This is a blessed day for Game of Thrones fans: not only do we finally have a release date for Season 8 (April 2019), but the director of three of the six Season 8 episodes, David Nutter, has done an AMA on Reddit.
- All episodes will definitely be longer than an hour
We knew the episodes would be longer than the old standard of around 50 minutes, but Nutter said, "Season 8 episodes will all I think be longer than 60 minutes. They’ll be dancing around the bigger numbers, I know that for sure."
- The Season 8 premiere will "make a splash".
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On directing the first episode – which will include Daenerys and Jon's arrival at Winterfell – Nutter said, "I’ve never directed an opening episode of GoT before, until season 8, but I think it’s really important to make a splash. You have to reset the table, put everyone back in their place, you have to take them to their next position. But you have to entertain, that’s what’s most important."
