Here's the New 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 Trailer

Winter is coming.

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Don't let the first day of summer distract you from the fact that winter is coming as the latest Game of Thrones trailer is here. Watch it above.

The opening of the #WinterIsHere trailer strikes a similar tone to that of the first proper trailer, which was released late last month, referencing the inevitable conclusion where all sides will converge in order to claim what they believe is rightfully theirs. "Enemies to the east. Enemies to the west. Enemies to the south. Enemies to the north. Whatever stands in our way, we will defeat it," Cersei says in a voiceover in the first trailer. This time, we overhear Littlefinger advising Sansa Stark, telling her, "Don't fight in the north, or the south. Fight every battle everywhere. Always... in your mind."  

The trailer jumps from a shot to shot of Jon Snow venturing beyond The Wall to Cersei, to Daenerys isolated from Tyrion Lannister and her army. Then, there's the obligatory but totally necessary Night King visual. At the conclusion of the trailer, Sansa is heard delivering a striking statement: “When the snows fall, and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.”

While the trailer leaves us wanting more, patience will truly be a virtue for the show going forward. HBO programming president Casey Bloys recently toldEntertainment Weekly that the final season could come out next year or even 2019. For now, we will just need to settle for a shortened seven-episode season. 

Game of Thrones returns July 16.

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