Game of Thrones season 7 release date, spoilers, leaks, trailer and everything you need to know
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WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season seven. Obvs.Game of Thrones season 7 is officially underway, but new plot teasers and developments continue to surface... and there's already much speculation about the show's future.
Is the end in sight? From teasers to story leaks to theories, here's everything you need to know.Game of Thrones season 7 release date: When's it on?Season 7 premiered simultaneously on Sunday night, July 16 on at 9pm ET on HBO in the US and at 2am on Monday, July 17 on Sky Atlantic in the UK.
Each week, if you can't stomach the thought of staying up so late, there's always the repeat viewing later in the day at the more manageable time of 9pm to look forward to. You can also watch it on demand any time after 2am.If you don't want to stump up for the full Sky package, you can try a NowTV Entertainment Pass, which gives you access to the show (and loads of others) on all your devices. It's currently available for a two-weekfree trial (it's £6.99 a month afterwards and £7.99 from 15 August), so you can watch the first two episodes for nothing at all if you time it right.
"We're starting a bit later because at the end of this season, 'Winter is here' – and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more," showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss previously confirmed.
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"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."Makes sense... not that it helps to soothe our broken hearts. We'll be getting a bumper-length premiere running to 59 minutes and season finale lasting at least a whopping 81 minutes, maybe closer to 90, to make up for the long wait.
It's looking like we could be in for another long wait after that, too, with the eighth and final season possibly delayed until 2019. "[Benioff and Weiss] have to write the episodes and figure out the production schedule," HBO President Casey Bloys said. "We'll have a better sense of that once they get further into the writing."
"We honestly don't know yet [when the final episodes will air]," Benioff admitted. "There's been a lot of back and forth about air dates. That's a long way off from being settled."
Filming wrapped on season 7 in February – with Emilia Clarke having already completed work on the "mindblower" new season. To give us a taste, here's a first-look teaser: featuring the first dialogue from season 7 courtesy of Jon Snow, it hints at a huge battle ahead between the living and the undead White Walkers.
"The same thing is coming for all of us. There is only one war that matters – the great war… AND IT IS HERE."
