The last of us : a shorter season 2
The success of The last of us it was impressive. Launched in January 2023, the series based on the video game of the same name managed to convince both players and a new audience, offering a very faithful live version to the original work. As evidence of the strong interest, the series was the most searched for on Google in 2023. The show also amassed an impressive number of views, allowing HBO to break some records. The only problem in the picture is the wait that now exists between the first and second seasons.
Filming of the next episodes is behind schedule and will be necessary wait until 2025 be able to discover them. To wait, HBO has yet revealed the first images of Joel and Ellie, the two main characters of the first season, played by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramseyand that the public can’t wait to see again.
However, fans might be a little disappointed when season 2 of The last of us will be launched. Why believe Expirationthis new chapter will be shorter compared to the previous. We will therefore have to settle for “only” seven episodescompared to nine in the first season. A choice explained by Craig Mazin, who indicated the history of the game The Last of Us II it was so long that they had to think about the best times to end each upcoming season.
The narrative material we have at our disposal with the second part of the game is much more important than with the first. So from the beginning we had to figure out how to tell this story over the seasons. When you do that, you’re looking for natural breakpoints, and as we explained, this season the breakpoint appeared after seven episodes.
A longer season 3 and at least four seasons
Don’t panic for those who are afraid of missing something, given that at least one of the episodes of the second season of The last of us will be “long enough“. Not necessarily as long as a feature film, but still longer than the others. But the best is yet to come, since the showrunner also watched the sequel after the second season. after him, it will be necessary at least four seasons to tell the entire story the creators have in mind. Because in addition to the story of the game there will still be new elements (such as episode 3 focused on Bill and Frank). And if season 2 will be shorter, on the contrary,”season 3 will be significantly longer“.
Finally, Neil Druckmann continued to show his ambition with this show. Their goal is to make every episode an important and high-budget job. Which is why production times are so long.
The story we’re telling is much bigger than the first season, there’s a lot more to do and it’s harder to produce. But we want every episode to feel like a success.
Fans of the video game know how big the story of the second season is. For the others we will still have to wait before finding out what it is.
Source: Cine Serie
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