The eighth season of "Game of thrones" will be its last, HBO
confirmed on Saturday. This leaves only two more seasons for the show.
The end of the hit fantasy drama has been rumored for a while. HBO's
new programming chief Casey Bloys , announced the final season at the
Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles on Saturday.
"Believe me, as the new guy, if I could get them do to more, I
would take 10 more seasons," Bloys said.
Last month, "Game of Thrones" executive producers David
Benioff and D.B. Weiss said they would like to end the series in 73 hours. That
leaves roughly 13 more episodes of the show in two truncated seasons. Season
seven of "Game of Thrones" will run only seven episodes instead of
the usual 10.
Bloys said season eight's episode count has not yet been decided. Also,
he confirmed the later production start date for next season will make the
series ineligible for Emmy awards in 2017.
Obviously, since "Game of Thrones" is one of the most popular
and award winning shows on television, HBO would want to keep viewers coming
back to Westeros for years to come.
Yet, it appears Benioff and Weiss' vision has won out.
But just because the adventures of Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow are
coming to an end, doesn't mean we've seen the end of "Game of
Thrones" entirely. When asked if the network had considered a spin-off for
the series, Bloys admitted that HBO executives had "talked about it."
"It's not something I'm opposed to, but of course it has to make
sense creatively," he said. "But there are no concrete plans or
anything at this point."
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