Not only did it garner massive viewership for HBO, but it was praised by numerous critics from top to bottom. It will probably win many awards at prestigious film festivals. The series quickly received the green light for a second season, even before the first one ended, which showed HBO’s great faith in the development and positive reception of the production. Considering that the first season adapted the entire first game, this naturally means that the second season will at least begin to adapt the second game. Since the second part of TLOU is much longer and , it is expected that it will be adapted into many film adaptations, which will probably give us a total of as many as four seasons of the series .
Therefore, the WGA strike began in early May and forced screenwriters to stop creating scripts for the films and series they were working on. All progress was stopped, and the second season of The Last of Us was not supposed to return until 2025 . Fans were concerned that the strike might extend the premiere time even further, as it was assumed that once the strike ended, the writers would have to start their work all over again. However, this is clearly not the case. The creator of the series said in Entertainment Weekly, that the entire second season will be “ready to start” as soon as the strike ends. Druckmann specifically stated that the season was already outlined, so it would likely need to be solidified in script form before they could begin filming.
The second season of The Last of Us was also in the process of casting characters such as Abby, who is the antagonist of the second part of the game. It is unknown whether an actress has actually been found to play her role, or whether they are still narrowing down the field of candidates. Either way, it looks like things are moving quite quickly and if the strikes end soon, there may be a chance that season two will still hit our screens even before 2025.
What is the second season of The Last of Us about ?
For now, the creators of the HBO series have not commented on specific plot threads of the second season. However, considering what happens in the second part of the game, it will be a wild ride. The game jumps forward a few years and shows us the breakdown of Ellie and Joel’s relationship, the reason for which is initially unclear. The situation becomes even worse when a mysterious woman named Abby enters their lives with a group of well-trained friends and begins to create an omnipresent “hell”. It’s likely that the team will adapt this story in detail over the next few seasons of the show, but it’s been suggested that the writers might play around with where and how some of the game’s biggest moments will take place .
What stage of development is the third part of the game in?
Rumors and leaks seem to suggest that The Last of Us Part 3 is indeed on the way, but nothing has been clearly confirmed. Naughty Dog studio noted that it is refraining from announcing games too early and will show what will happen next when the time comes. We know that the third game was outlined shortly after the second game was released, so even if it’s not in development right now (which seems unlikely), Naughty Dog has a plan ready for it.
