Kate Herron, director of ‘Loki‘ Season 1, is set to direct at least one episode of ‘The Last of Us‘ Season 2, as confirmed by Jeff Sneider’s The InSneider.
In Season 2, Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey will return to their roles as Joel Miller and Ellie Williams. Recently, Kaitlyn Dever was cast as Abby Anderson, Isabela Merced will play Dina, and Young Mazino has been cast as Jesse.
In an interview, HBO CEO Casey Bloys said about ‘The Last of Us’ season 2, “It’s great. It is bigger, gets into questions of retribution and revenge, follows the video game, and has big themes and big action. Craig, Neil, and the team are doing a spectacular job.”
The filming for season 2 is now scheduled to start on February 20, 2024, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, with filming expected to wrap on September 9, 2024. The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann on Season 2, “My focus on The Last of Us’ next season has remained the same — Craig and I want to create a great season of television that stays true to the themes and intent of the original Part II story while adapting the story as best we can for a different medium.”
Based on the 2013 video game of the same name, developed by Naughty Dog, the series follows Joel (Pascal), a smuggler tasked with escorting Ellie (Ramsey), a teenage girl, across the post-apocalyptic United States, and Joel’s younger brother and former militiaman, Tommy (Gabriel Luna). Along the way, they encounter fellow survivors, cutthroat bandits, and monstrous clickers who have become so infected by the disease that fungi sprout from their bodies. Created and written by Craig Mazin and Druckmann for HBO.
Mazin confirms that ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 will be divided into two seasons. He said, “The show won’t conclude with Season 2 unless viewers don’t watch it and it gets canceled.“
‘The Last of Us’ Season 1 recently won 8 Emmys at the Creative Arts Emmys, and it has earned three nominations for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards. The nominations include Best Drama Series, Best Actress in a Drama Series for Ramsey, and Best Actor in a Drama Series for Pascal.
‘The Last of Us’ season 2 is scheduled to premiere on HBO in early 2025.
