MUMBAI: Winter is finally here on Game of Thrones and the storyline is moving fast. With Season Six6 having come and gone just like the ‘Winds of Winter’ here in India – short, crisp and long gone, the extensive, dreadful winters in Westeros is just around the corner.

Now that Season Seven is on its way, Casey Bloys, President, HBO Programming, has announced that Game of Thrones will begin shooting the season later this summer. Production of the seven-episode seventh season will be based in Northern Ireland, while additional portions will be filmed in Spain and Iceland, with debut slated for summer 2017 on HBO internationally and Star World Premiere HD in India.

“Now that winter has arrived on Game of Thrones, executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss felt that the storylines of the next season would be better served by starting production a little later than usual, when the weather is changing,” said Bloys. “Instead of the show’s traditional spring debut, we’re moving the debut to summer to accommodate the shooting schedule.”

With that being said, more details about the show have been revealed. The Season Seven directors will include Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa, Matt Shakman and Alan Taylor. Locations for shooting in Spain will include Sevilla, Caceres, Almodovar del Rio, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo.

Last week, Game of Thrones received 23 Primetime Emmy® nominations for its Season 6, the most of any nominee for the third year in a row. For those who missed the exciting last season can catch up S6 on Star World Premiere from Monday to Friday at 11:00 PM.