Update (September 26, 2017 at 12:4 p.m.): Hot on the heels of fans catching wind that beloved Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik will be returning for Season 8 comes an even more official statement from HBO. According to Entertainment Weekly, not only is Sapochnik returning to direct two (or perhaps even three) of the final six episodes, but “Rains of Castamere” director David Nutter will also return to likely helm two episodes of his own. Nutter hasn’t directed an episode since Season 5, but the man is responsible for shooting both the Red Wedding and the death of Shireen Baratheon—so if it’s emotionally gut-wrenching carnage you want, Nutter is your man.

But if Sapochnik is (possibly) directing three episodes and Nutter the standard two, then that leaves one final episode of Season 8 unclaimed. Here, HBO confirms the very popular rumor that D.B. Weiss and David Benioff themselves will be directing the series finale of Game of Thrones. The very busy pair haven’t directed an episode since the Season 4 premiere, “Two Swords”—but perhaps with Emmy winners Sapochnik and Nutter on board, Weiss and Benioff are hoping to add best directing Emmys of their own to an already impressive cache.

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As Game of Thrones enters production for its eighth and final season, little nuggets of spoiler-free information have come tumbling out. Fans have a long, long wait before they’ll see the final product, so you can forgive their excitement over little things like the color of Emilia Clarke’s hair. That particular news came via Clarke’s Instagram—and today that social-media platform has yielded up an even juicier Season 8 clue. It sure looks like Miguel Sapochnik, the most popular battle director in the show’s history, is making his triumphant return to the series.

After winning rave reviews for Season 5’s “Hardhome” and an Emmy for Season 6’s “Battle of the Bastards,” Sapochnik took Season 7 off. (Anyone who has watched the behind-the-scenes videos of “Bastards” can hardly blame him for wanting a break.) That means the two big battle episodes of Season 7, “Spoils of War” (Drogon vs. Jaime) and “Beyond the Wall” (Jon and company vs. the Night King), were directed by newcomer Matt Shakman and veteran Alan Taylor, respectively. While Shakman’s dragon-fire-filled episode was widely praised, Taylor had to bear the brunt of complaints over gaps in logic. Some of those gaps, admittedly, came at the script level, but others were a result of a battle shoot that was sloppier than the precise Sapochnik style Thrones fans have become accustomed to. Even Neil deGrasse Tyson took a shot or two at “Beyond the Wall” just this week.

That’s why this new photo from cinematographer Fabian Wagner will come as such a delight to Game of Thrones fans who pay attention to every name in the credits. As fan site Watchers on the Wall have noted, Wagner has posted an old photo of himself with assistant Caroline Alderson, VFX supervisor Joe Bauer, VFX producer Steve Kullback, and Sapochnik himself. Wagner captioned the photo: “Back on Game of Thrones for prep of the final season and the team is back together.” The photo may be old, but the caption promises something entirely new.

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Barring an official announcement from HBO, this feels like a very solid confirmation of Sapochnik’s much-hoped-for return. It’s unclear how many of the final six episodes he will shoot, though the standard is usually two. And Sapochnik is good for much more than just battles. His other Season 6 episode, “The Winds of Winter,” is the best-regarded finale of the show’s run. There are unconfirmed rumors buzzing around the Thrones community that show-runners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff themselves want to direct the finale; though the pair have only directed two early episodes together, they obviously have plenty of experience on set. And some fans are still holding out hope to see a woman behind the camera in the final season. (Only one of the 19 directors to ever work on Game of Thrones has been a woman.)