The stars of "Game of Thrones" will be back on the set for season 8 this fall. While the show's run is on hiatus on HBO, stars like Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys) and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion) have other projects coming to the big and small screen.
Kit Harington is part of the series "Gunpowder" on BBC. The three-episode show has no specific air date for now, but the network already released a teaser.
Harington will also be in "The Death and Life of John F. Donovan" with Natalie Portman. According to Collider, the movie is expected to be in film festivals this fall and might have a limited released in theaters in early 2018.
Emilia Clarke is starring in the Han Solo movie of the "Star Wars" franchise. The still-untitled film won't be in theaters until May 2018 and filming is still actively underway.
Clarke's next film, "Above Suspicion," will have a 2017 release date. The thriller also stars Jack Huston and Thora Birch.
Peter Dinklage is perhaps the busiest of the "Game of Thrones" stars with four projects lined up until 2018. The Emmy-winning actor will be seen in "Three Christs" with Richard Gere, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" with Woody Harrelson, "I Think We’re Alone Now" with Elle Fanning and "My Dinner with Hervé" with Jamie Dornan. The latter project will be airing as a TV movie on HBO, the home of “Game of Thrones.”
Where to catch other ‘Game of Thrones’ stars
Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) will star in "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" while her TV sister Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) will be in "X-Men: The New Mutants." Neither movie will be out until mid-2018.
Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) will work with Dwayne Johnson on "Fighting with My Family" while Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) is filming "Domino" with Carice van Houten (Melisandre). Gwendoline Christie is on "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," which will run in theaters this December.
Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger) has booked his next project after being killed off in the "Game of Thrones" season 7 finale.
He will star as the novelist, James Joyce, in the "James and Lucia" biopic.
When will ‘Game of Thrones’ return?
Filming for “Game of Thrones” season 8 will begin sometime in October, according to Coster-Waldau who recently dropped in on a late night talk show. Until then, he and the actors won’t get a script for the first episode and he still has no clue about what’s going to happen following the season 7 finale.
“Game of Thrones” season 8 will be the final run on HBO. The show usually airs in the spring but HBO said via Entertainment Weekly that the premiere might be pushed back to 2019
