--- title: Tyrion Lannister says Battle to End All Battles Coming description: "You are in for it. Truly,” says Peter Dinklage about the next season of Game of Thrones canonical: https://time.com/5396384/game-of-thrones-season-8-battle/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-14T17:20:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:52.221Z og:title: Tyrion Lannister Says Battle to End All Battles Coming og:description: "You are in for it,” Peter Dinklage says about next season of Game of Thrones og:url: https://time.com/5396384/game-of-thrones-season-8-battle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0c5e20ddb63c57e/69889808fb4eac2a8188dee2/game-of-thrones-episode-9-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-Battle-of-The-Bastards-Jon-Snow og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tyrion Lannister Says Battle to End All Battles Coming twitter:description: "You are in for it,” Peter Dinklage says about next season of Game of Thrones twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0c5e20ddb63c57e/69889808fb4eac2a8188dee2/game-of-thrones-episode-9-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tyrion Lannister Wants You to Brace Yourself for the _Game of Thrones_ Battle to End All Battles > Sponsored content. 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At the premiere of his new film, _I Think We’re Alone Now_, a reporter appeared to manage to get Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister on the HBO series, to sneak in one question about the upcoming season of _Game of Thrones_. According to Game of Thrones fan site, [_WinterIsComing.net_,](https://winteriscoming.net/2018/09/13/peter-dinklage-says-game-thrones-season-8-will-top-battle-bastards/) the bold reporter asked Dinklage, “On Game of Thrones, one question, can the [Battle of the Bastards](http://time.com/4374330/game-of-thrones-battle-of-the-bastards-review/) possibly be topped?” Dinklage gamely, had a definitive answer. “Oh my god, and then some,” he said. “You are in for it. Truly.” It’s hard to imagine a fight scene bigger that the so-called [Battle of the Bastards](http://time.com/4796712/game-of-thrones-battle-of-the-bastards/) that Jon Snow (Kit Harington) barely escaped alive, but ending the royal pursuit of Ramsay (Iwan Rheon). That battle took place over a 25-day shoot schedule, with some 600 crew members, 500 extras, 200 shields, 250 spears, and 70 horses. (Read more about [the numbers here](http://time.com/4372304/game-of-thrones-battle-of-the-bastards-numbers/).) However, if [the reports](https://twitter.com/thronesfacts/status/982738571713888256) from the set of season 8 are true, fans are in for treat—if a massive battle sequence filmed over the course of [a staggering 55 nights](https://winteriscoming.net/2018/04/07/longest-battle-shoot-game-thrones-history-comes-close/) of filming can be considered a treat. 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