The second season of the fantasy epic Game of Thrones on HBO is in full swing, and the TV station officially confirmed on Tuesday that it has renewed the show for a third season. George RR Martin, the original author of Game of Thrones, also revealed some details about the upcoming third season. George RR Martin is the original author of Game of Thrones and he also controls the development of the plot from a macro perspective. Regarding the upcoming third season, Martin introduced it on his official blog: "Like the previous two seasons, the third season will be 10 episodes long! The plot of the third part of the original novel, A Storm of Swords, will be mostly or entirely presented in the third season of the TV series." George R.R. Martin's novel "A Song of Ice and Fire" is an exciting read, and the TV series "Game of Thrones" adapted from the novel has also been a huge success. It was renewed for the third season just after the second season began to air. This makes one of the show's creators, Michael Lombardo, very optimistic about the future of the TV series: "I hope this TV series can be filmed for 20 years. I promise that we will not stop filming unless the plot itself has reached the point where it must end." It was also revealed that the third season of "Game of Thrones" will begin filming in December this year and may officially begin airing in mid-May next year.