HBO has officially listed Game of Thrones' upcoming eighth and final season on its spring schedule, and while synopses are understandably being kept under wraps, they have gone ahead and revealed the running lengths for the final six installments of the long-running epic fantasy series.
While every episode was initially rumored to run well over an hour, it looks like only the final three will be super-sized, with the last two chapters running a full eighty minutes each as Jon Snow (Kit Harington) leads our heroes against the Night King (Vladimír Furdík) and his Army of the Dead.
03/15 UPDATE: While our previous story suggested only the final three installments would be supersized, it looks it'll actually be the final four episodes that receive an extended running time, with Episode 70 running 82 minutes, Episode 71 running 78 minutes, and the final two installments running a full eighty minutes each as Jon Snow (Kit Harington) leads our heroes against the Night King (Vladimír Furdík) and his army of the Dead.
Episode 68: 54 minutes - April 14
Episode 69: 58 minutes - April 21
Episode 70: 82 minutes - April 28 (UPDATED)
Episode 71: 78 minutes - May 5
Episode 72: 80 minutes - May 12
Episode 73: 80 minutes - May 19
The April 28th episode, which is the longest of the shortened season, will be the first post-Avengers: Endgame, so plan accordingly, because that weekend is shaping up to be an absolute all-timer.
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Kit Harington as Jon Snow and Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
Kit Harington as Jon Snow and Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
Kit Harington as Jon Snow
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister
John Bradley as Samwell Tarly
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark
Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth
Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
In Season 7, Daenerys Targaryen has finally set sail for Westeros with her armies, dragons and new Hand of the Queen, Tyrion Lannister. Jon Snow has been named King in the North after defeating Ramsay Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards and returning Winterfell to House Stark. In King's Landing, Cersei Lannister has seized the Iron Throne by incinerating the High Sparrow, his followers and her rivals in the Sept of Baelor. But as old alliances fracture and new ones emerge, an army of dead men marches on the Wall, threatening to end the game of thrones forever.
An original series based on George R.R. Martin's best-selling 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series.
Game of Thrones returns April 14