The Last of Us Officially Renewed For Season 3 Just Days Before Season 2 Premieres

Major news, adjacent if we each saw it coming: HBO's The Last of Us has officially been renewed for Season 3, little than a week earlier the premiere of Season 2 connected Max.

“It can’t beryllium for nothing,” Max revealed via its societal media channels connected April 9. “Season 3 is coming.” A heavy reddish flare is featured burning agleam successful the bottommost country of a video accompanying the ominous caption.

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The Last of Us premiered successful January 2023 to large acclaim, adjacent being touted by immoderate arsenic the champion video crippled adaptation frankincense far. Season 1 collected a whopping 8 Emmy awards retired of the 24 nominations it received. The highly-anticipated Season 2 volition spot leads Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal instrumentality arsenic Ellie and Joel, alongside newcomer Kaitlyn Dever arsenic Abby, a worker who is dormant acceptable connected revenge successful the aftermath of losing idiosyncratic adjacent to her. Beef prima Young Mazino, Alien: Romulus prima Isabelle Merced, Captain America: Brave New World prima Danny Ramirez, and legends Catherine O’Hara and Jeffrey Wright besides beryllium joining the formed for play 2.

Recently, bid creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann opened up to IGN astir their feelings toward the full “Was Joel right?” statement that has been astatine the bosom of the franchise since the game’s merchandise backmost successful 2013.

“I judge Joel was right,” the Naughty Dog workplace caput told us. “If I were successful Joel's position, I anticipation I would beryllium capable to bash what helium did to prevention my daughter.” However, Mazin felt differently. “That's truthful interesting, due to the fact that I deliberation that if I were successful Joel's position, I astir apt would person done what helium did,” the Chernobyl showrunner noted. “But I'd similar to deliberation that I wouldn't. That's the absorbing propulsion and propulsion of the morality of it. And that's wherefore the ending of the archetypal crippled is truthful provocative and truthful wonderful. It conscionable doesn't fto you disconnected the hook arsenic a player.”

The Last of Us Season 2 premieres connected Max connected April 13, 2025 — but arsenic for a merchandise day connected Season 3, that one’s inactive up successful the aerial astatine this point. Check retired IGN's spoiler escaped reappraisal of The Last of Us Season 2 for more.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.