Game of Thrones season 7 is closer than you’d think. Here’s everything we know so far: the air date, and everything there is to know about new cast members, trailers, spoilers from the set and the biggest questions surrounding the storylines of the show’s key characters. Don’t worry, we’ll flag proper spoiler territory when we get there – and this page will continue to be updated as more information is revealed.

When is season 7 out?

Summer 2017.

Previous seasons have begun in March or April, but fans will be sad to learn that season 7 of Game of Thrones won’t be aired until summer next year. “We don’t have an air date yet, but this year will probably be a little bit later,” showrunners David Benioff and Daniel Weiss told UFC Unfiltered podcast in July. “We’re starting a bit later because at the end of this season, ‘Winter is here’ – and that means that sunny weather doesn’t really serve our purposes any more. So we kind of pushed everything down the line, so we could get some grim grey weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot.”