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Just after the show’s latest trailer was released and ahead of its seventh season premiere in July, sources have confirmed that Season 8 of Game of Thrones will only be 6 episodes long. After much speculation surrounding comments made by HBO programming president Casey Bloys, the network finally gave in and delivered the unfortunate news.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, viewers do not have to feel abandoned as HBO is already working on five potential series to serve as a successor to the wildly popular fantasy drama from creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Author George R.R. Martin, whose series of books the show is based on, recently stated: “What we do have here is an order for four — now five — pilot scripts. How many pilots will be filmed, and how many series might come out of that, remains to be seen.” With the new season rapidly approaching and still much storyline to be resolved, viewers can only hope that the last six episodes will do the epic show some justice.
In other news…
Hulu is developing a comedy with Adam Pally based on the popular Los Feliz Daycare twitter feed managed by Jason Shapiro who will pen the script. The project hails from 3 Arts Entertainment and Pally’s production company Clone Wolf, with direction from showrunner and an executive producer Erik Richter. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Netflix has released a new teaser for actor/director/EP Jason Bateman’s forthcoming drama series, Ozark. The original series follows a financial planner and his wife who relocate to a summer resort community in the suburbs and will premiere July 21. [Click here to watch the teaser]
FX chief John Landgraf spoke to one outlet about the possibility of Louis C.K.’s popular series Louie ever returning to the network. Langraf says that he could see the comedian doing more episodes if “he has a different point of view about how he views life or who and what he is as a protagonist.” [The Hollywood Reporter]
Netflix has released the official trailer to Jay Bulger’s forthcoming boxing documentary, CounterPunch. The original feature – which premieres June 16 – explores the world of boxing through the eyes of young boxers as they work to make a name for themselves alongside “the sport’s most remembered and revered” legends:
Today’s Final Shots is Decider’s last… it’s been a pleasure providing you with a daily rundown of SVOD entertainment news and we hope that it’s been both fun and informative for our readers!
Michael is a music and television junkie keen on most things that are not a complete and total bore. You can follow him on Twitter — @Tweetskoor
