Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss say that production on the seventh season is going to start later than usual because of weather.
- Jul 7, 2016
AceShowbiz - As if ten months is not long enough to wait for the new season of "Game of Thrones", season 7 air date is now potentially pushed back. Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss revealed during a UFC podcast that production would start a little bit later than usual to capture the gloomy weather.
"We're starting a little bit later because, at the end of this season, winter is here, and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more," said Weiss. "We kind of pushed everything down the line so we could get some grim, gray weather, even in the sunnier places that we shoot."
As for whether the delay in production would push back the season premiere, Weiss just said, "We don't have an air date yet."
"Game of Thrones" usually began production on its new season in July for a March or April premiere. HBO has not commented on how the production delay will affect the air date.
In the meantime, we can only speculate on what will happen next to some favorite characters. A fan theory suggested that Jon Snow could end up with Daenerys Targaryen or Sansa Stark. Responding to this, Sophie Turner said, "Oh my god, really? I haven't actually heard that. Stranger things on 'Game of Thrones' have happened."
She continued, "Maybe politically, it makes sense, I honestly don't know how I would feel about that, I'd have to speak to the producers about that one. Honestly, what I think is going to happen - and I don't know where the story is going to go, but I think Jon and Daenerys are going to end up together, probably. I feel like Jon and Sansa would be a strange one, especially because isn't it considered not legitimate if you haven't consummated the marriage, and I really don't think either of them would be particularly up for that. It would be very difficult to do that. [Laughs.]"
Asked whether knowing Jon is her cousin would change anything for Sansa, the actress responded, "Yeah, definitely. Sansa always took her mother's side on that. She was always influenced by her mother's resentment towards Jon because of Ned allegedly cheating on her and bringing back an illegitimate child, so finding out that Ned never cheated, that Jon isn't an illegitimate child of Ned's, would probably bring them closer together. I think at this point where there could be a lot of rifts in their relationship, it's good to have something that would probably draw them closer together."
Emilia Clarke also weighed in on the possibility of Dany marrying Jon. "Those rumors have never been substantiated within the 'Game of Thrones' circle. It's never been said. So I don't know. I could kill him. He could kill me. He could be dead before we even meet. I could be dead before we even meet. Arya could kill us both! You never know! Anything's possible. All I know is winter is coming ... and I'm bringing the heat!" she coyly said.
