Game Of Thrones: Season 8

The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones, produced by HBO, premiered on April 14, 2019. Filming officially began on October 23, 2017, and concluded in July 2018.

Unlike the first six seasons that each had ten episodes and the seventh that had seven episodes, the eighth season only has six episodes. Like the previous season, it largely consists of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series and adapts material Martin revealed to the showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring. The season was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.

Main cast

See also: List of Game of Thrones characters

Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
(Jaime Lannister)

Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) and Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)

Kit Harington (Jon Snow) and Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark)

Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth)

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen
Kit Harington as Jon Snow
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth
Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei
Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy
John Bradley as Samwell Tarly
Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark
Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth
Conleth Hill as Varys
Rory McCann as Sandor "The Hound" Clegane
Jerome Flynn as Bronn
Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane
Joe Dempsie as Gendry
Jacob Anderson as Grey Worm
Iain Glen as Jorah Mormont
Hannah Murray as Gilly
Carice van Houten as Melisandre

Guest cast
The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 8. They are listed by the region in which they first appear.

In the North
Richard Dormer as Beric Dondarrion

Ben Crompton as Eddison Tollett

Daniel Portman as Podrick Payn

Rupert Vansittart as Yohn Royce

Bella Ramsey as Lyanna Mormont

Megan Parkinson as Alys Karstark

Richard Rycroft as Master Wolkan

Harry Grasby as Ned Umber

Staz Nair as Qhono

Vladimir Furdik as the Night King

In King's Landing

Pilou Asbæk as Euron Greyjoy

Anton Lesser as Qyburn[27]

Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson as Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane

Marc Rissmann as Harry Strickland

In the Vale

Lino Facioli as Robin Arryn
Development
HBO announced the eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones in July 2016. Like the previous season, it largely consists of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. As Benioff had verified in March 2015, the creators have talked with Martin about the end of the series, and they "know where things are heading". He explained that the ends of both the television and the book series will unavoidably be thematically similar, although Martin could still make some changes to surprise the readers. When asked about why the television series is coming to an end, he stated: "this is where the story ends"

Writing
Writing for the eighth season started with a 140-page outline. Benioff said that the divvying up process and who should write what section became more difficult because "this would be the last time that we would be doing this"

Filming
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, HBO programming president Casey Bloys stated that instead of the series finale's being a feature film, the final season would be "six one-hour movies" on television. He continued, "The show has proven that TV is every bit as impressive and in many cases more so than film. What they're doing is monumental". Filming officially began on October 23, 2017] and concluded in July 2018. Many exterior scenes were filmed in Northern Ireland, and a few in Dubrovnik, Croatia; Paint Hall Studios in Belfast were used for interior filming.

Music
Ramin Djawadi is set to return as the series' composer for season 8.