The new season will contain 7 series, instead of the usual 10. Shooting of the seventh season began on September 1, 2016. In Belfast and lasted until February 2017g. In the new season there will mainly be events that are absent in the books of the author of the literary basis of the George Martin series. In March 2017g. It became known that in the seventh season the episodic role will be played by British musician Ed Sheeran.

Recall that the "Game of Thrones" - an American series in the genre of fantasy, based on the cycle of George Martin's novels "Song of Ice and Fire". For TV channel HBO "Game of Thrones" became the most rating television series in the history of the channel. Also, the series received numerous awards, including a triumphant Emmy setting a record of 12 awards per season.

As previously reported URA-Inform long-awaited premiere of the seventh season of the series in the "Game of Thrones" is scheduled for July 16, 2017.