It’s official: ‘Game of Thrones’ to go off air after eighth season

One of most successful television series in the television history, Game of Thrones is going off air after eighth season. New HBO programming president Casey Bloys officially confirmed the rumours on Saturday. 

Game of Thrones or ‘GOT’is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The series is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's fantasy novels, the first of which is titled A Game of Thrones. 

The series recently concluded its sixth season and the seventh season is slated to premiere in mid-2017 with a total of seven episodes. 
Bloys told the press yesterday at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour that the plan is for the yet-to-be announced eighth season of the adaptation of George RR Martin’s novel to be its last, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“Yes, I think have a very specific plan about the number of seasons they want to do,” Bloys said.

“If I could get them to do more, I would take 10 seasons but we want to take their lead with what they could do and what the best version of the show is.”

Though the episode count, and a potential spin-off, remain big questions.

Meanwhile, the upcoming seventh season will premiere in summer 2017. The seven-episode drama will be based in Northern Ireland with portions filming in Spain and Iceland.