On Tuesday, November 13, 2018, HBO publicly and officially announced the final season of Game of Thrones. We still do not know the exact day, but it will be in April 2019, exactly 10 months after the final episode of season 7.
There is still a great deal of mystery surrounding who will finally occupy the Iron Throne. Based on information provided by the cast, we should indeed be excited about the battle against the White Walkers, since they said the Battle of the Bastards was merely a rehearsal compared with what is to come.
Below is the teaser for the final season of Game of Thrones released by HBO.
The Series' Cultural Influence
Game of Thrones was credited with increasing the popularity of fantasy themes and the genre's acceptance across different media segments. Before the premiere of the series' second season, CNN wrote: "After this weekend, you will have a hard time finding someone who is not a fan of some form of epic fantasy."
According to game designer Ian Bogost, Game of Thrones continues the legacy of successful adaptations, a "series," so to speak, that begins with the 2001 The Lord of the Rings trilogy and continues with the Harry Potter films, which established fantasy as a genre with both a large, profitable market and artistic quality.
As HBO's most-watched series, Game of Thrones reached an average of 6.84 million viewers in its fourth season.
