--- title: New Trailer for Game of Thrones Season 6: Video description: With the return of Game of Thrones less than two weeks away, HBO has released the second official trailer for the upcoming sixth season. canonical: https://time.com/4288974/game-of-thrones-season-6-second-trailer/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-11T17:27:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:30.952Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The New 'Game of Thrones' Trailer Teases a Major Battle og:description: "I thought he was the man to lead us through the long night, but I was wrong" og:url: https://time.com/4288974/game-of-thrones-season-6-second-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296a09675f3242fc/69888e950b72e3c1316e8e73/screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_12-51-22_pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_12.51.22_pm og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The New 'Game of Thrones' Trailer Teases a Major Battle twitter:description: "I thought he was the man to lead us through the long night, but I was wrong" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296a09675f3242fc/69888e950b72e3c1316e8e73/screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_12-51-22_pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The New _Game of Thrones_ Trailer Teases a Major Battle  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 11, 2016 5:27 PM UTC   by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 11, 2016 5:27 PM UTC With the return of _Game of Thrones_ less than two weeks away, HBO has released the second [official trailer](http://time.com/4251540/game-of-thrones-season-6-trailer-analysis-breakdown/?iid=sr-link1) for the drama’s upcoming sixth season. The new footage offers a glimpse at almost all of the shows’s returning players—from a shot of [Jon Snow’s corpse](http://time.com/3924852/every-game-of-thrones-death/?iid=sr-link6) to a blind Arya at the House of Black and White to the Lannister siblings making a stand to regain control of King’s Landing. Not to mention there’s also some epic shots of the Night’s King and his band of White Walkers, who are presumably making their way ever closer to the Wall. **Read More:** [Here’s What the Game of Thrones Season 6 Premiere Synopsis Tells Us](http://time.com/4285856/game-of-thrones-season-6-premiere-synopsis/?iid=sr-link1) Titled “The Red Woman,” [the premiere](http://time.com/4277766/game-of-thrones-episode-cost-expensive/?iid=sr-link7) will air April 24 on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4288974/game-of-thrones-season-6-second-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4288974/game-of-thrones-season-6-second-trailer/"},"headline":"The New Game of Thrones Trailer Teases a Major Battle","datePublished":"2016-04-11T17:27:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:30.952Z","description":"\"I thought he was the man to lead us through the long night, but I was wrong\"","url":"https://time.com/4288974/game-of-thrones-season-6-second-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296a09675f3242fc/69888e950b72e3c1316e8e73/screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_12-51-22_pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296a09675f3242fc/69888e950b72e3c1316e8e73/screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_12-51-22_pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"screen_shot_2016-04-11_at_12.51.22_pm","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4288974/game-of-thrones-season-6-second-trailer/","name":"The New Game of Thrones Trailer Teases a Major Battle"}}]}] ```