Game of Thrones (season 7)

Game of Thrones (season 7)
Starring See List of Game of Thrones cast
Country of origin United States
Release
Original network HBO

The seventh season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones was ordered by HBO on April 21, 2016, just three days before the premiere of the show's sixth season. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content currently not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, but also adapts material from the upcoming sixth and seventh novels The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring.[1] The season will premiere later than usual, in mid-2017.[2][3] Unlike previous seasons that all consisted of ten episodes, the seventh season will consist of seven episodes.[3]

Cast

Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
(Jaime Lannister)
Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister)
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)
Kit Harington (Jon Snow)

Main cast

Guest cast

Production

Crew

Series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss will serve as showrunners for the seventh season. The directors for the seventh season are Alan Taylor, Jeremy Podeswa, Mark Mylod and Matt Shakman. Shakman is a first-time Game of Thrones director, with the rest each having directed multiple episodes in previous seasons.[36] Michele Clapton will return to the show as costume designer, after spending some time away from the show in the sixth season. She previously worked on the show for the first five seasons, as well as the end of the sixth season.[36]

Writing

Depending upon the release of George R. R. Martin's forthcoming The Winds of Winter, the seventh season may comprise original material not found, or not yet found, in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.[37] In June 2016, Martin wrote on his blog that he had met with publishers, editors and HBO, while in New York City.[37][38] According to previous reports, some of the show's sixth season had consisted of material revealed to the writers of the television series during discussions with Martin.[39]

Filming

The shores of Gaztelugatxe was used as a location for filming Season 7.

Filming began on August 31, 2016 and will end in February 2017.[40][8] In an interview with the showrunners, it was announced that the filming of the seventh season would be delayed until later in the year due to necessary weather conditions for filming. The showrunners stated "We're starting a bit later because, you know, at the end of this season, winter is here, and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more. We kind of pushed everything down the line so we could get some grim, gray weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot."[41]

Negotiations for shooting locations for the seventh season was reported, with the Canary Islands reportedly in discussion with the series to film portions of the upcoming season.[42] Girona, Spain will not be returning as one of the filming locations.[43] Girona stood in for Braavos and parts of King's Landing.[43] It was later announced that the seventh season will film in Northern Ireland, Spain and Iceland, with filming in Northern Ireland beginning in August 2016.[3][40] The series will film in the Spanish cities Seville, Cáceres, Almodovar del Rio, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo.[44] Spanish sources announced that the series would be filming the seventh season on Muriola Beach in Barrika, Las Atarazanas, the Royal Dockyards of Seville and at the shores of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, an islet belonging to the city of Bermeo.[45][46][47] The series will return to film at The Dark Hedges in Stranocum, which was previously used as the Kingsroad in the second season.[48]

Casting

Deadline reported on June 21, 2016, that the five main cast members, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington had been in contract negotiations for the final two seasons. It was reported that the cast members have increased their salary to $500,000 per episode for the seventh and eighth season.[4][49] It was later reported that the actors had gone through a renegotiation, for which they had increased their salary to $1.1 million per episode for the last two seasons.[50] On August 31, 2016, Entertainment Weekly reported that Jim Broadbent had been cast for the seventh season in a "significant" role.[35] Joseph Quinn will play the character Koner for a few episodes, while Rory Dignam was reported to be playing a recurring role.[30][34] Brendan Morrissey will play Frey's Lord in one episode directed by Jeremy Podeswa.[32] It was announced that the role of Dickon Tarly have been recast, with Tom Hopper replacing Freddie Stroma who had previously played the role in "Blood of My Blood".[31]

Episodes

On April 21, 2016, HBO officially ordered the seventh season of Game of Thrones, just three days prior to the premiere of the show's sixth season.[51] According to an interview with co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, the seventh season would likely consist of fewer episodes, stating at the time of the interview that they were "down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap."[52][53] Director Jack Bender, who worked on the show's sixth season, said that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes.[54] Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14 month time frame, as Weiss said "It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule."[52] HBO confirmed on July 18, 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule.[3]

Promotion

On July 23, 2016, a teaser production trailer was released by HBO at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. The trailer mostly consisted of voice overs, and shots of crew members creating sets and props.[55] The first footage from the season was revealed in a new promotional video released by HBO highlighting its new and returning original shows for the coming year on November 28, 2016, showcasing Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Arya Stark.[56]

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