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'Game of Thrones' Won't Return Until 2019 for Final Season

The announcement was met with expected amount of despair across social media

Published January 4, 2018 • Updated on January 4, 2018 at 4:45 pm

"Game of Thrones" fans settle in for a long long... long Winter.

HBO announced Thursday the hit series would not see the light of day until a still undisclosed date in 2019 for its six-episode, eighth and final season.

David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik will be the directors for the new season. Writers for the new season are David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill.

The announcement was met with an expected amount of despair across social media.

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