The eighth and final season of
HBO
's award-winning fantasy drama "
Game of Thrones" will run six episodes.
The sources have confirmed the
Hollywood Reporter
ahead of the season seven premiere in July.
News first broke in April 2016 that showrunners
David Benioff and D B
Weiss
were mulling two shorter final seasons of the
George R R Martin
adaptation.
Several months later, HBO programming president
Casey Bloys
confirmed at the
Television Critics Association
summer press tour that the eighth season would be its last.
The producers are currently writing those final hours while also completing post-production work on the show's seventh season -- which will consist of seven episodes.
Click here for latest updates on Game of Thrones 7 HBO is also developing four (possibly five) "GoT" prequel ideas from different writing teams to potentially continue the franchise.
The projects are still early days, none are yet written and there is no certainty that HBO will necessarily greenlight any to series.
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