‘The Last of Us’ Season 2: Everything we know so far
Joel and Ellie’s journey has only just begun. HBOs The last of us returns for a second season of post-apocalyptic adventures.
Based on the 2013 video game of the same name, the series follows Pedro Pascal as Joel, a grizzled survivor tasked with transporting Bella Ramsey‘s Ellie across the country, twenty years after a zombie-like fungus, cordyceps, wiped out much of civilization. On their journey to deliver Ellie – who is immune to the disease – to those who want to use her to create a cure, the two form a surrogate father-daughter bond as they face countless threats, human and non- human.
When the show premiered in January 2023, the series – co-created by Craig Mazin and the game’s writer and creative director, Neil Druckmann – was renewed for season 2 after only two of the season’s nine episodes aired.
“I am humbled, honored and, quite frankly, overwhelmed that so many people have signed up and connected with our retelling of Joel and Ellie’s journey,” Druckman — who is also co-president of the video game company Naughty Dog — said in a statement . Unpleasant Variety at the time. “Working with Craig Mazin, our incredible cast & crew, and HBO exceeded my already high expectations. Now we have the absolute pleasure of doing this again with season two! From everyone at Naughty Dog & PlayStation: thank you!”
A continuation on The last of us The video game was released in 2020 and picks up a few years after the events of the original with the main duo of the story. Not to mention, it features a major twist that continues to divide fans. While there are rumors of a third game, Druckmann revealed that he and Mazin are sticking to the material they have for now.
“We will not encounter the same problem as Game of Thrones since Part II does not end on a cliffhanger,” he said in a January 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporterreferencing how their fellow hit HBO series surpassed the sourcebook series’ plot by author George R. R. Martin.
Mazin – who created the HBO miniseries Chernobyl – added to his partner’s statement, tellingly THR, “I have no interest in playing records forever. If it’s going to be a perpetual motion machine, it can’t help but get a little… stupid. An ending means everything to me.”
The Last of Us Part II contains much more story than its predecessor. Fortunately for fans eager for more of the show, Mazin teased that the series’ team may need more than one season to properly portray Part II‘s events.
“The story that remains, that continues in the work that Naughty Dog has done on the second game, is a lot,” Mazin said in a January 2023 interview with Collider. “It would probably take us more than a season to tell the remaining story. But I definitely don’t see this as something that will go on and on. We do not have that ambition. Our ambition is to tell the existing story as best as possible in a different medium.”
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