- The final season of "Game of Thrones"will air in 2019.
- Actor Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) says it's the perfect time for the series to end.
- "Sometimes shows stay on a little too long, the jumping-the-shark thing," he told Variety.
- The final season will only be six episodes long, though they could be feature-length.
- Dinklage says they're about halfway through filming.
- "It's the final season, and it's a long one so we're taking our time," he said.
"Game of Thrones" fans may be lamenting the coming series finale of HBO's hit show, but actor Peter Dinklage (who plays Tyrion Lannister), thinks the timing couldn't be better.
"It's time," Dinklage said during a new interview with Variety. "Story-wise, not just for all our lives. It's the perfect time to end it. Sometimes shows stay on a little too long, the jumping-the-shark thing."
The coming eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones" is scheduled to air sometime in 2019. Though the season will be the shortest yet (with only six episodes), each of the final episodes is reported to be longer than usual.
According to Dinklage, filming for this final season — which began in October 2017 — is about halfway done.
"It's the final season, and it's a long one so we're taking our time," he told Variety.
The extended production time combined with longer episodes is one major reason why fans have to wait so long for the coming season. For a full breakdown of why "Game of Thrones" is taking at least a year and half off between seasons, read our explainer here.
While we start the long wait for season eight, read our list of 21 key predictions we have for the final episodes of "Game of Thrones" in the meantime.
Watch Dinklage's interview with Variety below:
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