Fans of the famous video game The Last of Us was a phenomenon of the early 2023 series. With record audiences week after week, the TV adaptation was a hit that drew a lot of reactions from fans and neophytes alike.
After an inaugural season rich with video game twists and turns, The Last of Us ended with its tragic and controversial final episode, which garnered nearly 8.2 million viewers in the United States. Deadline.
Will the series return for a second round of episodes? What’s the first word on the continuing adventures of Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey)?
Season 2 Confirmed!
It’s no secret to most fans, but just in case you missed it, The Last of Us has indeed been renewed for a second season, and it’s airing very early! Indeed, HBO announced the good news after the broadcast of the second episode!
Is the filming of season 2 imminent?
After such success, fans will be eagerly waiting for the sequel to The Last of Us, but they will have to be patient knowing that the first season of the series took almost two years to make. But Pedro Pascal has hinted that production on those second episodes could begin sooner than expected.
During an interview with the editor of The Mandalorian Collider asked Joel’s translator if there was a chance that The Last of Us team would begin shooting Season 2 this year. To which he replied: “In 2023? Oh, what seasons are we in now? Are we approaching spring? Yes, there’s a chance, yes.”
Will there be several seasons?
What can we expect in The Last of Us Season 2? Just the plot of the second opus of the video game work, The Last of Us: Part IIReleased in 2020. But this story is much more essential to the adaptation than the first game. Indeed, it takes a little less than 20 hours to complete The Last of Us: Part I and the DLC (Additional Downloadable Content) “Left Behind” (corresponding to episode 7 of the series).
Although to complete the adventure The Last of Us: Part II, takes just under 30 hours, depending on whether you rush to find all the corners and want to complete the game 100%. So showrunners Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckman (also creator of the video game franchise) have a simple solution: The second game will be adapted over several seasons!
This is not surprising considering that the plot of The Last of Us: Part II is more complex with more characters, flashbacks and settings than for the first game. QG Asked by Neil Druckman if he was going to cover the entire second game of Season 2, he simply replied: “No. Of course not. It takes more than one season.”.
Which means The Last of Us will have at least three seasons! Or more ? Craig Mazin doubted: “You’re right we won’t say how many. But more than one season is actually correct”.
Bella Ramsey is back!
Given that there’s a five-year time jump between The Last of Us: Part I and The Last of Us: Part II, some fans wondered if the show’s teams were considering changing Ellie’s casting and saying goodbye to Bella Ramsey.
That’s not the case after Craig Mazin said in a press conference Entertainment WeeklyThat Bella Ramsey will be in Season 2 of the series, which will be “Quite different and won’t be exactly like the game” : “It’s going to be a show that Neil and I want to do. But we’re doing it with Bella.”.
And Neil Druckman adds: “The only valid reason to think about recasting the character as Bella would be if she told us she didn’t want to work with us anymore. And even then, we’re not sure we’d let her. We could still force her to come back for a second season.”
More infected!
This is one of the most recurring criticisms of fans of The Last of Us video games, the series finally includes some fight scenes against the infected. The first season showed us runners, stalkers, slappers and colossi, but there are other, even scarier types of infected.
Craig Mazin explained variety This scenario choice, which involves plot and character development rather than linking combat and action sequences, is inherent and essential to the player experience:
“There’s less action than some would like because we didn’t find much of a point in it, or we were afraid it would be repetitive. After all, you’re not in the player experience, you’re in the spectator experience. And while a lot of people enjoy watching the gameplay, it’s a little It should be more focused and useful when we show it on TV.”
But rest assured, many more will be infected – and maybe even spores! – in the second season! In any case, this is what Craig Mazin meant: “There will be more development of The Last of Us universe. It’s entirely possible that there will be many more infected later on. And maybe even different types.”.
While waiting to discover the second season of The Last of Us, fans are still recovering from the last episode of the inaugural season. This controversial ending is up for debate, but it’s a crucial trigger that opens the second video game. The Last of Us: Part IIwhich, in addition to continuing the story of Eli, shows the inevitable consequences of Joel’s choices.
The Last of Us series is available in its entirety on Prime Video.
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
