
While the forthcoming second-to-the-last season of HBO's Game of Thrones has unfortunately been delayed, we do now have word, however, that filming for Season 7 will begin this summer.
The news was announced today by Casey Bloys, president, HBO programming, who revealed, “Now that winter has arrived on Game of Thrones, executive producers David Benioff and D.B. 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. Instead of the show’s traditional spring debut, we’re moving the debut to summer to accommodate the shooting schedule.”
Production of the seven-episode seventh season will be based in Northern Ireland, while additional portions will be filmed in Spain and Iceland, with debut slated for summer 2017 on HBO.
Now Game of Thrones fans can look forward to seeing how many of the show's 23 Emmy nominations will turn into wins this year.