Hibberd, James (April 9, 2019). " 'Game of Thrones' season 8 showrunners interview: 'This is where the story ends' ". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019 . Retrieved April 11, 2019. Season 8 of Game of Thrones also happens to be unique for its much talked about and obscure third episode titled “The Long Night,” which should have been called “The Dark Night” given how dark Director of Photography Fabian Wagner rendered the scene. Social media erupted with complaints about the visibility of the episode, which also suffered from some video banding (also called posterization) over broadcast and On-Demand viewing. That’s when sections of color are recognized as chunks instead of smooth gradations. Fullerton, Huw (May 20, 2019). "Game of Thrones season 8 episode 6 – finale live blog". Radio Times. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019 . Retrieved May 20, 2019. takes place between a dragon and human (more will not be said lest spoilers be inferred), even with a whole panoply of players

Crist, Allison (January 18, 2020). "2020 PGA Awards: '1917' Named Outstanding Motion Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020 . Retrieved January 21, 2020. Liam Cunningham (Davos) talks about the filming schedule for Game of Thrones Season 8". Winteriscoming.net. January 10, 2017. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017 . Retrieved December 18, 2017. Sophie Turner said she would like to have seen "Sansa and Cersei reunited, or Arya and Cersei", but she was happy with the ending for her character. [118] Maisie Williams said the biggest regret for her character Arya was not getting a scene with Cersei, and possibly killing her, "even if it means [Arya] dies too". She later embraced Arya's happier arc for the last season. [124]a b c Sims, David; Kornhaber, Spencer; Cruz, Lenika (May 20, 2019). "Did Viewers Win or Lose in the Game of Thrones?". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019 . Retrieved May 20, 2019.

Hibberd, James (June 2, 2017). "Game of Thrones: HBO clarifies prequels, final seasons plan". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017 . Retrieved June 4, 2017. notables are in Winterfell, including Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), and Sansa (Sophie Turner) and Arya Stark (Maisie Williams). With other Pedersen, Erik (December 10, 2019). "CAS Awards: 'Joker', 'Frozen 2', 'Thrones' & 'Fleabag' Among Cinema Audio Society Nominees". Deadline. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019 . Retrieved December 17, 2019. series just kind of moves on willy nilly to other menaces, until things move inexorably to their bittersweet conclusion, where a ruler if not an a b Perry, Spencer (October 6, 2017). "Game of Thrones Season 8 Filming Will Continue Up Until Summer 2018". SuperHeroHype. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018 . Retrieved January 25, 2018.In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, HBO programming president Casey Bloys said that instead of the series finales 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." [43] Filming officially began on October 23, 2017 [44] and concluded in July 2018. [45] Many exterior scenes were filmed in Northern Ireland and a few in Dubrovnik, Croatia; Paint Hall Studios in Belfast were used for interior filming. [46] The direwolf scenes were filmed in Alberta, Canada. [47] Casting [ edit ] The season was filmed from October 2017 to July 2018 and largely consists of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, while also incorporating material that Martin has revealed to 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. I don't know why, after 7series, and the song and dance about a prince to save them from the night king, Brans lesons in the tree, Sams purpose of going to the citadel to see how they can be defeated, and yet..had no answers, Jon snow was good as dead on the battlefield, and Ayra came out of no where and saved the day.

a b Houghton, Rianne (February 28, 2019). "Game of Thrones final season teasers have *everyone* sitting on the Iron Throne". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019 . Retrieved February 28, 2019. Richard Roeper, writing for the Chicago Sun Times, wrote: "Over the last 25+ years, I've reviewed thousands of movies and dozens of TV shows, and I don't think I've ever seen the level of fan (and to a lesser degree, critical) vitriol leveled at [this show] in recent weeks". However, Roeper noted that social media was not yet widely used during much of this time period. [115]After the battle, why a period of mourning was not declared for a few days but instead , apart from a few tears, there was a great feast and no one seemed depressed or had PTS for what they'd just experienced and seen. It was like business as usual and drunken games. There was no state of disbelief that it was all finally over - ie, the threat of the white walkers. Were they really gone forever, etc .

Birnbaum, Debra (July 30, 2016). "HBO Confirms 'Game of Thrones' Will End With Eighth Season". Variety. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016 . Retrieved March 13, 2017. seemingly fated to be killed (again, it might be added), but then just kind of miraculously escapes. Hibberd, James (May 12, 2019). "Game of Thrones: Lena Headey reacts to that King's Landing battle ending". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019 . Retrieved May 28, 2019. Hooton, Christopher (September 27, 2017). "Game of Thrones season 8: Directors revealed for all episodes". The Independent. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017 . Retrieved October 20, 2017.At the series' South by Southwest panel on March 12, 2017, Benioff and Weiss announced the writers for the series to be Dave Hill (episode 1) and Bryan Cogman (episode 2). The showrunners divided up the screenplay for the remaining four episodes amongst themselves. [41] Writing [ edit ] Wigler, Josh (May 17, 2019). " 'Game of Thrones' Final Season: Stars Look Toward the "Very Clever" Series Finale". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 20, 2019 . Retrieved May 20, 2019. Episode Five with commentary by Producer Chris Newman, Special Effects Supervisor Sam Conway, and Visual Effects Supervisor Joe The petition was labelled as "disrespectful to the crew and the filmmakers" by actress Sophie Turner (who plays Sansa Stark), [109] [110] "ridiculous", "weird, juvenile" by actor Isaac Hempstead Wright (who plays Bran Stark), [110] [111] "rude" by actor Jacob Anderson (who plays Grey Worm) [112] and "fandom extremism" by actress Carice van Houten (who plays Melisandre). [113] Emilia Clarke (who plays Daenerys Targaryen) indicated she was previously unaware of the petition, but gave a warmer response when she was asked what she would want to see happen if the eighth season were redone: "I can only speak to my own character, and the people that I interact with on the show. But I would've loved some more scenes with me and Missandei. I would've loved some more scenes with me and Cersei". [114]