The final season of Game of Thrones will feature veterans of the show behind the scenes when it airs in 2019.
HBO said Thursday that David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik will direct and Benioff and Weiss along with Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill will write the episodes. They will collaborate on the six-episode, eighth and last season.
Weiss and Benioff have been co-creators, executive producers and showrunners for every season of the hit show. The others have all had roles creating the mythical world of author George R. R. Martin.
When season seven ended late last year, an all-time high of 12.1 million viewers tuned in. An additional four million caught the episode on streaming channels.
Earlier this week, the UK postal service, the Royal Mail, also announced a set of 15 first class stamps that will feature faces from the hit HBO show, including Sansa Stark, Jon Snow, Eddard Stark, Olenna Tyrell, Tywin Lannister, Tyrion Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Arya Stark, Jamie Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen.
Releasing on January 23 and available globally, a sheet of five additional stamps will feature the non-human characters in the series including the Night King and White Walkers, Direwolves, Dragons and the Iron Throne.
