Yolanda Machado

<p>The drama has been on hiatus since August 27, 2017, giving fans close to two years to form wild theories about how the show would end, who might be pregnant, and exactly who will ultimately be sitting on the Iron Throne when its over. Will it be fan favorite Jon Snow (Kit Harrington)? The girl with no name, Arya Stark (Maisie Williams)? Our favorite love-to-hate villain Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey)? Her lover/twin brother and soldier, Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster- Waldau)? Or The Mother of Dragons herself, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke)? Heres what we know about it so far.</p>

<h1>  Season 8 Will Premiere Almost Exactly on the 8th Anniversary of Its Debut Date  </h1>

<p>After more than a year of speculation, Game of Thrones revealed its premiere date through an exciting teaser trailer that did what the show does best: shows you everything, but gives you nothing. In the teaser, we get glimpses of all our favorite characters and an apt hashtag: #ForTheThrone. The final season premiere date falls almost exactly eight years to the day of when the series first premiered on HBO, April 11, 2011, making this a just end for the international sensation.</p>

<p>Every battle. Every betrayal. Every risk. Every fight. Every sacrifice. Every death. All <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheThrone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw" id="232eae39-93ab-3288-a565-88d9d2e76654">  #ForTheThrone </a> . <a href="https://t.co/WReVt473SH" id="14fb5e54-506f-374a-aed5-3178561818a5">  pic.twitter.com/WReVt473SH </a> - Game Of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) <a href="https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones/status/1062359268203077633?ref_src=twsrc^tfw" id="d59e7b58-7667-389f-abd5-44ebd63dd679">  November 13, 2018 </a></p>

<h1>  It Will Open With Callbacks to the Shows Pilot Episode  </h1>

<p>According to  , Season 8 will open at Winterfell where, Instead of King Roberts procession arriving, its Daenerys and her army. What follows is a thrilling and tense intermingling of characters-some of whom have never previously met, many who have messy histories-as they all prepare to face the inevitable invasion of the Army of the Dead. </p>

<h1>  Each Episode is a Mini-Movie  </h1>

<p>In an interview with  , HBO CEO Richard Plepler said that after watching the final six episodes, he believes the GOT creators have made six movies and estimated that each episode runs about 90 minutes. Anyone who is a fan of the show knows that thats pretty easy to imagine. However, according to the French entertainment site, Premiere, it might be more than just a feeling of a movie as they tweeted out this picture from the Orange Cinema Series, which, if Google Translate is accurate, states that the first two episodes will be approximately 60 minutes in length, and the remaining four episodes will be XXL at 80 minutes per episode. Thats not just a feels like a movie runtime-those are movie times. But the producers are keeping mum if the reported times are accurate. </p>

<p>Prcision utile : <a href="https://twitter.com/OCSTV?ref_src=twsrc^tfw" id="608faa89-dfb8-335c-a977-c5581d58679f">  @OCSTV </a> a expliqu oralement que les deux premiers pisodes de la saison finale de <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GameOfThrones?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw" id="1b9fb723-ed76-3aab-a0eb-29fa6062a973">  #GameOfThrones </a> allaient durer 60 minutes, et les quatre suivants 80 mn d'aprs les dernires infos de HBO <a href="https://t.co/UIDwB7xtvU" id="14ae5906-c7fe-354f-aa4e-5d036cded9ca">  https://t.co/UIDwB7xtvU </a> - Premire (@PremiereFR) <a href="https://twitter.com/PremiereFR/status/1087736429533368320?ref_src=twsrc^tfw" id="14a7a1c3-a85c-3dc4-a68d-32e60d10d39a">  January 22, 2019 </a></p>

<h1>  Directors of Seasons Past Are Back, and Who Directed The Last Episode  </h1>

<p>Director Miguel Sapochnik, known for directing some of the most epic GoT episodes like Hardhome, Battle of the Bastards, and The Winds of Winter, is back, as is director David Nutter, who has directed several episodes, most notably The Rains of Castamere. </p>

<p>And the show will be directed off into that Iron Throne in the TV sky by its own showrunners, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, as confirmed to   in an interview with actor Jon Bradley who plays Sam Tarly, the Starks' beloved family friend. </p>

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZdhv4ugBNZ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" id="e04df284-7228-3a0f-ac66-ef35a227763f">  View this post on Instagram </a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZdhv4ugBNZ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" id="edbf745b-2820-3afe-a8c1-447228dbc2e9">  Back on Game of Thrones for prep of the final season and the team is back together. Good times even though winter is already here #gameofthrones #miguelsapochnik #carolinevalderson #joebauer #stevekullback #vfx #dop #setlife #battleofthebastards #cinematography #behindthescenes #emmyawards </a> A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fabianwagner78/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" id="d8513dd8-a597-3334-ad74-1993ca95e509">  Fabian Wagner </a> (@fabianwagner78) on Sep 25, 2017 at 3:53am PDT</p>

<h1>  If You Thought The Battle of the Bastards was Intense, Buckle Up  </h1>

<p>Season Eight is really upping the ante on everything.   that one of the big battles of the season involved 55 night shoots, only for the Winterfell scenes, and needed more shoots in a studio for weeks after that. Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister, said of the shoot, It makes the Battle of the Bastards look like a theme park. For contrast, the Battle of the Bastards was shot in 25 days, so whatever this battle is, its going to be HUGE. Though it hasnt been confirmed if that battle sequence will be the epic fight against the Army of the Dead, that final battle is the most sustained action sequence ever made for television or film.</p>

<h1>  Several New Characters Were Cast  </h1>

<p>In late 2017, a   was obtained advising that GoT was casting for the roles of a Northern Sentry," some guards, an attractive girl, a mercenary and a northern farmer. Also  has been the casting of Marc Rissman as the leader of the Golden Company,   as a character by the name of Sarra, and a role of a young sad eyed girl. </p>

<p>The connection between the Stark brood and their direwolves was a strong bond that was reflected heavily in the first couple of seasons. Almost all the wolves, save but two, met brutal endings.  , Joe Bauer, at least one of the surviving direwolves will be back to bid adieu to the series: Ghost, Jon Snows companion wolf. </p>

<h1>  Photos, and more photos, and...is Cersei pregnant?  </h1>

<p>The  offer very little clues to really, anything, but for one: Cersei standing in silhouette, with what appears to be a medieval baby bump. If she is indeed with child, something she has been craving since all her children were murdered, then more than likely the father would be her brother, Jaime, like all the other kids. But Cersei of now is much crueler, harder, and angrier than the Cersei of before, so who knows if she even wants a baby now. Only time will tell.</p>

<p>Also included is a portrait of Jon Snow with his new lover, Daenerys. Unknown to them, however, is the reveal the audience got to experience through Bran Starks eyes, that Daenerys is Jon Snows real aunt. So whether those pictures are from before or after the big reveal happens, is another secret being kept under lock and key.</p>

<h1>  Each of the Cast Has Said Something About The End  </h1>

<p>Most of the cast has been interviewed for other projects, or appearances, and each have said a thing or two about the shows ending. Most notable is Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, who stated in an  , that she thinks a lot of fans will be disappointed and a lot of fans will be over the moon. </p>

<p>Meanwhile Coster-Waldau said in an interview with   that hes spent so many years working on this and been guessing and trying to figure out how this will end-and when I read it, some of the parts of it Id get, and other parts of it were just completely shocking and surprising.</p>

<p>Harrington said, I cried at the end, while speaking to  . Adding that, You have to remember that [after] eight years of it-no one really cares about it more than us.</p>

<p>Both Maisie Williams and Emilia Clarke took to social media to say goodbye to the show and their characters. </p>

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk7fHbnA7Cy/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" id="618d3d51-1661-3f1a-aa14-26dec90250d7">  View this post on Instagram </a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk7fHbnA7Cy/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" id="b65d4599-c04f-384b-a83c-d79bb56a8f28">  goodbye belfast. goodbye arya. goodbye game of thrones. what a joy ive had. heres to the adventures to come #lastwomanstanding #barely #immasleepforthenextfouryears #justkiddingidontsleep </a> A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/maisie_williams/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" id="6c9ee107-42d4-3cc6-aad4-8154f4f5008a">  Maisie Williams </a> (@maisie_williams) on Jul 7, 2018 at 4:53am PDT</p>

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BkIyu5XFCUx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" id="1f0bc27f-b7f4-3925-a98c-d178129a099f">  View this post on Instagram </a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BkIyu5XFCUx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" id="311203c0-7ac1-3154-a933-8dff8a0bb7d8">  Hopped on a boat to an island to say goodbye to the land that has been my home away from home for almost a decade. Its been a trip @gameofthrones thank you for the life I never dreamed Id be able to live and the family Ill never stop missing ##lastseasonitis </a> A post shared by @ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/emilia_clarke/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" id="47ce0a9d-1dd9-3f0e-a069-b5f494c30cb2">  emilia_clarke </a> on Jun 17, 2018 at 12:23pm PDT</p>

<h1>  Spinoffs and a Reunion are Already in the Works  </h1>

<p>A pilot for a prequel that takes place thousands of years before the current GoT storyline is in the works,  <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/entertainment/game-of-thrones-spinoff-pilot-order/index.html" id="2af5ef90-2a1c-3448-a80b-9faa625efba5">  according to CNN </a> , and Naomi Watts is already cast to star in the series. Nine additional cast members have been   and director SJ Clarkson is set to direct the pilot. The show wouldnt air until 2020, at the very least, and several other prequels are currently in discussion at HBO. Most will not have anything to do with the GoT characters we know and love, though.</p>

<p>However, HBO has confirmed that a reunion special will be hosted by Conan OBrien and will be included in the a  . </p>

<p>Game of Thrones Season 8 premieres on April 14, 2019 on HBO. </p>

What We Know About Season 8 of Game of Thrones

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