Game of thrones Season 8 will be a direct continuation of the events that occurred in Season 7.
The series long ago departed from the books of George Martin "Song of Ice and Flame". The script for the two final seasons is written on sketches, conversations with the writer, where he explains how ideally he would like to finish the stories of his heroes. All this complicates the production of the series, since there is no book original, there are no ready dialogues, there is no certainty where the plot will move.
The basis for the eighth season will be drafts written by George Martin, for the last book of the cycle "Song of Ice and Flame". The future book still has the working title "Dreams of Spring".
Will the events shown in the series, further taken by Martin in the final novel, is unknown. It may happen that the book series and the series "The Game of Thrones" will disperse in the plots.
Creators of "Game of Thrones" are going to wait for suitable climatic conditions for filming. Previous, the sixth season already had to be postponed for several months for the same reasons. Since the scale and duration of the episodes of the eight season are impressive, the shooting process will stretch. The creators plan to complete the shooting of the 8th season of the Games of Thrones only in March - April 2018. Producers and screenwriters Dan Wyse and David Benioff have already promised that the last chapter of the series will be full of battle scenes and computer graphics with the latest technology, and this also takes time. Therefore, viewers can see the season only in the first half of 2019. The shooting began in October 2017.
HBO President Blois gave an interview in which he said that several endings of the series will be filmed.
The release date was voiced by actress Macy Williams in January 2018.
Actress Macy Williams, known for his role as Arya Stark in the series "The Game of Thrones," said that the first series of the final, eighth season of the popular TV series will be released on television in April 2019.
"We finish in December, and the first episode will be aired in April 2019. There were a lot of things in the final version, you would not want to hurry this season."
Later, the actress hurried to disown her words, but we know that she did it because she was simply scolded. You can not tell anyone about the show!
Actor Nikolai Koster-Valdau (Jame Lannister)in an interview shared the details of the Season 8 Season Games. He said that some of the main characters will be killed and they turn into White Walkers. The actor admitted that he was afraid that it would be his character.
It is also known that the actress Indira Varma will not return to the 8th season of the Games of the Thrones, despite the fact that her heroine Ellary Sand has survived. The actress herself expressed a desire not to renew the contract for filming.
Ally Kendrick stated that she probably would not return to Mirra Reed 's role in the final season of the "Game of Thrones" - at least, nobody called her there.
There was a serious update in the cast. Actor from Germany Mark Riesman got the role of captain of the Golden Swords of Harry Strickland nicknamed Homeless Harry.