The eighth and final season of ‘Game of Thrones’ won’t be released until 2019.
HBO released the following statement Thursday announcing the news:
The epic fantasy series Game of Thrones will return for its six-episode, eighth and final season in 2019.
David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik will be the directors for the new season. Writers for the new season are David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill.
The executive producers of the series are David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger and Bernadette Caulfield. Co-executive producers are Bryan Cogman, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and George R.R. Martin.
I’m not going to lie to you guys. Having to wait this long absolutely sucks. I don’t want the final season in 2019. I want it right now, but I’m willing to settle for the summer of 2018. Having to wait two years is simply unacceptable, and I won’t tolerate it. We can’t allow it.
There are so many things I need to know, and we were left at the end of season seven with the wall coming down. Now I have to wait two years to find out what happens? That’s borderline torture.
The final season better be out of control if we have to wait so long.