'Game of Thrones' Season 5 HBO Release Date, Spoilers, New Trailer Teaser Footage Released, Watch Here (VIDEO)

5:50 PM EST 11/26/2014 by Tam Woods, Celebeat Reporter

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"Game of Thrones" Season 5 on HBO set to premiere in April 2015 and new trailer footage has been released for the upcoming episodes, which you can check out above. 

"I see a darkness in you," a voiceover says as Arya Stark (played by Maisie Williams) can be seen for a split second among other images.

"Follow the Three Eyed Raven. Gain the power of #TheSight: ThreeEyedRaven.com" the Game of Thrones Twitter account tweeted out, along with the clip.

It was announced earlier this Summer that the popular HBO show would be extended through a sixth season and now a seventh and presumably final season is going to happen. In order to retain much of the main cast for two more years, a big payday was in order according to THR. Cast involved in the deal (spoiler alert) is includes Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Natalie Dormer, Sophie Turner, and Maisie Williams.

"Game of Thrones" announced nine new characters that will be joining the show for the upcoming Season 5 at their 2014 Comic-Con panel. Alexander Siddig, Toby Sebastian, Nell Tiger Free, DeObia Oparei, Enzo Cilenti, Jessica Henwick, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Jonathan Pryce will all play key roles in "Game of Thrones" Season 5 and they have posted a video with short interviews of each new cast member (you can check out the video above). 

Michelle Fairley, who plays the role of Catelyn Stark or Lady Stoneheart, told Entertainment Weekly that her character will no longer return to the series. "The character's dead. She's dead," she shared sadly.

She added the producers spoke with her and told her that Lady Stoneheart will not be revived in Season 5 or later either. "I knew the arc, and that was it. They can't stick to the books 100 percent. It's impossible- they only have 10 hours per season. They have got to keep it dramatic and exciting, and extraneous stuff along the way gets lost in order to maintain the quality of brilliant show," the actress said. In the book, Lady 

"Game of Thrones" is coming off of their highest ratings of any season with the Season 4 finale. Bran will not be returning for Season 5, but Bran's old friend the Three-eyed Raven is being put at the center of a new promotional website for Game of Thrones' fifth season.

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