ys ▁said ▁that ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁finale ' s ▁being ▁a ▁feature ▁film , ▁the ▁final ▁season ▁would ▁be ▁" six ▁one - hour ▁mov ies " ▁on ▁television . ▁He ▁continued , ▁" The ▁show ▁has ▁proven ▁that ▁TV ▁is ▁every ▁bit ▁as ▁impress ive ▁and ▁in ▁many ▁cases ▁more ▁so , ▁than ▁film . ▁What ▁they ' re ▁doing ▁is ▁monument al ." ▁Fil ming ▁officially ▁began ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁and ▁concluded ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁Many ▁exterior ▁scenes ▁were ▁fil med ▁in ▁Northern ▁Ireland ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁in ▁Dub rov nik , ▁Cro atia ; ▁P aint ▁Hall ▁Studios ▁in ▁B elf ast ▁were ▁used ▁for ▁interior ▁film ing . ▁The ▁dire w olf ▁scenes ▁were ▁fil med ▁in ▁Al berta , ▁Canada . ▁ ▁Cast ing ▁The ▁e ighth ▁season ▁saw ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁Tob ias ▁M enz ies ▁as ▁Ed m ure ▁Tul ly ▁and ▁L ino ▁Fa ci oli ▁as ▁Robin ▁Ar ry n ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁episode , ▁neither ▁of ▁whom ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁sevent h ▁season . ▁Marc ▁R iss mann ▁was ▁cast ▁as ▁Harry ▁Str ick land , ▁the ▁commander ▁of ▁the ▁Golden ▁Company . ▁ ▁Content ▁Co - cre ators ▁David ▁Ben io ff ▁and ▁D . ▁B . ▁We iss ▁have ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁sevent h ▁and ▁e ighth ▁seasons ▁would ▁likely ▁compr ise ▁fewer ▁episodes , ▁saying ▁that ▁after ▁the ▁sixth ▁season , ▁they ▁were ▁" down ▁to