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'Game of Thrones' season 7 update: New leak suggests June release date; Kit Harington and co-stars arrive in Iceland to film more scenes

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A new leak suggests that "Game of Thrones" might just be five months away from its season 7 premiere.

Since season 6 wrapped up last year, fans of the HBO epic drama have been eagerly waiting for the next season's premiere date. The show is moving out of its usual spring schedule, so predicting a possible launch window is more difficult for avid viewers. On Wednesday, however, IMDB reportedly listed the first episode of season 7 as premiering on Sunday, June 25. A fan managed to take a screengrab of the schedule before IMDB took it down a few moments later.

According to reports, the new season will only span six episodes, but each will be bigger in scale than ever. This means that filming will roughly take the same amount of production time as the previous installments. With some of the main characters heading further north in Westeros, the premiere had to be pushed back to allow the cast and crew to film more scenes during the winter season.

As for the show's casting, it was recently revealed that members of British Band Bastille are set to make a cameo in one of the upcoming episodes. Fronted by Dan Smith, the band follows the footsteps of other music personalities who previously made cameos in the series, including Coldplay, Mastodon, and Sigur Ros.

Production for the latest installment is in full swing, and cast members were seen arriving in Iceland earlier this week. Fans were able to take pictures with stars Kit Harington (who plays Jon Snow), Liam Cunningham (who portrays Davos), Kristofer Hivju (who plays Tormund) and Joe Dempsie (who plays Gendry). A tourist exploring the Reykjavik spotted the show's crew filming on the black-sand beach while two boats were on the shore. However, it's impossible to tell which characters are in the scene because of the location's distance.

HBO has yet to announce an official premiere date for the seventh season of "Game of Thrones."