All we know about 'Game of Thrones' Season 8 – Variety

With the announcement of the launch of season 8 of "Game of Thrones" in the spring of 2019, one thing is now certain: the winter is here.

The eighth and final season of the HBO megahit series is fast approaching, and although the premium cable operator has taken CIA-level precautions to prevent leaks, the details have begun to take shape.

Here's what we know so far from last season's epic and fantasy series.

A few more months

"Game of Thrones" may have closed season 7 last year, but fans will have to wait a little longer for the eighth and final season of the hit fantasy series. HBO revealed Tuesday in a promotional video that the new down payment would arrive in April 2019, with no specific date.

Less is more

With six episodes, the new episode will certainly be shorter than previous seasons, which usually capped at 10 episodes. But fewer episodes mean that everyone can be longer.

"When you think about it, until last season, you would have six months to do ten episodes," said Liam Cunningham, who plays Ser Davos. "So were [doing] much more than that for six episodes. So, this will obviously result in longer episodes. "

This could even extend to episodes of 80 minutes or more. "Two hours per episode seem excessive, but it's a great show, so who knows?" Said Casey Bloys of HBO.

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The show has yet to download an official trailer, but producer and writer Bryan Cogman has been interested in the general theme of the eighth season.

"It's about all those disparate characters who come together to face a common enemy, looking after their own past and defining the person they want to deal with certain death," Cogman said. EW. "It's an incredibly moving, haunting and bitterly sweet last season, and I think it's a great honor for

proposes to do – which is reversing this kind of story. "

Who makes the cut?

"Game of Thrones" is like Russian roulette when it's about surviving another season, and every actor who qualifies for the next round seems as surprised as the audience. Lena Headey, who plays the villain Cersei Lannister, thought her character would not arrive at the end of season 7.

"I [badumed] oh, I'm going to die, "she said about reading the script. "And then, I went straight to the end. I was really shocked. I obviously think that now there must be a physical count at the end of [season] 8. "

Cersei's brother / lover, Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), will travel north looking for Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) or Jon Snow (Kit Harington). Davos also qualifies for the eighth season. And maybe the best news: the Ghost Tellwolf will be back! The show's visual effects supervisor, Joe Bauer, confirmed this, telling the Huffington Post that the fluffy fan favorite "had plenty of time in front of the screen" for the new season.

Possible storylines

We know that season 8 will start in Winterfell as Daenery's army goes there and since Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) is in charge of the northern capital, these two will surely come up against each other. Turner said her character was perhaps "a little lost" while she was getting rid of Littlefinger.

John Bradley, who plays adorable Samwell Tarly, said that all the characters were in "a totally foreign environment at certain times" of the new season. It might mean anything, but fans think Sam could go to King's Landing.

Beyond what we already know, there is speculation that Jon Snow will find out who his real parents are. Last season, it was confirmed that Jon was not the father of Ned Stark, but rather the sister of Ned, Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. If Jon understands it, it could make the situation difficult between him and his lover / aunt, Daenerys. The series also hinted last season that Daenerys would soon get pregnant with Jon's baby, making their relationship even more complicated.

Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) has six names left on her murder list and it is highly likely that she will be able to scratch out more names by the end of Season 8, including the Hound (Rory McCann), Júlíus Mountain "Thor" Björnsson) and Melisandre (Carice van Houten). And speaking of the Red Priestess, she warned Varys (Conleth Hill) in Season 7 that she would return to Westeros "one last time. I must die in this strange country, just like you.

A prequel is in the works

"Game of Thrones" may be coming to an end, but the world of the show may not end sooner. HBO gave a pilot order to a series of series preceding one of the five "Game of Thrones" projects being prepared. Taking place thousands of years before the events of "Game of Thrones", this new show tells the fall of the world since the age of the heroes in its darkest era. If all these projects materialize, we may be looking at a pop culture landscape dominated by Game of Thrones for another 20 or 30 years.