Season 7 of Game of Thrones was announced by HBO on April 21, 2016.[3]
In contrast to previous seasons, the seventh season has been shortened to seven episodes[4], due to the smaller amount of story content remaining, as well as the increased production values and time required to film episodes involving larger set pieces than in previous seasons.[5] Filming began in Belfast on August 31, 2016[6] and ended in February 2017[7].
The season premiered on July 16, 2017.
Like the sixth season, Season 7 is based on an outline of the two final, presently-unpublished novels in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring.