HBO’s The Last of Us season 2 ‘won’t cover all of the second game’
Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us show will not cover the entirety of The Last of Us Part 2 video game, its creators have revealed.
Speaking to GQ, co-creators Neil Druckmann (who directed the video game) and Craig Mazin discussed their plans for the second season of the show, following Sunday’s final episode of the hugely successful HBO adaptation.
Asked if season 2 will span the entire course of the second game, Mazin replied: “No. No way.” Druckmann added: “It’s more than one season”, seemingly confirming their intention for a season 3 of the show.
Asked how many seasons the second game content is intended to be told over, the pair would not confirm. “You have noted correctly that we will not say how many. But more than one is factually correct,” Mazin said.
Earlier in the interview, the pair offered hints at how they’re going to adapt The Last of Us Part 2’s more complex story structure, which relies on multiple perspectives and perspective shifts.
Mazin said that, like the first season, there would be some elements identical to the game, and others where they make changes.
“I think we know what we’re doing on this one,” he said. “I’m not saying that in a snarky way, I’m saying that in a hopeful way. There are going to be things that are going to be different, and there are things that are going to be identical.
“There are things that are going to be added and enriched. There are some things that are going to be flipped. Our goal remains exactly what it was for the first season, which is to deliver a show that makes fans happy.
“We’ve got an incredible returning cast. It’s a daunting task. But Jesus, so was the first season. You can’t make everyone happy. But we’ve made a lot of people happy and that’s our intention to do it
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