Season 2 of The Last of Us is set to release in the “first half” of 2025, and I’ll happily wait if it comes out on a certain perfect date
The last of us According to HBO president Casey Bloys, Season 2 is expected to arrive in the “first half” of next year.
Speaking with Term Following the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards, Bloys implied that the hugely popular dystopian drama series would return to our screens before June 30, 2025. Asked when The last of us‘ second season would arrive on HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) streaming platform Max, Bloys said: “Well, all I’ll say right now, generally speaking, I expect in the first half of the year they [The Last of Us season 2 and recent Emmy winner Hacks] in the Emmy window display [for 2025].”
Bloys’ comment won’t come as a complete surprise to anyone who has been following the development of Season 2. The last of us‘ the next chapter has been in the works since it was renewed in early 2023 and, with filming having begun in January 2024 and wrapping in late August, post-production – aside from an occasional reshoot or two – is well underway. HBO has all but confirmed that one of Max’s best shows will be returning sometime next year in an exciting new Max trailer that featured snippets of footage from The last of us season 2 too, but it’s still nice to hear that it’ll be here sooner rather than later.
A perfect day for a zombie outbreak
As happy as I am that The last of us With the Season 2 release window shortened to the first six months of 2025, it’s still difficult to determine when the next installment will debut on Max and HBO (US), Sky and Now TV (UK), and Binge (Australia). Even if the post-production phase takes a long time, it’s likely that a January or February 2025 return for the show starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey is out of the question.
But there is one specific date – a date that falls between January 1st and June 30th – that would be a perfect release date for The last of us‘ second season. And no, I’m not talking about Outbreak Day, which for anyone unfamiliar with Naughty Dog’s The last of us The game series, which the HBO series is based on, took place on September 26th. However, I’m talking about June 19th here.
Why is that date so special? Because it is the date on which The Last of Us Part 2 was originally released on the PlayStation 4. Naughty Dog’s long-awaited video game sequel did indeed launch on June 19, 2020, so it would be especially fitting if Season 2 of The last of us On that date, a TV show also aired that would authentically portray large parts of the story of the aforementioned game.
The only problem with my theory is that June 19, 2025 falls on a Thursday. HBO traditionally airs new shows, or brand new seasons of a series, on a Sunday night, which throws a spanner in the works for what I’m proposing. But now that the American cable network has chosen to air the first episode of The Penguinthe first TV spin-off of 2022 The Batmandebuting this Thursday (September 19) on Max and HBO, WBD has begun experimenting with its usual release schedule. Don’t bet against The last of us Season 2 will do the same, if HBO and WBD allow it to premiere on the fifth anniversary of the second installment of the gaming franchise.
