Game of Thrones stars are set to make a ridiculous amount of money next season

More than a handful of Golden Dragons, that's for sure.

HBO have decided that their actors have done such stellar work on season six  that they deserve significant pay increases. The cable network have shown the faith in their stars by bumping up the pay for some of their biggest names to an eye-watering amount. Remember though, by finding out who has improved contracts for next season, you might accidentally spoil who survives and who doesn't. Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) will all earn upwards of $500,000 (£340,000) per episode of the seventh and eighth seasons of the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A seventh season was recently confirmed with the announcement of an eighth season something like a formality for what is one of the most popular TV shows in recent memory. The same source also reports that contracts for other stars Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) are not yet completed, and no official word has been given on the status of contracts of Conleth Hill (Varys) or Aiden Gillen (Littlefinger), who have featured less prominently in the show's most recent season. Can we assume from this that the five stars will survive all the way through season seven? HBO have declined to comment.