“Game of Thrones”: HBO is planning three more seasons – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Just find the shooting place for the sixth season of the cult series, about the repeated criticism because of extensive violence and sex scenes is loud. But it will certainly not be the last season: How HBO program chief Michael Lombardo announced on Thursday, had a total of at least seven seasons planned – and a debate on the further future of “Game of Thrones” is in full swing. As part of the annual industry event of the Television Critics Association (TCA) said Lombardo, he would love it as a fan and as the person responsible, if the series would run more than a decade.

Lombardo also said he could imagine a prequel to the series “Game of Thrones” that on the books by George RR Martin is based. “Game of Thrones” is the most successful HBO series, episodes of the fifth season had an average of 20 million viewers.

During the TCA panels Lombardo defended not only the violent scenes in “Game of Thrones” (“violence from the beginning was one of the many narrative strands”), but also the second season of “True Detective” and designated the author Nic Pizzolatto as “spectacular”. With 12 million viewers per episode one was very satisfied

“Game of Thrones” has been nominated 24 times at this year’s Emmy Awards, the most important television prize in the world -. More than any other TV format. The Emmy Awards for the main program will be presented on September 20th.