'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Release Date & Spoilers: Premiere To Air in April

The hit fantasy epic TV series "Game of Thrones" finally gets back on air this April.

HBO, on Thursday, confirmed that the series, which is now on its fifth season, will premiere on April 12, alongside other TV series such as "Silicon Valley," which returns on its second season and "Veep", now on its fourth season. All three series get 10-episodes each.

According to the statement provided by HBO, the premiere episode of "Game of Thrones" airs at 9 p.m. "Silicon Valley" Season 2's premiere on the other hand starts at 10 p.m while "Veep" airs right after the former at 10:30 p.m.

Season 5 surprises and new cast

Kit Harrington, who plays Jon Snow, bastard son of the lord of Winterfell Eddard Ned Stark, told The Telegraph that this upcoming season is actually going to be "huge," considering the amount of money put into it.

"There's one scene for me which took a month to film. It wasn't even the whole thing, it was one section...On scale it's definitely bigger. I don't think we can get more gruesome or more naked, but on scale it's definitely got bigger," the actor was quoted as saying.

The actor was also cited in the report of Watchers on the Wall, saying that he remains clueless as to what would happen in the series. He said that there are only three people who know what the ending would be -- "A Song of Ice and Fire" book series (to which the TV series was solely based) author George R.R. Martin and executive producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss.

HBO has also already introduced the new cast members of the series' fifth season, and Screenrant provided the details. They are:

"Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell: Doran Martell is the ruling lord of Dorne and older brother to the late Prince Oberyn Martell. Unlike his brother, Doran is even- tempered and deliberate. Now, all of Dorne waits to see how their lord will react to his brother's death;

"Toby Sebastian as Trystane Martell: Trystane Martell is Prince Doran's son and heir to Dorne. His father betrothed him to Myrcella Baratheon as part of the alliance offered by Tywin Lannister, then Hand of the King;

"Nell Tiger Free as Myrcella Baratheon: Myrcella Baratheon is officially the eldest child of Cersei Lannister and the late King Robert Baratheon, though in truth her father is Cersei's own brother, Jaime Lannister. For years, she has been a guest and ward of Prince Doran, betrothed to his son, but her position has become tenuous with the death of Oberyn Martell, the Prince's brother;

"DeObia Oparei as Areo Hotah: Areo Hotah is the long-serving captain of Doran Martell's palace guard, renowned for his loyalty and his longaxe;

"Enzo Cilenti as Yezzan: Yezzan was an extremely wealthy slave trader before Daenerys Targaryen outlawed the slave trade;

"Jessica Henwick as Nymeria ("Nym") Sand: Nym Sand is the second eldest of the late Prince Oberyn's bastard daughters. Her mother was an Eastern noblewoman who brought Nym up to be cultured, graceful and deadly with a whip;

"Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Tyene Sand: Tyene Sand is the daughter of the late Prince Oberyn Martell by Ellaria Sand, his final paramour. Tyene is fiercer than she looks, especially with her twin daggers;

"Keisha Castle-Hughes as Obara Sand: A fearsome warrior, Obara Sand is the eldest bastard daughter of the late Prince Oberyn Martell. Her mother was a Dornish peasant girl who caught the eye of the late Prince; and

"Jonathan Pryce as the High Sparrow: A devout and pious man, the High Sparrow came to King's Landing to serve those forgotten by much of the world - the poor, the downtrodden and the infirm - and quickly amassed a large following. His fellow believers have swarmed over the city, ministering to the lowest and decrying the corruption of the highest."

Here's a video of the new cast introducing themselves:

And here's a collection of bloopers from the previous season: