HBO chief: ‘Game of Thrones’ could wrap after 3 more seasons
(Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss) are feeling like there’s probably two more years after six. That claim was bolstered when most of the main stars signed on through seven seasons. [Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss] feel like there’s two more years after six.
“I’d love to change their minds, but that’s what they’re thinking right now”.
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Ultimately a full third season for Looking simply didn’t make sense because of low ratings, Lombardo added.
Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season is coming next month, on August. 31.
HBO showed a long sizzle reel for Westworld that focused on scientific images and the control room, with some shocking violence in the park. “I think from the very beginning of this show, from the pilot episode, we see a 7-year-old boy pushed to seeming death from a tower”.
“Game of Thrones” this year also helped launch HBO’s standalone streaming service HBO Now, where viewers can watch HBO programming at any time without a cable subscription, as television continues to move toward on-demand viewing. “It really would depend fully on what they want to do”. “I’m not calling him to say, ‘Let’s talk about season three if you follow some rules of mine.’ That’s not a conversation I’m ever interested in having or think I need to have with Nic”. The cast is signed through season seven, which has yet to be officially announced.
Lombardo went on to clarify: “From everything I’ve seen, heard and read, Jon Snow is dead”. Personally, while I respect the idea of maintaining creative/visual continuity to a prequel, I’m not so sure I’d be put off with new takes in the setting.