how many episodes in season 8 of game of thrones
six
title: Game of Thrones (season 8) text: to premiere in April 2019. Ramin Djawadi is set to return as the composer of the show for the eighth season. On December 6, 2018, HBO released the first official teaser trailer for the eighth season. Game of Thrones (season 8) The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series "Game of Thrones" was announced by HBO in July 2016. Unlike the first six seasons that each had ten episodes and the seventh that had seven episodes, the eighth season will have only six episodes. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found title: Game of Thrones (season 8) text: Game of Thrones (season 8) The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series "Game of Thrones" was announced by HBO in July 2016. Unlike the first six seasons that each had ten episodes and the seventh that had seven episodes, the eighth season will have only six episodes. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found currently in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series and will also adapt material Martin has revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series, "The Winds of Winter" and "A title: Game of Thrones (season 8) text: in the series, "The Winds of Winter" and "A Dream of Spring". Series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss will serve as showrunners for the eighth season. The directors for the eighth season were announced in September 2017. Miguel Sapochnik, who previously directed "The Gift" and "Hardhome" on season 5, as well as "Battle of the Bastards" and "The Winds of Winter" on season 6 will return as director. He will divide up direction of the first five episodes with David Nutter, who had directed two episodes on seasons two, three and five, including "The Rains title: Game of Thrones (season 8) text: Dream of Spring". The season will be adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Filming officially began on October 23, 2017, and concluded in July 2018. The season is scheduled to premiere in April 2019. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series "Game of Thrones" was announced by HBO in July 2016. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found currently in George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series; it will instead adapt material Martin has revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels title: Game of Thrones (season 8) text: episodes, stating that after season six, they were "down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap." Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14-month time frame, as Weiss said, "It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule." HBO confirmed in July 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule. Benioff and Weiss later confirmed that the eighth season will consist