TV Article Game of Thrones reveals epic Battle of the Bastards trailer By James Hibberd James Hibberd James Hibberd is the former editor at large at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2021. EW's editorial guidelines Published on June 13, 2016 10:38PM EDT Photo: Helen Sloan/HBO HBO unveiled its first promo for "Battle of the Bastards," the much-anticipated face-off between Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) coming Sunday. The hour, Thrones‘ ninth episode here in season 6, is directed by Miguel Sapochnik, who helmed last year's acclaimed "Hardhome." Judging by the impressive footage above, this will indeed be the biggest battle in the show's history. "If I fall, don't bring me back," Snow tells Melisandre. While fans wait for Sunday, here's our coverage of episode 8, "No One": Read our deep-dive recap with our thoughts on the episode, plus our Q&A with Maisie Williams about Arya's face-off with The Waif (hey, that's a pun!), and our chat with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Gwendoline Christie talking about Jaime and Brienne's touching reunion. Our latest Game of Thrones Weekly podcast episode is now live for "No One" too, listen below and don't forget to subscribe here. <iframe width="540" height="540" src="http://embed.acast.com/ewgameonthrones/ep.8-sayhername" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" class="" allowfullscreen="" resize="0" replace_attributes="1" name=""></iframe>