The first season of the HBO Max show, The Last Of Us, came out in January 2023 and was a huge success. The show has won many awards for being a very well-written adaptation of the popular video game. The creators, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, have been working on the production of season two for four months now yet there is no confirmed release date, even though when the show first aired on HBO Max it hit record-breaking views. They have also already verified the new casting for season two. Kaitlyn Dever is going to be playing Abby Anderson. Dever has also been cast in No One Will Save You, Unforgivable, and more. Isabela Merced is going to be playing Dina and she is most known for her role as Dora in the live-action movie Dora the Explorer.
Everyone that loved the game, loved the show because of how well thought out it was and how cohesive it was with the plot. Spin-offs and adaptations can often be seen as cringy or not well thought out but this show really outdid itself. In season one the actors of the two main characters, Pedro Pascal, who played Joel Miller, and Bella Ramsey who played Ellie Williams, did an outstanding job with their acting. In the second part of the game, a lot goes down, leaving most people wondering, “How are they going to include all of this?” Characters in the game were created and based on live-action movements, before animation into its game format. This could very easily be transferred to the movie.
Druckmann and Mazin have said there should be at least seven episodes in the second season of the show but one episode is gonna be very long. This is similar to season one which featured episodes ranging from 30-50 minutes. Mazin has stated there will be more than just two seasons because, “It’s very hard to take this storyline and just cut it into 2 seasons like the game did, so they would be adding maybe three to four seasons.”
Mazin also said that, “One thing is absolutely for sure, I don’t see how we could tell the story that remains after season one is complete after season two.” Mazin and Druckmann have said that the first part of both the show and the game show the unconditional love between Joel and Ellie. The second season will focus on Ellie’s revenge. Druckmann, being the head creator of the game has not stated whether there will be a third game, though there have been rumors predicting so. With how the game ended in chapter 2, there has to be another game people have stated as Mazin said, “I would never want to go beyond what the game has showed.”
There is a lot of excitement surrounding the release of season two. Pascal has said that “they are already done with all of his [Joel] scenes,” but they are still working on everyone else to make this season just as good or even better than the other one.
