We’ve waited and waited, and now we have our first official look at Game of Thrones’ final season… well, a glimpse at least.
Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) are looking rather regal in the first photo from season 8, and it is obviously a cue to examine every single aspect for clues.
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OK, they don’t really look any different from season 7 in the new Entertainment Weekly cover, but the stars and executive producer Bryan Cogman have teased a bit about the final six episodes to get us all excited.
“It’s about all of these disparate characters coming together to face a common enemy, dealing with their own past, and defining the person they want to be in the face of certain death,” Cogman told the magazine.
“It’s an incredibly emotional, haunting, bittersweet final season and I think it honours very much what [author George RR Martin] set out to do – which is flipping this kind of story on its head.”
Speaking of filming the final season, Harington explained: “It’s relentless; scenes that would have been a one-day shoot five years ago are now a five-day shoot. They want to get it right, they want to shoot everything every single way so they have options.”
Clarke added: “[Camera] checks take longer, costumes are a bit better, hair and make-up a bit sharper – every choice, every conversation, every attitude, has this air of ‘this is it’. Everything feels more intense.”
As the main show draws to a close, the first details for the Game of Thrones spin-off – reportedly titled The Long Night – have emerged, with the prequel casting Naomi Watts and Poldark‘s Josh Whitehouse in lead roles.
Game of Thrones season 8 will premiere in 2019. The show airs on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic and NOW TV in the UK. Season 7 is now available to buy on DVD, Blu-ray or digital download.
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