Winter Is Here: Game Of Thrones Has But Two Seasons Left
Those of you who are avid watchers of HBO’s Game of Thrones might have noticed how the last aired episode of the season seemed to be heading directly toward the events that have been teased since the beginning: Daenerys’ acquirement of an army large enough to take the Iron Throne of Westeros (and she’s heading there now!), Cersei finally getting to sit in said throne, though perhaps not for long; and, of course, the imminent coming of winter and the Whitewalkers, the most feared enemies in the world. Does this mean things are wrapping up?
Casey Bloys, HBO’s president of programming, confirmed the imminent end of the series yesterday at Television Critics Association’s press tour. Bloys told reporters that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss “have a very specific plan about the number of seasons they want to do,” and that number has always been around eight.
What’s worse, the final two seasons will be shorter….Season 7 has been confirmed to be just seven episodes long as opposed to the normal ten, and reportedly Season 8 won’t be ten either. And we’ll have to wait LONGER for them to appear….since they take place in a wintry climate, the show will need to film in one. So why not January? Because New Zealand is upside-down and their winter takes place during our summer. We won’t be seeing Season 7 until at LEAST a year from now.
“If I could get them to do more, I would take 10 seasons. But we want to take their lead with what they can do and what the best version of the show is.” All the same, Bloys wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a spinoff. Negotiations have begun with Benioff and Weiss over it, but “there are no concrete plans at this point.”