It’s the final of “The Final of Us” with online game creator Neil Druckmann. The TV collection co-creator introduced that he’ll now not be a part of the HBO present forward of its third season.
“I’ve made the tough determination to step away from my artistic involvement in ‘The Final of Us’ on HBO,” Druckmann wrote in an announcement shared on the official Naughty Canine Instagram account. “With work accomplished on Season 2 and earlier than any significant work begins on Season 3, now could be the proper time for me to transition my full focus to Naughty Canine and its future tasks, together with writing and directing our thrilling subsequent recreation, ‘Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet,’ together with my duties as Studio Head and Head of Inventive.”
Druckmann continued, “Co-creating the present has been a profession spotlight. It’s been an honor to work alongside Craig Mazin to govt produce, direct and write on the final two seasons. I’m deeply grateful for the considerate strategy and dedication the proficient forged and crew took to adapting ‘The Final of Us’ Half I and the continued adaptation of ‘The Final of Us’ Half II.”
Craig Mazin, who co-created the HBO collection with Druckmann, thanked his collaborator for the 2 seasons.
“It’s been a artistic dream to work with Neil and produce an adaptation of his sensible work to life on HBO,” Mazin mentioned in an announcement. “I couldn’t have requested for a extra beneficiant artistic companion. As a real fan of Naughty Canine and Neil’s work in video video games, I’m past excited to play his subsequent recreation. Whereas he focuses on that, I’ll proceed to work with our sensible forged and crew to ship the present our viewers has come to anticipate. We’re so grateful to Neil and Halley Gross for entrusting the unimaginable story of ‘The Final of Us’ Half II to us, and we’re simply as grateful to the tens of millions of individuals world wide who tune in.”
The Ankler’s Lesley Goldberg was the primary to report the information.
“The Final of Us” was renewed for Season 3 in April 2025, with the third installment centering on Kaitlyn Dever’s character Abby, as recreation Half II does.
Druckmann co-wrote the online game with Halley Gross, who was a former TV author on “Westworld.”
Druckmann beforehand advised IndieWire that his collaboration with Mazin was key to bringing “The Final of Us” to the display, saying, “It’s essential to discover somebody that loves it as a lot as you do. That was Craig Mazin. Bringing [Mazin and the show] to a spot like HBO that respects story, respects creators, it offers us the assets to have these ambitions, particularly this season with what we’re doing on this insane rollercoaster trip. That’s the way in which to do it proper.”
Mazin previously confirmed that Season 3 shall be “considerably bigger” in scope. The co-showrunners have been planning for not less than 4 seasons, as Mazin advised Deadline in 2024.