Game Of Thrones Season 8 Release Date Announced. Teaser Has Fans Excited

Game of Thrones season 8 will premiere April 14, HBO announced with a teaser on Sunday. The announcement of a release date for the final season of the megahit TV show, along with the enigmatic teaser, has fans super excited.

The teaser, 1 minute and 29 seconds long, shows the underground crypt of Winterfell, with the Stark siblings walking through it. While Sansa, Arya and Jon Snow feature in the short teaser, there is no sign of Bran in his new role as the Three-Eyed Raven. The teaser ends with a chilling shot of the Stark siblings and Jon Snow coming face to face with their own statues, after walking past the statues of their fallen family members.

Excited about the return to Westeros? Take a look at the teaser below:

April 14. #ForTheThrone pic.twitter.com/Mzy22yxM6Z

— Game Of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) January 14, 2019

Since it was released, the short teaser has collected over 4.35 million views and thousands of comments. Reactions to it have even been curated into their own Twitter Moment.

Take a look at what people had to say about the teaser of Game of Thrones season 8:

There must always be a Stark in Winterfell.

Not a drill: #GameofThrones returns April 14th. #ForTheThrone https://t.co/JRkluyQpFr

— Abel Mallari (@abelskie) January 14, 2019

game of thrones promos really said give the sansa stark justice warriors everything they want pic.twitter.com/BYHzN3qaCu

— kinsey (@softkastle) January 14, 2019

question,, who's direwolf is that? #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/9RjTd6iwUV

— chloe (@pashleync) January 14, 2019

Arya's Statue is young
Sansa's Statue is young
Jon's Statue is old
Bran doesn't have a statue and is nowhere to be found

Me:#ForTheThrone#GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/rwmZNLLZ2D

— MINNIE (@ItsLisaMinnie) January 14, 2019

Well I'm about to spend the rest of my night reading 50 trailer breakdowns https://t.co/LMHskVO0sQ

— Ari Alexander (@AriA1exander) January 14, 2019

The final season of Game of Thrones will have only six episodes - making it the shortest season so far. However, there are rumours that each episode will be an hour and a half long.