Poll of the Day > We might not see the final season of GoT until 2019...

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http://theplaylist.net/2019-final-season-game-thrones-20170602/

To say that people are wildly anticipating “Game of Thrones” season 7 would be an understatement. The trailer for the penultimate season broke the record for the most watched television trailer in 24 hours, and there’s no doubt fans are eager to see how their years spent in Westeros are finally going to wrap up. However, they may be waiting a bit longer than expected.

Speaking with EW, HBO programming president Casey Bloys revealed that season eight won’t necessarily be coming next year, as creators/writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss still have to lay down the final roadmap. When asked if the network would allow the pair to debut the final season in 2019, Bloys essentially said yes.

“They have to write the episodes and figure out the production schedule. We’ll have a better sense of that once they get further into the writing,” he stated, leaving the door open.

It would seem that even though the eighth season will run a mere six episodes, Benoiff and Weiss want to make sure they’re doing it right. Still, asking fans to wait two years to see how it ends is a big favor. But all things pertaining to “Game Of Thrones,” including the mooted prequel series, is being approached with the idea not to rush anything that would tarnish the brand.

“Making ‘Game of Thrones’ as good as possible is the No. 1 goal, and then we’ll see about these scripts. You’re not going to see a situation where the next show in the ‘Thrones’ universe launches off the back of this one. The show that Dan and David have created will get its proper send off first. We wouldn’t want to take away from that in any way,” Bloys said.

“Game Of Thrones” returns on July 16th, and in case you’re wondering, the episode will run 59 minutes long.
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I think they learned their lesson with True Detective. They pushed for season 2 to be out within a calendar year and it sucked.

Westworld is getting similar treatment, no season 2 until 2018 despite it being a 2016 show.
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HBO is also pretty well known for this. They delayed a season of Sopranos for over a year, and they did the same for each of the last 2 seasons of The Wire...

The only thing that annoys me is that they're using the excuse that "it's not written yet". Hopefully they mean things just aren't fully mapped out yet...
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Hopefully it gives GRRM more time to get his shit together and finish his goddamn stories
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Hopefully it gives GRRM more time to get his shit together and finish his goddamn stories

This will still probably beat him out
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Hopefully it gives GRRM more time to get his shit together and finish his goddamn stories

Oh sweet summer child


He's gonna die before that happens

thekingoftown posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

Hopefully it gives GRRM more time to get his shit together and finish his goddamn stories

This will still probably beat him out

Already has. They used up all the book material a couple seasons ago.
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TES_Nut posted...

thekingoftown posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

Hopefully it gives GRRM more time to get his shit together and finish his goddamn stories

This will still probably beat him out

Already has. They used up all the book material a couple seasons ago.

Pretty sure that just happened last season.

Maybe Bloodstained will be out by then.
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season 5 begun creeping past the books

The show throws out like 80% of the 4th book though
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the show follows the war of the 5 kings saga accurately enough. Just a lot of time condensed plotlines and reduced roles all around, but the events unfold as they should
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