Both the budget and the episodes have been enlarged, with the episodes set to be even longer than 60 minutes and the budget being at least $15 million per episode, adding up to a total of around $90 million.
In an interview with Huff Post, director David Nutter said that the viewers will be satisfied with the ending:
“All I know is that David and Dan spent a lot of time to tell the story in a proper fashion. And the audience will be completely satisfied. Not everybody will be satisfied, but I feel the audience will be satisfied with the direction the series goes. It lives up to all the building it’s coming to, I promise you that.”
HBO president Casey Bloys revealed that the reason for the season’s delay was because of the amount of work it has taken.
“Here’s what I’ll tell you: they take the time they need to do the show at its highest level of quality. As the show has gone on, it’s gotten bigger – big battle scenes, big special effects.
These things take time. Here’s the one thing I can assure you: Dan and Dave were not sitting around on a beach waiting to go back to work. They’re perfectionists and this is the soonest it can come back at a level of quality that they are comfortable with.”
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