Don’t worry, Season 2 is not going to be the final of “The Final of Us.” IndieWire can announce that HBO has renewed the hit sequence for a 3rd season forward of its Season 2 premiere.
“The Final of Us” stars Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie. The Season 2 logline reads: “5 years after the occasions of the primary season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into battle with one another and a world much more harmful and unpredictable than the one they left behind.” Season 2 debuts Sunday, April 13 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and might be out there to stream on Max.
Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley, Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Younger Mazino, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer Lord, Danny Ramirez, Jeffrey Wright, and Catherine O’Hara additionally star within the seven-episode Season 2. Craig Mazin and online game creator Neil Druckmann are co-showrunners for the sequence. “The Final of Us” is predicated on the acclaimed online game franchise developed by Naughty Canine for the PlayStation consoles, with Mazin and Druckmann writing and government producing. The sequence is a co-production with Sony Photos Tv and can be government produced by Carolyn Strauss, Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O’Connor, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, and Evan Wells, with author/co-executive producer Halley Gross.
“It may possibly’t be overemphasized how proud HBO is for the excellent achievement we imagine the second season of ‘The Final of Us’ is,” Francesca Orsi, Government Vice President, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Sequence and Movies, stated. “Craig, Neil, Carolyn, and your entire government producer crew, solid and crew have delivered a masterful follow-up and we’re thrilled to hold the facility of Craig and Neil’s storytelling into what we all know might be an equally shifting and extraordinary third season.”
Mazin, the creator, government producer, author, and director, added, “We approached Season 2 with the purpose of making one thing we may very well be pleased with. The top outcomes have exceeded even our most bold objectives, because of our continued collaboration with HBO and the impeccable work of our unparalleled solid and crew. We look ahead to persevering with the story of ‘The Final of Us’ with Season 3!”
Druckmann continued, “To see ‘The Final of Us’ dropped at life so superbly and faithfully has been a profession spotlight for me, and I’m grateful for the followers’ enthusiastic and overwhelming help. A lot of that success is because of my associate in crime, Craig Mazin, our partnership with HBO, and our crew at PlayStation Productions. On behalf of everybody at Naughty Canine, our solid, and crew, thanks a lot for permitting us this chance. We’re thrilled to convey you extra of ‘The Final of Us’!”
Mazin beforehand confirmed that Season 3 might be “considerably bigger” in scope. The co-showrunners are planning for a minimum of 4 seasons, as Mazin informed Deadline in 2024.
“I like making the present,” Mazin stated. “The scope of this factor is at occasions completely huge. And Season 3 guarantees to be simply as large if not greater. I don’t see a world the place we undergo and we go, that’s shorter than we thought. We’re dedicated to delivering individuals nice seasons and arcs, and HBO was wonderful about this. They allow us to decide that pure spot. As a substitute of us having to determine easy methods to create seasons round a synthetic quantity, we create the size of the seasons across the story and the way we’re telling it.”