Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey will return for extra post-apocalyptic adventures on the upcoming second season of HBO’s The Last of Us.
Based on the 2013 online game of the identical identify, the sequence follows Joel (Pascal), a grizzled survivor tasked with transporting Ellie (Ramsey) throughout the nation, 20 years after a zombie-like fungus, cordyceps, worn out a lot of civilization. As they proceed on their journey, the unlikely duo type a surrogate father-daughter bond alongside the best way.
Upon the present’s premiere in January 2023, the sequence — cocreated by Craig Mazin and the sport’s author and inventive director, Neil Druckmann — was renewed for season 2 after solely two of the season’s 9 episodes had aired.
The second season is anticipated to comply with the plot of the online game’s 2020 sequel, The Last of Us Part II, which picks up a number of years after the unique story. Though the present hasn’t been picked up for a 3rd installment, Mazin beforehand teased that the sequence’ crew may have a couple of extra season to correctly painting Part II’s occasions.
“The amount of remaining story would take us more than a season to tell. But definitely, I don’t see this as something that runs on and on and on,” he instructed Collider in January 2023. “We don’t have that ambition. Our ambition is to tell the story that exists, as best as we can, in a different medium.”
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