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We’re mere days away from the Game Of Thrones Season 6 premiere and, like every season thus far, it will involve another ten episodes of the multi-award winning HBO show based on George R.R. Martin’s impressive series of fantasy novels A Song Of Ice And Fire. Future seasons however, may not be quite as lengthy.
Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have said they think there may only be 13 episodes left in the show after season six; “I think we’re down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We’re heading into the final lap… That’s the guess. Nothing is yet set in stone, but that’s what we’re looking at.”
The TV show has already passed the point the novels have reached, and although Martin has told the pair exactly how he wants his story to end, the problem may reside in the scale of what’s to come. Still it’s unlikely HBO will cheap out on a big climax for its flagship show. A likelier prospect would involve the show conclusion leaping onto the big screen; as finishing with one or more movies has been discussed in the past, and would solve the problem of renegotiating ongoing series contracts for an increasingly busy cast.
Games Of Thrones Season Six will be broadcast simultaneously on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic in the UK on Sunday April 24th (2am Monday April 25th UK time), before Sky Atlantic’s regular airing on 9pm Monday 25th.
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Source: Variety.
