It has been widely believed that the popular show Game of Thrones is not going to go beyond seven seasons which is obviously something that fans find hard to digest but we know all good things must come to an end some day. HBO programming president Michael Lombardo has dismissed the notion that there won’t be an eighth season of the popular show, instead he says that Game of Thrones season 8 is very much on the table.
Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour Lombardo said that David Benioff and Dan Weiss, the show runners, are not capping the drama at seven seasons as widely believed. “Seven seasons and out” has never been the conversation, says Lombardo, adding that the question is how many seasons after seven are they going to do.
He goes to say that the show runners feel there’s two more years after season six which effectively means that they have their minds set on making Game of Thrones season 8.
Season 5 was aired earlier this year and the story has more or less caught up with where it was left off in the previous book. The next book is not expected until 2016 and some believe that the show is actually going to jump ahead of the books which when you think about is seems very likely.
Benioff and Weiss have said many times in the past that they don’t want to ruin the show by dragging it on for a couple of extra years unnecessarily so even if they might be open to the idea of an eighth season, perhaps it would be wise to not cross your fingers for a ninth season.
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