HBO announced Thursday that “Game of Thrones” Season 8 won’t arrive until sometime in 2019.
Nothing more definite than that was revealed. Season 7 aired this past summer, while previous seasons had aired during spring seasons. The network had said 2019 was a possibility because of the long production schedule.
The new season has already been filming for several months. Series star Sophie Turner had previously hinted to a number of publications that production was going slowly.
The final season will only consist of six episodes, and many fans were hoping it would air sometime this year.
The finale of Season 7 – the most-watched episode in series history – left a lot of plot points hanging, including the fate of one of the dragons that became part of the White Walkers army.