“There’s a massive sea battle that will sail past season two’s Blackwater in scope,” he told TV Insider.
Game of Thrones returns to HBO on 16 July and will be simulcast at 2am on Sky Atlantic.
David Benioff, one-half of the showrunning duo, confirmed the forthcoming episodes will feature a “magnificent” sequence he believes eclipses one of the series’ most memorable.
If there’s one thing Game of Thrones knows what to do, it’s to deliver a spectacle – and, with Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) on her way back to Westeros, season seven looks to be one giant battle sequence (we can hope).