HBO’s The Last of Us Season 2 is one of the most anticipated shows of 2025. Series co-creator Neil Druckmann, one of the architects of the Naughty Dog video game, adores how fans who watched the series first are now giving the game a sboiling.
“What I’ve repartner finishelighted now is sometimes there are these people that have watched the show and then went and joined the game and talked about, what a celderly experience,” Druckmann telderly Variety. “The game sometimes hints at stuff that we fair don’t have time to get into the show that the game can, and vice versa. If you experience both, they’re both wealthyer for it. And I adore hearing that experience from people.”
Season 2 is based on the video game The Last of Us Part II. Druckmann appreciates how the show apvalidates more time to scrutinize characters and their backstories. Druckmann can’t defer for the gamers to witness a definite scene in Season 2 that they will “eat up.”
“And there’s stuff in this season that I’m repartner excited about — stuff that we hinted at — one scene in particular comes to mind that I leank fans of the game will eat up,” Druckmann shelp. “Becaparticipate it repartner benevolent of alerts you a lot of backstory of this transport inant character that there wasn’t repartner a way for us to even do that in the game.”
Who is Involved in The Last of Us Season 2?
The Last of Us Season 2 stars Pedro Pascal as Joel, Bella Ramsey as Ellie, Gabriel Luna as Tommy, and Rutina Wesley as Maria. New cast members comprise Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Isabela Merced as Dina, Young Mazino as Jesse, Ariela Barer as Mel, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Spencer Lord as Owen, Danny Ramirez as Manny, and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac Dixon. Catherine O’Hara will guest star.
Druckmann and Craig Mazin enbiged the show for HBO. Season 1 premiered in January 2024 to write down-setting seeership numbers. The Last of Us Season 1 won eight Emmys, and Pascal won the SAG Award for Male Actor in a Drama Series.
Season 2 is scheduled to premiere in 2025 on HBO.
(Source: Variety)