'The Last of Us' will premiere season 2 in spring 2025

Casey Bloys, CEO of HBO y Maxrevealed new details about the anticipated second season of The Last of Us.

During a presentation to journalists about the 2025 schedule, Bloys confirmed that the second season of The Last of Us premieres on HBO and Max in spring 2025 (via IGN). Until this announcement, it was only known that it would be released sometime next year.

The new season of the acclaimed series based on Naughty Dog's popular horror video game adapts the events of the video game The Last of Us Part II. Although, as the showrunner explained at some point Craig Mazinthe material is so extensive, that It will take them more than a single season to adapt the story of the sequel video game.

Mazin y Neil Druckmann are the co-creators, executive producers, showrunners and directors of The Last of Us.

The second season will consist of seven episodestwo less compared to season one. One of the episodes will be full-length. There are plans for a potential third season to be significantly longer, “And, in fact, the story could require a fourth season”he said in an interview with Deadline.

The second season features the returns of the protagonists, Pedro Pascal like Joel, and Bella Ramsey like Ellie, plus Gabriel Luna as Tommy, and Rutina Wesley as Maria.

New additions to the cast include Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart) playing Abby, Isabela Merced (Alien: Romulus) like Dina, Young Teeth (Beef) as Jesse, Tati Gabrielle (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) like Nora, Spencer Lord (Riverdale) as Owen, Ariella Barer (How to Blow Up a Pipeline) like Honey, Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick) like Manny, the return of Jeffrey Wright playing another role, that of Isaac, the character to whom Wright lent his voice in the video game The Last of Us Part IIy Catherine O’Hara (Home Alone, Schitt’s Creek, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) in a guest star role.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS SEASON 2:

“After five years of peace following the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie's collective past catches up with them, leading them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.”