Believe me if I tell you Game of Thrones season 8 release delay is worth and it will bring bittersweet joy. The season 8 will be going to release in the first half of the 2019 and it will be epic. The Cast and crew already wrapped up the shooting already and mostly postproduction work is in progress.

Recently HBO released tiny glimpse into season 8 but It didn’t suffice to satisfy fans. Here is everything about season 8, possible release date, plots and more

Reason for the Game of Thrones season 8 release delay

David Benioff & D.B. Weiss said Game of Thrones season 8 release delay is due to choosing quality over quantity. Makers of the show want to keep all episodes with top quality and give fans their best. The post-production work seems to be ongoing for the show. The season 8 brings big challenges for CGI team with a lot of things to cover from white walkers to Kings landing.

Reports confirmed there will be big battle sequences which demand the CGI team to deliver their best work until now. Peter Dinklage revealed there is a huge scene bigger than the Battle of the Bastards. Security and Piracy issues may be one of the reasons for Game of Thrones season 8 release delay as well.

When Game of Thrones season 8 will kick off

Show bosses confirmed the news early this year when executive Casey Bloys said the season 8 would be released “sometime in 2019…first half”. Assuming previous release patterns for the same show it hints that it will be out in April 2019. I predict it will be around the end of April probably Sunday 21 April, 2019. The 2019 Emmy eligibility cut off Date is May 31 and predicted date is what we think to make Game of thrones eligible for Emmys.

Emmy awards for Game of Thrones season 7

This year brought back Game of Thrones on the stage of Emmy awards. Game of Thrones season 8 release delay in last season made the last season entry in 2018 Emmys instead of 2017.

The series which took home the Emmy for Best Drama Series for the seventh season. Lena Headey won her fourth Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her role of Cersei while Peter Dinklage also inched out co-star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau for the Best Supporting Actor trophy. However, everyone wants to talk about was what comes next for the franchise.

GRR Martin about show length and Prequal

In an interview on the red carpet, Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin confirmed that five prequel series in development at HBO. The work on the one of the prequel is already started and writing is in progress for the show.

HBO will take full advantage of the final season to promote the prequel as well too. GRR Martin intended the series to be long for about 10 to 12 seasons but David Benioff & D.B. Weiss were not convinced and requested for max 5 which ultimately stretched to season 8

What to expect in season 8

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau recent spoke about the Game of Thrones finale, saying that it would be “surprising” for fans.

The creators said there will be multiple climax scenes will be shot to avoid leaks about a possible ending. But in interview

Maisie Williams said that they don’t have a budget to shoot the extra ending scenarios. This ruled out the possibility of fake endings but makers will still keep the tight grip on all the contents to avoid leaks.

Fans are already eager to learn more about season 8 and for now working with assumptions of how Game of Thrones will end.

Fans are looking for clues on which of their favourite remaining characters could die in last season of series when it airs its final episode. Many people are trying to put all 2000 characters in algorithms to figure out the likelihood characters death and in most of them Daenerys at the top in line to die.

Conclusion

Overall we know that the release date of season 8 is set before may 31 possibly April 2019. Reason for Game of Thrones season 8 release delay is mostly due to keeping quality over quantity by makers. The possibility of addition ending scenes is very less and top-notch security will be maintained to avoid leaks. and HBO already started with prequel production and we will not be disappointed once Game of Thrones season 8 is over.