<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Game of Thrones episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones was confirmed by HBO in July 2016 . Unlike the first six seasons that all consisted of ten episodes, and the seventh which consisted of seven episodes, the eighth season will consist of only six episodes . Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content currently not found in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, and will instead adapt material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring . </P> <P> The series is adapted for television by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss . Filming for the eighth season officially began on October 23, 2017 . </P>

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