The Last of Us will return to HBO and Max this April. Series creative director, Neil Druckmann, announced the premiere of the show’s second season onstage at CES this evening alongside a short teaser for the new season. A specific premiere date wasn’t given.
The Last of Us season 2 will premiere in April
The show will return to HBO and Max two years after its first season.
The show will return to HBO and Max two years after its first season.
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The show’s first season wrapped up in March 2023, so it’ll be more than two years between seasons by the time the new one debuts. The Last of Us’ first season was very well-received — particularly for a video game adaptation — so expectations are high for the show’s return.
This season is supposed to cover a portion of the second game, with the full story being split across two or more seasons, according to an interview last year with the show’s creators. “We don’t think that we’re going to be able to tell the story even within two seasons [2 and 3] because we’re taking our time and go down interesting pathways which we did a little bit in Season 1 too,” showrunner Craig Mazin told Deadline.
Alongside the return of The Last of Us, Sony also announced plans to bring several other PlayStation titles to the screen. Ghost of Tsushima is being adapted into an anime series, and both Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 are being made into films.
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