Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) faces Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) in a scene in "Game of Thrones." (Photo : YouTube / FactFive)
"Game of Thrones" Season 7 is going to be much more extraordinary than any of its earlier seasons. It has been confirmed by the show's actor Iain Glen, who plays Jorah Mormon, during an interview that despite having fewer episodes this year, HBO drama is taking the same amount of time it normally takes to produce 10-episode season.
"They are taking the length of time it takes to shoot 10 episodes to shoot just seven this year and six next year," Glen told Radio Times. "I think the scale and size of the set pieces, the world that is being created it's just getting more and more extraordinary and they feel they need that time to shoot seven hours as opposed to 10."
The actor further added that the wait will be worth it for the show's fans. The Emmy-winning fantasy drama typically films 10-episode seasons from July to December. For the upcoming season, the filming is running from September to February to catch-in the bleak weather this time.
Evidently, the "Game of Thrones" team is still spending roughly five months to film the episodes despite producing fewer hours. In contrast, other broadcast network dramas that have to make 22 episodes a season grind out an episode in only 8-10 days.
However, "Game of Thrones" filming is known to be a labor intensive one with shooting spanning across multiple countries along with intensive cinematic action sequences and plenty of post-production visual effects. No doubt, the production is seizing the opportunity this time to spend a bit more time filming per episode given its reduced order and summer premiere date.
Glen further teased that in "Game of Thrones" Season 7, viewers will feel that the events of the show are hurtling toward the "end game." He admitted that he himself does not yet know if his character will be able to make it to the final six episodes, which are due to air in 2018.
Earlier, another "Game of Thrones" cast member Sophie Turner told Vulture that the upcoming season may explore her character Sansa Stark's darker side. Watch the teaser of the last season below:
