'Game of Thrones' final season to premiere in first half of 2019
A year doesn't really feel like a year for fans obsessed with the Iron Throne until and unless a season of 'Game of Thrones' has premiered already. And for everyone complaining about the unfairness of the dry year that has been 2018, worry not — the eighth and final season of the show is reportedly set to premiere in the first half of 2019, according to HBO president Casey Bloys. At the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on Wednesday, Bloys confirmed the news, hinting that the show may finally return to its scheduled roots when it comes to premieres, considering its first six seasons had premiered in March or Aril.
"When I say we’re hoping to go into production in 2019, we have to find a director, we have to cast it," Bloys said about the show, before he went on to mention that any other Game of Thrones related projects that were supposed to be under development are now in sort of a "combination" of being dead and being still in the works. "The reason we did multiple scripts is, out of five, we’d be lucky if we got one,” Bloys added.