Below, a definitive FAQ for understanding HBOs plan forGoTs final season and a successor series.
Production starts in October.
There is no announced air date.
ButThroneswill either return in the second half of 2018 or in 2019.
The eighth and final season will definitely air before any prequel series.
Okay, but if youhadto bet which year it returns?Umm … Id guess 2019.
But again, until HBO announces a date, thats just speculation.
UPDATE:2019 has now been confirmed.
How many episodes are in the final season?Six.
Youresuretheres only six?Yes.
Plus, showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are directing the finale.
There are rumors this is the case.
Nothing has been confirmed yet though.
Which might be rad.
But HBO isnt doing that.
The data pipe is developing five prequel series and all of them are set before the events inThrones.
Really five?Really!
And that is indeed strange.
Ive never seen a strategy like this in television before.
But it also makes sense in this case.
So all five will air?Almost certainly not.
Developing only means a script is being written.
Once those are turned in, maybe one or two might become a pilot.
You know how this works.
Bloys says theyll be happy to ultimately find justoneprequel worthy of continuing theGoTlegacy.
So much ofGoTs drama and serialized dramas in general come from not knowing whats going to happen next.
Is Martin involved in the prequels?Yes!
All the prequel writers are working with him to varying degrees.
Who are these new writers then?A really exciting mix of voices with impressive credits.
Confidential); and Carly Wray (Mad Men).
But in the end, there can be only one?Quite possibly, yeah.
Its like a screenwriting version ofHighlander.
So when will a prequel air?Not until afterGame of Thronesconcludes.
Likely not until a year later, Bloys says.
How will Jon Snow react to learning his parentage?Dude, thats a totally different conversation!
Theres awhole other postfor our season 8 predictions.
