Game Of Thrones will get later premiere date in 2017

SINGAPORE — The next season of the popular award-winning TV seris Game Of Thrones will have a later air-date in 2017.

“Now that winter has arrived on Game Of Thrones, executive producers David Benioff and DB Weiss felt that the storylines of the next season would be better served by starting production a little later than usual, when the weather is changing,” said Casey Bloys, president, HBO programming.

“Instead of the show’s traditional spring debut, we’re moving the debut to summer to accommodate the shooting schedule,” he added.

The show will begin shooting for Season 7 later in the summer this year, and will mostly be shot in Northern Ireland, while additional portions will be filmed in Spain and Iceland.

Last week, the series received 23 Primetime Emmy nominations, the most of any nominee for the third year in a row.

This year’s nominations include Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (for Peter Dinklage and Kit Harington) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (for Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey and Maisie Williams).