Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Game of Thrones will take more precaution than ever with the secrecy of its final episodes; apparently even from actors. If you believe star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the Game of Thrones cast won’t even receive Season 8 scripts before filming the actual scenes.

We weren’t terribly surprised when Game of Thrones opted to film multiple endings for its final season, given the ubiquity of leaks. Still, they’ve claimed a few misdirects before, and star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau cautions we’d be “really stupid” to fall for that.

Game of Thrones production requires long enough lead that by the time we’re watching a season, the cast is already headed back to work. The final six episodes may be a different story, but one star says they’re headed back to work soon, which could pinpoint a 2018 premiere.

Amid the myriad bombshells and returns of Game of Thrones’ “Eastwatch,” the revelation of Cersei’s pregnancy perhaps raised the most eyebrows. Some were quick to deem it a ploy against Jaime, but if there really is another li’l Lannister on the way, Daenerys might be the one with the biggest crisis of faith.

The Internet is a panopticon for cheating. With millions of people in possession of millions of different knowledge bases killing time online, there’s always someone who makes note of even the most minute fast one and publicizes it for all to see. It was not too long ago that an attentive Reddit user noticed that a small snippet of B-roll from Spider-Man 3 had been recycled for the Life trailer. And now, in that proud tradition of eagle-eyed esoterica, the denizens of the Internet have identified Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Dwayne Johnson as sharing a single body. (Unfortunately, not in a Split-type situation, but still.)

Game of Thrones is understandably interested in throwing fans off the scent of its bigger twists, and star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has practically served as emissary in that respect. Still, the once-and-future Jaime Lannister may have cleared up any lingering doubt over Jon Snow’s true origins.

We’re just over a week from Game of Thrones beginning its final descent, and we’ve got the Season 7 synopses to prove it. Even more wars will be fought, but is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau teasing another explosive upset for a Lannister landmark?

Game of Thrones is debuting later in the year than ever, but that doesn’t dampen our excitement for the first official Season 7 trailer one bit. Watch the world of Westeros get a little colder, even as the Great War heats up in the penultimate season’s first official trailer.

Hold on to your hats, folks, because today’s big announcement out of Hollywood is pretty huge. Brian De Palma, the director behind the likes of Mission: Impossible, Blow Out, and Scarface, is starting work on his next movie, and it’s going to be amazing. The contemporary thriller, titled Domino, will star Christina Hendricks and Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as two cops from different countries who both find themselves on the trail of a CIA operative.

Game of Thrones may not drive the same spoiler search in Season 7 as Jon Snow’s Season 6 fate, though the HBO drama still suffers some of TV’s worst leaks. Star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is aware of the problem, but teases that genuine spoilers are awash enough in internet fakery to blend in.