Game of Thrones returns to HBO on April 14 for its eight and final season. Cast & Crew Peter Dinklage Tyrion Lannister Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Ser Jaime Lannister Lena Headey Queen Cersei Lannister Emilia Clarke Daenerys Targaryen. This also means that even if the Night King doesn’t make an appearance in the Game of Thrones Season 8 premiere, we won’t have to wait that much longer for the the terrifying villain to show up onscreen for at least one final, epic showdown. But the more interesting detail here is that the battle will take place in Episode 3, suggesting it won’t be the final thing we see and at least some human characters will survive. That last bit lines up with more recent leaks revealing the runtime for each of Game of Thrones’ final six episodes.

“In the third episode of the last season, there is a battle that the creators intended to be a historic moment in television,” Furdik said, adding that “almost the full episode will be about the battle, it will take about one hour.”

Speaking last December, Furdik teased an epic Game of Thrones battle. The Night King himself also confirmed the scope of the scene. Even bigger than the Battle of the Bastards? HBO

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