Winter has come, and DELAYED the 7th season of Game of Thrones

Jul 7, 2016

The usual nine-month wait between Game of Thrones seasons is torturous enough, but now it seems we will be waiting even LONGER.

In the final episode of season six, The Winds of Winter, we saw that after years of waiting, winter finally arrived to the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

And while it was expected that Game of Thrones would return to our screens in April 2017 with it's seventh season, it has since been revealed that there will be a delay in filming.

The show's creators, David Benioff and D.B Weiss, recently confirmed our fears in a UFC Unfiltered podcast, saying "We don't have an air date yet, but this year will probably be a little bit later."

Why you ask?

The creators went on to tell UFC Unfiltered that "We're starting a bit later because at the end of the season, 'Winter is here' – and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more."

"So we kind of pushed everything down the line so we could get some grim grey weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot"

Earlier this year, the award-winning creators confirmed that the two remaining seasons would be shorter than their predecessors – with season seven perhaps only having seven episodes.

ALSO, for all you die-hard fans, the pair have hinted at the return of Gendry, who has not been seen since season three!