Following on from yesterday’s images [see here], HBO has now unveiled a new poster for the upcoming seventh season of Game of Thrones, which features the villainous Night King…
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Meanwhile, the cast and crew of the epic fantasy series have been chatting to EW about the new season, stating that it will move at a much faster pace than its predecessors/
“I feel like I’d been lulled into a different pace,” said Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. “Everything happened quicker than I’m used to … a lot of things that normally take a season now take one episode.”
“This season is really different than any other season because it’s accelerating toward the end, a lot of stuff collides and happens much much quicker than you’re used to seeing on Thrones,” added Kit Harington. “It’s so different than what everybody is used to. It’s quite exciting.”
“Things are moving faster because in the world of these characters the war that they’ve been waiting for is upon them,” explained co-showrunner Dan Weiss. “The conflicts that have been building the past six years are upon them and those facts give them a sense of urgency that makes [the characters] move faster.”
“For a long time we’ve been talking about ‘the wars to come,’” stated co-showrunner David Benioff. “Well, that war is pretty much here. So it’s really about trying to find a way to make the storytelling work without feeling like we’re rushing it — you still want to give characters their due, and pretty much all the characters that are now left are all important characters. Even the ones who might have started out as relatively minor characters have become significant in their own right.”
Originally published May 23, 2017. Updated December 16, 2019.
