The Season 8 trailer offers a look at some fight scenes, presumably from that big battle, and it even ends with the Night King’s arrival at Winterfell. Leaks suggest it’s happening in Episode 3. We know there’s a big battle episode coming up in the final season of Game of Thrones. However, that doesn’t mean there can’t be a link, either. After all, one is a tease for Season 8, and the other is simply part of who a character is. Now, those two comments may be unrelated. What’s even more disconcerting is Maisie Williams telling EW “there’s a lot of death this year.” That doesn’t bode well for those about to face the Night King and his army in Winterfell. It’s why he was created and that’s what he’s after.” “And that’s what he wants - for all of us. “I don’t think of him as evil, I think of him as Death,” showrunner David Benioff told Entertainment Weekly of the Night King. Light spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8 below. The Army of the Dead is ready to do even more damage after bringing down the wall, but no matter what he does, the Night King has to lose, right? Maybe not, according to several new interviews with the cast and crew of Game of Thrones Season 8. It’s obvious that the next installment of Game of Thrones is worth waiting for.HBO is keeping much of what happens in Game of Thrones Season 8 a secret, but we do know the Night King and his forces are looming large. They basically take it to the point where it’s like the Gestapo,” Nutter said. “They wanted to make sure nobody knew what was happening, and they went to the nth degree, like they do on the show in general.
The production team made every effort to keep everything secret, including email password protected scripts to cast members. But it was definitely a situation where there was no paper on the set, type of thing.” He said, “ were all over, everywhere, trying to get in on what was happening. Director David Nutter revealed that the team filmed fake scenes just in case any information leaked to the public. It almost goes without saying that the ending to Game of Thrones is a closely guarded secret. If they get through, everyone dies #ForTheThrone.Ī post shared by gameofthrones on at 12:24pm PST It’s also rumored that each cost around $15 million to make. Sound designer Paula Farifield revealed that each episode could be “feature-length” and run as long as the average film at between 80 to 120 minutes. But the final season will only have six episodes, though they’ll most likely be longer in length than others.
Most previous episodes on the Game of Thrones series had 10 episodes. Plus, it relates back to the original book series it’s based on, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. It’s all foreshadowing that final battle that fans have been anticipating since the beginning of the series. In it, a direwolf, a dragon, and a lion, each symbolizing one of the houses vying for the throne (Stark, Targaryen, and Lannister) either freeze or become engulfed in flames. Talk about a big tease! The Season 8 Game of Thrones trailer debuted in December 2018.
White Walkers again? It seems that way.Ī post shared by gameofthrones on at 7:29am PST They stop in front of three statues who look like them and then the crypt ices over in an ominous way. As they’re walking, they hear voices from their past including Ned Stark, Lyanna Stark, and Catelyn Stark speaking to them. The newest teaser aired before True Detective: Season 3 and showed Jon Snow, Sansa Stark, and Arya Stark walking through the crypts beneath Winterfell. This season is particularly short, with just six episodes scheduled before the dramatic conclusion and hopefully an answer: who will win the Iron Throne? We’ll all know soon enough.
It’s not too surprising to discover that the Game of Thrones release will happen on Sunday, April 14 2019. When is the Game of Thrones Season 8 release date? Game of Thrones Season 8 has a release date – and a new trailer filled with subtle clues for what’s going to happen.
Finally, HBO made the official announcement: the final season of the most popular series of all time is coming back.
Game of Thrones fans have been waiting for this moment for nearly a year and a half.