Season 2 of The Last of Us is not about to debut on our screens. The hit HBO series will be released sometime in April, so, at the time of the latest update of this article, we are only 3 months away from reuniting with Joel and Ellie.
That is why it is necessary to know the complete second season of The Last of Us before its release. In this guide, find the latest information, adding cast and story details, about the upcoming bankruptcy of the dystopian survival horror series, which will air on Max and HBO (US), Sky and Now TV ( UK) and Binge. (Australia).
Full spoilers follow for The Last of Us season 1 and the games that HBO’s adaptation is based on. Potential spoilers also follow for one of the best Max shows’ second entry.
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The next bankruptcy of The Last of Us does not yet have an official date, but we do know that it will arrive in April 2025. Sony announced the month for The Last of Us season 2 at CES 2025 in early January.
Before that, HBO boss Casey Bloys had showed that it would release in early 2025 – those November 2024 comments come two months after Bloys revealed that it would release in the first part of 2025.
So when do we think the premiere will air? The Season 3 finale of The White Lotus, also known as HBO’s first big release of the year, arrives on April 6. Therefore, I would not be surprised if the next season of The Last of Us premieres the following week, that is, on Sunday April 13. USA, and the premiere will also air on Sky/Now TV (UK). Uni) and Binge (Australia) on Monday 14 April.
Revealed throughout its April 2025 release window, a new teaser for The Last of Us Season 2 has fans excited about each and every detail it contains, but some are also invested in well-being. from one of the last members of the cast.
Missed The Last of Us season 2’s first trailer that arrived released on the 2024 edition of The Last of Us Day, aka September 26, aka the in-universe date that the Cordyceps virus ravaged humanity and destroyed life as we know it? Watch it below:
Before the first trailer came along, a Max Sizzle Reel trailer highlighting the streamer’s upcoming exciting HBO programming was, from a visuals standpoint, all we had to do. This happened almost 3 months after the first photographs of the second season of The Last of Us. were revealed.
There’s a lot we could unpack from these teasers, but we’d be getting into spoiler territory if we did. You can read a bit more about its newest batch of footage in our cast and plot sections – just bear in mind that there are light to mild spoilers from this point on.
Here is the official The Last of Us season 2 roster:
The first 4 cast members reprise their roles from Season 1, and will be joined in the main player category via No One Will Save You’s Kaitlyn Dever as Abthrough, the deuteragonist from the second game and the main antagonist from Season 2. Dever is joined by newcomers through Beef star Young Mazino, as Jesse, one of Ellie’s friends, as Alien: Isabela Merced of Romulus, as Ellie’s other partner (and girlfriend). Dyne.
O’Hara’s involvement was shown through HBO in February 2024 and, although we don’t know who she will play, it seems that it will be Joel’s therapist or close confidant with whom she talks about this last moment of season 1. Wright was also revealed as part of HBO’s proceedings. in May, with the Marvel voice actor reprising his role as Isaac Dixon, leader of the Washington Liberation Front and key best friend of Abthrough, whom he also directed in The Last of Us Part II. More casting confirmations were made in March 2024 (according to Deadline), with Ramirez, Gabrielle, Barer, and Lord signed on to play other members of the Washington Liberation Front.
Main spoilers for season 1 of The Last of Us and Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II.
Here’s the official logline for season 2 of The Last of Us: “After five years of peace following the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie’s collective afterlife catches up with them, leading them to collide with each other and into a world global crisis even more damaging and unpredictable than the one they left behind.
So there’s not much to do. However, based on The Last of Us Part II and what happened in the Season 1 finale, we have a smart idea of what’s in store for the aforementioned duo and the other characters in the series. We’ll refrain from revealing the main spoilers about the second game (we’re not that cruel), but there are some spoiler-free aspects we can discuss.
First of all, season 2 will not be as long as the previous one. In June 2024, co-showrunner Craig Mazin revealed that The Last of Us’ next bankruptcy would only last seven episodes, as that is the “natural prevention point” for that bankruptcy. Considering that he and co-creator Neil Druckman plan to tell the story of The Last of Us Part II over two seasons, it’s as smart an explanation as any for shortening the next installment.
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As shown via the connecting line, season 2, like The Last of Us Part II, is set five years after its predecessor, so Joel and Ellie have established themselves as citizens of Jackson, Wyoming, the city they traveled to locate Joel’s brother, Tommy. Season 1.
However, things will get worse between the two men. In episode 9 of season 1, Joel did not tell Ellie what happened at the firefly camp, i. e. that they were going to kill her to expand a cure for fireflies. Cordyceps infection. Ellie is absolutely immune to the disease, which is why the fireflies were so willing to lay hands on her.
When Joel discovers this, he slaughters them to save Ellie’s life. It’s an understandable decision, especially after what happened to his own daughter Sarah in the first episode of season 1. However, it turns out that he is forcing humanity to continue its fight against the infection with his self-centered movements and, as The images seen show it, he still feels guilty for not having been fair to Ellie.
Elsewhere, new intruders seek revenge for the deaths of Season 1, and one express occasion will culminate in a catastrophic and shocking death (if you know it, you know it). Other characters will have to forge new alliances, there’s a new devout cult on stage – the Seraphims – that Ellie and her corporation will have to contend with, a new ex-firefly defense force called the Washington Liberation Front, and some other terrifying organization that enslaves others. people named Rattlers. In general, our heroes will revel in a stressful, violent, and emotional rest of the season.
“It’s darker,” Ramsey told Vanity Fair in June 2023. “It’s very much a revenge story and a continuation of the first season about the risks of unconditional love. “
If this makes it seem like Season 2 will forget about the inflamed in favor of human-to-human action, don’t worry. Speaking to Variety in March 2023, Mazin and Druckmann said of the Infected, whose design he fostered through bean sprouts, the show’s VFX animation manager told TechRadar: It showed that there would be a wider variety of flesh-hungry monsters for our heroes and villains. I’m worried about this season.
In much the same way as season 1 expanded on the franchise’s universe and characters, its follow-up will do likewise. Previously, Druckmann told TechRadar that “we couldn’t have told this story in the game”, the TV adaptation’s timeline change was made to “help make the story more real”, and the show’s third episode allowed it to “go in a different direction” to what plays out in the games.
So there is precedent for Naughty Dog, HBO and Sony Pictures Television (the 3 producers of the show) to make adjustments if necessary. In a chat with Deadline, Druckmann said that the show’s control team is betting on what it could replace in the next access in the television adaptation, joking: “The rhythms and characters from one moment to the next can remain the same, they can just be replaced. We will do what has to happen with this story when it moves from one medium to another. “another. ”
In addition to Druckmann’s comments, Mazin also warned that we may not see every single story in The Last of Us Part II in Season 2 (more on that soon). Finally, in November 2023, Druckmann showed that Season 2 will include new logo curtains never before seen in games, so there will be new content for longtime enthusiasts to dive into.
Although there are only two video games (Druckmann says Naughty Dog has a “concept” in the brain for The Last of Us Part III, so there’s value), HBO’s TV adaptation turns out to last 3 seasons, even if the studio hasn’t yet He has done it. He officially announced it again.
Speaking to Deadline, Mazin showed that a third season was in the offing, adding: “[the second game] will be longer than one season. There’s more story, so this series probably wouldn’t end with season 2 unless others people do it. If you don’t see it, they will cancel us. ” Given the popularity of this program, there is practically no chance of this happening.
For more Max TV-based coverage, check out our guides to Euphoria Season 3, House of the Dragon Season 3, and Peacemaker Season 2.
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