It’s official: Game of Thrones will return with 7 episodes in summer 2017

The production of the seventh season of HBO’s hit fantasy drama TV series Game of Thrones is set to begin later this summer. The premiere of the seventh season is slated for summer 2017 on HBO internationally and on Star World Premiere HD in India. Read: Game of Thrones season finale spoiler-free review: The Winds of Winter “Now that winter has arrived on Game of Thrones, executive producers David Benioff and DB Weiss felt that the storylines of the next season would be better served by starting production a little later than usual, when the weather is changing,” Casey Bloys, President, HBO Programming, said in a statement. Literally: Game of Thrones 7 to start shooting late The directors of the seventh season will include Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa, Matt Shakman and Alan Taylor.