We already known we’re getting a shortened season when Game of Thrones returns, and it seems we’ll also have to wait a little longer before the epic fantasy series returns to HBO, as showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have revealed that season seven won’t be premiering in its usual April slot.
“[W]e don’t have an airdate yet, but this year it’ll probably be a bit later, ’cause we’re starting a bit later because at the end of this season,” said the duo on the UFC Unfiltered podcast. “‘Winter is here,’ and that means that sunny weather doesn’t really serve our purposes anymore. So we kind of pushed everything down the line, so we could get some grim, grey weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot.”
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Benioff and Weiss have suggested that there are just 13 episodes left of Game of Thrones, which will be split across two shortened seasons. Read what they have to say about bringing the series to a close here.
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Originally published July 6, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
