Season 2 of “The Last of Us” will have fewer episodes than the first, but good news still awaits fans of the series adaptation of the cult video game!
It has already been confirmed that fans of The Last of Us will have to wait until 2025 before the adaptation of the cult video game returns to television. Bad news to which is added today the announcement that this season 2 will be shorter than the previous one.
Good and bad news for season 2
Video game creator Neil Druckmann and series co-showrunner Craig Mazin confirmed to Deadline that seven episodes are in fact planned for season 2, while the previous one totaled nine episodes. But this bad news also hides good news for fans of the program!
During this same interview, the two creators of The Last of Us discussed their intentions to extend the series beyond season 2. If a season 3 has not yet been officially ordered by HBO, the intention of the two writers to produce several additional seasons should nevertheless satisfy fans of the program.
“We don’t think we’ll be able to tell the full story we have in mind through Seasons 2 and 3, as we’ve decided to take our time and pursue interesting directions as we’ve already started to do. with season 1”Craig Mazin confided to our American colleagues.
A The Last of Us III hoped for by fans
It was also confirmed during this interview that the series will be adapted from the two existing video games, but will not go beyond existing hardware sources. At least until a third video game The Last of Us has seen the light of day, a new opus which has still not been confirmed by Neil Druckmann.
Video games and The Last of Us series immerse us in a post-apocalyptic world, ravaged by an epidemic caused by a parasitic fungus. A mercenary haunted by the death of his daughter, Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) is entrusted with the mission of escorting Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a young girl apparently immune to the virus…
The first season of The Last of Us can be found on June 11 on the new Max streaming platform.
