Get ready to mark you calendars, the premiere date of "Game of Thrones" Season 5 has been announced. HBO announced Thursday that the newest season of the hit series will air on April 12 at 9 PM ET/PT.
In the same tweet, HBO also shared it will be will also be featuring back-to-back premieres for "Veep" season four (10 PM) and "Silicon Valley" (10:30 PM) season two on the same day.
BREAKING: @GameOfThrones, @SiliconHBO & @VeepHBO will debut back-to-back on Sunday, April 12, starting at 9: https://t.co/sbdJp8zynC #TCA15
— HBO PR (@HBOPR) January 8, 2015
At the close of the series' fourth season, audiences were hooked on the action-packed and surprising episodes. From the ending of The Battle of Castle Black, Stannis Baratheon's arrival at the Wall, Tyrion's attack on his father and much more, season 5 is expected to be just as exciting, if not even more.
What to Expect
With the premiere about 3 months away, eager fans are dying to know what's going to happen in the series.
Reports indicate that the series will not "completely" follow the plot of the books and HBO, unfortunately, has been tight-lipped about "Game of Thrones." We have yet to see the release of promotional photos or a trailer for the much-awaited new season.
There are two insistent rumors circulating the web right now. The first being a nude scene and the second, a wedding gone wrong.
Nude Walk of Shame - One of the most iconic moments in George R.R. Martin's novels is the Lady Cersei's nude scene, reports the Latin Times. The series has received approval to film the scene in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Brutal Wedding - Earlier leaked photos and footage from the GOT set has revealed a wedding attack. We expect to see a celebration of Dany's wedding to Hizdahr zo Loraq but the wedding will hit a major glitch as it seems the wedding following a vicious dragon attack.
She Knows wrote, "Judging by these pictures, and what we know from the books, it's safe to say the reason for her new white costume is her wedding to Hizdahr zo Loraq, the nobleman we met last season in Meereen."
To refresh your memory on what happened in the fourth season, IMAX will be screening episodes of GOT along with the new trailer for season 5, reports The Verge. Tickets can be purchased through imax.com for over 100 IMAX theaters in the US that will be screening the episodes from Jan. 23 to the 29th.
It was announced earlier that author George R.R. Martin sat out writing for season 5 to finish writing "The Winds of Winter," the sixth book in his best-selling series, "A Song of Ice and Fire."
