Showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss are said considering to cut down the number of episodes for two final seasons of the hit drama series, but HBO denies the reports.
- Apr 15, 2016
AceShowbiz - You may be left craving for more as "Game of Thrones" bosses are mapping out plans for the show's end. According to Variety, showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss are considering abbreviated final seasons for the medieval drama series.
"I think we're down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap," Benioff told the site. "That's the guess, though nothing is yet set in stone, but that's what we're looking at." The 13 episodes will allegedly be split into two seasons, with the seventh season consisting of 7 episodes and the eighth and potential final season consisting of 6 episodes.
Sources confirmed that any upcoming seasons might be shorter than the full 10 episodes of seasons past, but the numbers of episodes for future seasons were premature since the showrunners just started to outline their plans.
However, the reports have been debunked by HBO. The cable network states, "Any conversations about the end of 'Game of Thrones' and the number of episodes of future seasons is purely speculative. As is customary, HBO will sit with Dan and David to discuss the details once a decision has been made to go forward with season 7." That means the show's future beyond the upcoming sixth season has not been decided yet.
"Game of Thrones" season 6 premieres Sunday, April 24 at 9 P.M. on HBO. A new clip was recently debuted on "Late Night with Seth Meyers", showing blind Arya who is challenged for a fight by The Waif.
On the talk show, star Maisie Williams also talked about painful contact lenses she had to wear to portray blind Arya. "I read somewhere that they gave me the option between CGI and contact lenses, which isn't true at all. They just said, contact lenses," Williams told Seth Meyers. "So I had to wear these really thick contact lenses that were 16 millimeters and hand-painted so they looked all murky. They were so, so painful, but guys were like, 'You're an actress, stop complaining.' "
