Major information, even when all of us noticed it coming: HBO’s The Last of Us has formally been renewed for Season 3, lower than per week earlier than the premiere of Season 2 on Max.
“It can’t be for nothing,” Max revealed by way of its social media channels on April 9. “Season 3 is coming.” A deep purple flare is featured burning vivid within the backside nook of a video accompanying the ominous caption.
It can’t be for nothing. Season 3 is coming. #TheLastOfUs pic.twitter.com/q5HxyvK9O6
— Max (@StreamOnMax) April 9, 2025
The Last of Us premiered in January 2023 to main acclaim, even being touted by some as the most effective online game adaptation to date. Season 1 collected a whopping eight Emmy awards out of the 24 nominations it acquired. The highly-anticipated Season 2 will see leads Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal return as Ellie and Joel, alongside newcomer Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, a soldier who’s useless set on revenge within the wake of dropping somebody near her. Beef star Young Mazino, Alien: Romulus star Isabelle Merced, Captain America: Brave New World star Danny Ramirez, and legends Catherine O’Hara and Jeffrey Wright even be becoming a member of the solid for season 2.
Recently, sequence creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann opened as much as IGN about their emotions towards the entire “Was Joel proper?” debate that has been on the coronary heart of the franchise because the sport’s launch again in 2013.
“I consider Joel was proper,” the Naughty Dog studio head advised us. “If I had been in Joel’s place, I hope I might be capable of do what he did to save lots of my daughter.” However, Mazin felt in another way. “That’s so attention-grabbing, as a result of I feel that if I had been in Joel’s place, I in all probability would have accomplished what he did,” the Chernobyl showrunner famous. “But I’d wish to assume that I would not. That’s the attention-grabbing push and pull of the morality of it. And that is why the ending of the primary sport is so provocative and so fantastic. It simply does not allow you to off the hook as a participant.”
The Last of Us Season 2 premieres on Max on April 13, 2025 — however as for a launch date on Season 3, that one’s nonetheless up within the air at this level. Check out IGN’s spoiler free evaluation of The Last of Us Season 2 for extra.
Lex Briscuso is a movie and tv critic and a contract leisure author for IGN. You can observe her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
