The next season of “Game of Thrones” is still tracking for a 2017 release, but accommodating a real-world winter means it’s not expected to make the now-traditional April start date.
“Winter is Coming” has been a phrase associated with the series ever since its 2011 pilot, and in 2017’s portion of “Game of Thrones” episodes, winter will have finally arrived.
So in order to capture some real-world winter on screen, the “Game of Thrones” showrunners don’t expect next year’s batch to start broadcasting in April as has been customary.
Series co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss told July 5’s UFC Unfiltered podcast (at the 41 minute mark) that season 7 would start later than April 2017.
“We don’t have an air date yet,” UFC Unfiltered was told, refuting any expectation that April 2017 was in the frame.
“We’re starting a bit later because at the end of this season winter is here, and that means sunny weather doesn’t really suit our purposes anymore.”
“So we kind of pushed everything down the line so we could get some grim, grey weather, even in the sunnier places that we shoot.”
Benioff and Weiss also confirmed another point of speculation, saying that the two remaining seasons would run a little shorter than usual.
It means that should seasons 7 and 8 clock in at less than the normal 10 episodes apiece, it would still be possible to start airing in May and conclude by the end of June, minimizing disruption to TV schedules before audiences depart on mid-year vacations.
Adapting George R. R. Martin’s fantasy novel series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” HBO’s “Game of Thrones” commenced April 2011 and each subsequent season has enjoyed better and better viewer numbers than the ones before.
Season 6 ran April 24 to June 26 and drew record audiences with its season finale.
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