Speaking toVariety, Casey Bloys praised showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss and the six-episode eighth season.

I think the guys did a great job, Bloys said.

Its roughly split with some people loving it and some people disliking it.

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Thats about what youd expect.

I think the guys landed a massive plane and did a great job doing it.

But youre never going to make everybody happy, nor should that be the goal.

They were very, very deliberate.

This was well thought out.

All the George R.R.

Martin-based projects HBO has in development to follow upThronesare prequels set before the events inGoT.