Game Of Thrones Season 7 Directors Announced

to Thrones. In season 6, Podeswa directed the all-important premiere featuring Jon Snow's [...]

By Brandon Davis

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The first official news for the next season of Game of Thrones has emerged. Sadly, it isn't plot details. However, it is still quite exciting. We know four directors who will be running the show for however many episodes HBO offers us when the new season rolls around: Alan Taylor, Jeremy Podeswa, Mark Mylod, and Matt Shakman.

Taylor is an Emmy-winning veteran of HBO's The Sopranos. He first helmed Thrones for the first season's ninth and tenth episodes, setting the precedent for the show's suspense and visuals with the episode in which Ned Stark lost his head. Having done such a great job in the premiere season, Taylor earned the position for four episodes of season 2, including the first and last episodes. He moved on to Marvel's Thor: The Dark World and Terminator: Genisys. Season 7 marks Taylor's first time back on Thrones since 2012.

Podeswa, a Canadian director, moves from his work on Boardwalk Empire (which earned him an Emmy nomination for the show's most controversial episode, "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken") to Thrones. In season 6, Podeswa directed the all-important premiere featuring Jon Snow's resurrection, "Home."

Mylod comes back for his fifth episode on the series. The British director is a veteran of Showtime's Shameless and HBO's Entourage. This year, he brought The Hound back to Thrones with 6x07, The Broken Man. Later, he brought Arya's frightening and suspenseful chase scene to life in No One.

Shakman is best known for his work on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and will be working on Game of Thrones for the first time in its seventh season. He's a comedy specialist with a great relationship with Thrones showrunners Benioff and Weiss. Shakman's other directorial credits include Mad Men, The Good Wife, and Fargo.

Notably absent from the season 7 director roster is Miguel Sapochnik. Sapchnik not only helmed this year's epic Battle of the Bastards and finale episodes but also took charge on last year's breathtaking Hardhome episode. David Nutter will also be sideline for the year despite directing one of Game of Thrones' most remembered episodes, The Red Wedding.

Game of Thrones is only expected to have 13 episodes remaining. "Once [Daenerys] gets on those ships and crosses West, that's when the clock on the end game starts ticking," Weiss says. "The question has been: When is she going to get back across the Narrow Sea? When is she going to take back her homeland? It's been a long time for her, and it's been something that's such an imperative for people watching. You know she's not going to go there for a beach vacation."

Game of Thrones is expected to return for its seventh season in April of 2017.

(via EW)

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