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===Critical reception===
===Critical reception===
On [[Metacritic]], the season (based on the first episode) has a score of 77 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/game-of-thrones/season-7 |title=Game of Thrones: Season 7 |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=July 18, 2017}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the seventh season has a 98 percent approval rating from 29 critics with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. The season also received a 97% episode average score on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the site's consensus reading "After a year-long wait, ''Game of Thrones'' roars back with powerful storytelling and a focused interest in its central characters -- particularly the female ones."<ref name="RT-S7"/>
On [[Metacritic]], the season (based on the first episode) has a score of 77 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/game-of-thrones/season-7 |title=Game of Thrones: Season 7 |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=July 18, 2017}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the seventh season has a 97 percent approval rating from 29 critics with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. The season also received a 96% episode average score on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the site's consensus reading "After a year-long wait, ''Game of Thrones'' roars back with powerful storytelling and a focused interest in its central characters -- particularly the female ones."<ref name="RT-S7"/>


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Game of Thrones
Season 7
File:Game of Thrones Season 7.jpg
Promotional poster
StarringSee List of Game of Thrones cast
No. of episodes4
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseJuly 16, 2017 (2017-07-16) –
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The seventh season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and is scheduled to conclude six weeks later on August 27, 2017.[1][2][3] Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consists of only seven.[4] Like the previous season, it largely consists of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, and also adapts material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series.[5] The series is adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.

HBO ordered the seventh season on April 21, 2016, three days before the premiere of the show's sixth season, and began filming on August 31, 2016. The season was filmed primarily in Northern Ireland, Spain, and Iceland.

Game of Thrones features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington. The season introduces several new cast members, including Jim Broadbent and Tom Hopper.

Episodes

See also: List of Game of Thrones episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected by [6]Written byOriginal air date [3]U.S. viewers
(millions)
611"Dragonstone"Jeremy PodeswaDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissJuly 16, 2017 (2017-07-16)10.11[7]
622"Stormborn"Mark MylodBryan CogmanJuly 23, 2017 (2017-07-23)9.27[8]
633"The Queen's Justice"Mark MylodDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissJuly 30, 2017 (2017-07-30)9.25[9]
644"The Spoils of War"Matt ShakmanDavid Benioff & D. B. WeissAugust 6, 2017 (2017-08-06)10.17[10]
655"Eastwatch"[11]Matt ShakmanUnknownAugust 13, 2017 (2017-08-13)N/A
666TBAAlan TaylorUnknownAugust 20, 2017 (2017-08-20)N/A
677TBAJeremy PodeswaUnknownAugust 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)N/A

Cast

See also: List of Game of Thrones characters
Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
(Jaime Lannister)
File:Lena Headey Primetime Emmy Awards 2014.jpg
Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister)
File:Emilia Clarke (March 2013) (headshot).jpg
Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)
Kit Harington (Jon Snow)

Main cast

2

Guest cast

The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 7. They are listed by the region in which they first appear.

Yet to appear

Production

Crew

Series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as showrunners for the seventh season. The directors for the seventh season are Jeremy Podeswa (episodes 1 and 7), Mark Mylod (episodes 2 and 3), Matt Shakman (episodes 4 and 5) and Alan Taylor (episode 6). This marks Taylor's return to the series after an absence since the second season. Shakman is a first-time Game of Thrones director, with the rest each having directed multiple episodes in previous seasons.[34] Michele Clapton returned to the show as costume designer, after spending some time away from the show in the sixth season. She previously worked on the show for the first five seasons, as well as the end of the sixth season.[34]

Writing

Depending upon the release of George R. R. Martin's forthcoming The Winds of Winter, the seventh season may comprise original material not found, or not yet found, in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.[35] In June 2016, Martin wrote on his blog that he had met with publishers, editors, and HBO while in New York City.[35][36] According to previous reports, some of the show's sixth season had consisted of material revealed to the writers of the television series during discussions with Martin.[37]

Filming

The shores of Gaztelugatxe were used as a location for filming Season 7.

Filming began on August 31, 2016, at Titanic Studios in Belfast,[38] and ended in February 2017.[39][40][41] In an interview with the showrunners, it was announced that the filming of the seventh season would be delayed until later in the year due to necessary weather conditions for filming. The showrunners stated "We're starting a bit later because, you know, at the end of this season, winter is here, and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more. We kind of pushed everything down the line so we could get some grim, gray weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot."[42]

Girona, Spain did not return as one of the filming locations.[43] Girona stood in for Braavos and parts of King's Landing.[43] It was later announced that the seventh season would film in Northern Ireland, Spain and Iceland, with filming in Northern Ireland beginning in August 2016.[4][39] The series filmed in the Spanish cities Seville, Cáceres, Almodóvar del Río, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo.[44] Spanish sources announced that the series would be filming the seventh season on Muriola Beach in Barrika, Las Atarazanas, the Royal Dockyards of Seville and at the shores of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, an islet belonging to the city of Bermeo.[45][46][47] The series returned to film at The Dark Hedges in Stranocum, which was previously used as the Kingsroad in the second season.[48] Some scenes were filmed in Iceland.[49] Filming also occurred in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which is used for location of King's Landing.[50] The scene where Arya was reunited with Nymeria was filmed in Alberta, Canada.[51]

Casting

Deadline reported on June 21, 2016, that the five main cast members, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington had been in contract negotiations for the final two seasons. It was reported that the cast members have increased their salary to $500,000 per episode for the seventh and eighth season.[52][53] It was later reported that the actors had gone through a renegotiation, for which they had increased their salary to $1.1 million per episode for the last two seasons.[54] On April 25, 2017, it was reported by Daily Express that the actors' new salary made them each earn £2 million ($2.6 million USD) per episode.[55][56][57]

On August 31, 2016, Entertainment Weekly reported that Jim Broadbent had been cast for the seventh season in a "significant" role.[27] It was announced that the role of Dickon Tarly has been recast, with Tom Hopper replacing Freddie Stroma, who had previously played the role in "Blood of My Blood".[25] The seventh season sees the return of Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris, who did not appear in the sixth season.[26], and Ben Hawkey as Hot Pie, who last appeared in the fourth season. After some speculation, UFC President Dana White announced that Conor McGregor would appear in a cameo role in the seventh season.[58][59] However, in January 2017, McGregor confirmed it was a rumor.[60] Members of the British indie pop band Bastille were reported to have filmed cameo appearances.[61] British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran also makes a cameo appearance in the season.[62] Guitarist/vocalist of American heavy metal band Mastodon, Brent Hinds, has also revealed he would have a cameo appearance. This is Hinds' second cameo in the series, following his appearance (along with bandmates Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher) in the fifth season.[63]

Episodes

On April 21, 2016, HBO officially ordered the seventh season of Game of Thrones, just three days prior to the premiere of the show's sixth season.[64] According to an interview with co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, the seventh season would likely consist of fewer episodes, stating at the time of the interview that they were "down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap."[65][66] Director Jack Bender, who worked on the show's sixth season, said that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes.[67] Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14 month time frame, as Weiss said "It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule."[65] HBO confirmed on July 18, 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule.[4] Later it was confirmed that the season would debut on July 16.[68] According to a report by Entertainment Weekly, the seventh season of the series includes its longest episode, with the finale running for 81 minutes. The penultimate episode also runs for 71 minutes – around 16 minutes longer than an average Game of Thrones episode. The first five episodes mostly run longer than average (55 minutes), at 59, 59, 63, 50, and 59 minutes respectively.[69] The previous longest episode in the series was the sixth season finale, "The Winds of Winter", which ran 69 minutes.[70]

Promotion

On July 23, 2016, a teaser production trailer was released by HBO at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. The trailer mostly consisted of voice overs, and shots of crew members creating sets and props.[71] The first footage from the season was revealed in a new promotional video released by HBO highlighting its new and returning original shows for the coming year on November 28, 2016, showcasing Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Arya Stark.[72][73]

On March 1, 2017, HBO and Game of Thrones teamed up with Major League Baseball (MLB) for a cross-promotional partnership. At least 19 individual teams participate with this promotion.[74] On March 8, 2017, HBO released the first promotional poster for the season ahead of the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, which teases the battle of "ice vs. fire". Showrunners Benioff and Weiss also spoke at the event, along with fellow cast members Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams.[75]

On March 9, 2017, HBO hosted a live stream on the Game of Thrones Facebook page that revealed the premiere date for the seventh season as being July 16, 2017. It was accompanied by a teaser trailer.[2] On March 30, 2017, the first official promo for the show was released, highlighting the thrones of Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, and Cersei Lannister.[76] On April 20, 2017, HBO released 15 official photos shot during the season.[77] On May 22, 2017, HBO released several new photos from the new season.[78] On May 23, 2017, HBO released the official posters featuring the Night King.[79] The first official trailer for season 7 was released on May 24, 2017.[23] The trailer set a world record for being the most viewed show trailer ever, being viewed 61 million times across digital platforms, in the first 24 hours.[80] The second official trailer was released on June 21, 2017.[22] The season premiere was screened at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on July 12, 2017.[81]

Music

Ramin Djawadi returned as the composer of the show for the seventh season.[82]

Reception

Critical reception

On Metacritic, the season (based on the first episode) has a score of 77 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[83] On Rotten Tomatoes, the seventh season has a 97 percent approval rating from 29 critics with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. The season also received a 96% episode average score on Rotten Tomatoes, the site's consensus reading "After a year-long wait, Game of Thrones roars back with powerful storytelling and a focused interest in its central characters -- particularly the female ones."[84]

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Ratings

The series premiere surpassed 30 million viewers across all of the network's domestic platforms weeks after its release. The show's numbers is continuing to climb in other countries as well. In the UK, the premiere got up to 4.7 million viewers after seven days, setting an new record for Sky Atlantic. Compared to the previous season, HBO Asia saw an increases of between 24 percent to 50 percent. HBO Latin America saw a record viewership in the region, with a 29 percent climb. In Germany, the show went up 210 percent; In Russia it climbed 40 percent and in Italy it saw a 61 percent increase.[85]

Viewership and ratings per episode of Game of Thrones season 7
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Dragonstone" July 16, 2017 4.7 10.11[7] 1.1 2.62 5.8 12.74[86]
2 "Stormborn" July 23, 2017 4.3 9.27[8] 1.4 3.08 5.7 12.37[87]
3 "The Queen's Justice" July 30, 2017 4.3 9.25[9] 1.1 2.72 5.4 11.97[88]1
4 "The Spoils of War" August 6, 2017 4.6 10.17[10] TBD TBD TBD TBD

^1 Live +7 ratings were not available, so Live +3 ratings have been used instead.

Template:Game of Thrones ratings

Release

Broadcast

The season is simulcast around the world by HBO and its broadcast partners in 186 countries. While in some countries, it aired the day after its first release.[85]

Home media

The season will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on December 12, 2017.[89]

Illegal distribution

The season premiere was pirated 90 million times in the first three days after it aired.[90] On August 4, 2017, it was reported that, two days before its original broadcast, the fourth episode of the season was leaked online from Star India, one of HBO's international network partners.[91] The leaked copy has the "for internal viewing only" watermark. On July 31, 2017, due to a security breach, HBO was the victim of 1.5 terabytes of stolen data.[92] However, "this was not related to this episode leak", according to The Verge.[93]

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