‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 May Not Arrive Until Summer 2019, But See A Brief Snippet Of Footage Now
Back towards the beginning of the year, we learned theGame of Thronesseason 8 premierewouldn’t arrive until sometime in 2019. This is the final season of the HBO epic fantasy series, and even though it will beshorter than the previous season, it will haveexpensive, movie-length episodes. Because of that, the final season might not debut until later than fans were expecting.
Game of Thronesfans have been counting on HBO bringing the series back to a traditional spring debut after the previous seventh season arrived last summer. However, it sounds like theGame of Thronesseason 8 premiere will likely not debut until the summer of next year. Thankfully, a small snippet of footage has arrived to help ease the anticipation.The Huffington Postrecently spoke to visual effects supervisorJoe Bauerabout his work on the show, and a reference he made to when the series will be eligible for Emmy nominations again appears to hint at a later debut for the final season ofGame of Thrones. Bauer said, “In two years we’ll be eligible for the Season 8 work, which we’re just beginning now.” So how does that hint at a summer 2019 premiere forGame of Thrones?
In order for a show to be eligible for the Emmy nominations next year, it must air a majority of its episodes by May 31. So if Bauer is saying they won’t be eligible for Emmys for two years, in 2020, that likely means most of the final season ofGame of Throneswill not have aired before the deadline. So the earliest theGame of Thronesseason 8 premiere could be is mid-May, making a debut in April unlikely.
If you need further confirmation ofGame of Thronestaking a little longer to kick off the final season, Bauer added, “We’re going to be toiling away on Season 8 until May of 2019, so it’s eight or nine months away.” That makes a summer debut pretty likely, and while the news is probably a bit of a bummer forGame of Thronesfans, it’s likely only an extra month or two they’ll have to wait.
In the meantime, check out a very small bit of footage from the final season in this recently released HBO promo and speculate away about what these dramatic glances fromKit HaringtonandSophie Turnermeans for the eighth season of Game of Thrones:
