF are you on about? There's no "advertising" of the release date if I never mention the damn release date! All the headline says is that the show won't return until next year.. so how is that in any way midleading/clickbait?
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 1/5/2018, 4:20 AM
@RorMachine - We could go round and round on this, but you are obviously manufacturing news instead of reporting it. My posts are crystal clear unlike yours. What am I about, how about the truth and integrity?
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 1/4/2018, 1:04 PM
I'm alright with this, no need to rush. I'll be fine with West World to hold me over. For me the first season of West World was better than Game of Thrones, but that is just me.
Pantherpool
Pantherpool - 1/4/2018, 1:37 PM
We've been hearing that for like 5 months.
JohnGrayson
JohnGrayson - 1/4/2018, 1:54 PM
If it means getting a great finale. so be it.
kaethar
kaethar - 1/4/2018, 2:46 PM
Now we all just have to survive until its release. Best of luck everyone!
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