HBO’s The Final of Us is quickly approaching its second season, set to reach in April, and it certain as hell ain’t trying like a contented time. Those that have performed The Final of Us: Half II know it is a lengthy online game filled with twists and intestine punches, so it comes as no shock to listen to that the present plan is to make at the least two extra seasons after this one.
The post-apocalyptic saga turned a lot greater and deeper with the discharge of the second sport in 2020, and season 2 of the present is ready to comply with the identical path after its dedication to constancy, all whereas increasing on sure fronts and making just a few clever tweaks, paid off large time with informal viewers and longtime followers alike.
“We do not have an entire or closing plan, however I feel it is trying like 4 seasons. I would not need to verify that, nevertheless it’s trying like this season after which two extra seasons after this and we’re carried out,” present HBO drama chief Francesca Orci mentioned (through Deadline).
Craig Mazin and Naughty Canine’s Neil Druckmann, who collectively created and have been shepherding the HBO collection, teased the identical final yr. “We do not suppose that we’re going to have the ability to inform the story even inside two seasons [2 and 3] as a result of we’re taking our time and go down fascinating pathways which we did slightly bit in Season 1 too,” Mazin defined.
Followers of the video games may also be nicely conscious of how the cruel world of The Final of Us is shortly expanded as new factions and several other new characters are launched. Whereas we might not correctly meet all of them this season, Orci made certain to focus on how that is a big a part of what makes season 2 so fascinating: “There’s sure components when it comes to the assorted factions which might be competing for survival that reveal themselves as a extremely intriguing survivalist group, and I feel they simply have a high quality to them that feels distinct in how they current it.”
We’re nonetheless ready for a definitive launch date for The Final of Us season 2, however that might change any day now with a correct full trailer that elaborates a bit on the plot and the brand new relationship dynamics whereas teasing a bunch of the brand new threats for the viewers which might be moving into blind.
For TLOU as a franchise, extra seasons of HBO’s hit collection will be the solely new addition for what’s left of the last decade, as Naughty Canine’s expansive multiplayer tackle the IP was canned in late 2023 and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet will hold the studio busy for the foreseeable.
