“Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss confirmed at their SXSW panel on Sunday that the final season of the wildly popular HBO fantasy series will have only six episodes.
“It’s only going to be six episodes for the final season,” Benioff told an attentive audience in Austin. Benioff and Weiss were joined by Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner — a.k.a. Arya and Sansa Stark — who served as moderators for the panel.
Filming for season 7 has already wrapped, and Benioff and Weiss say they are starting the writing process for next year’s big finish by handing out writing assignments for each of the final episodes.