Los Angeles, April 10 || The hit series 'The Last of Us' is set to return with its third season. The show has been renewed in advance of the premiere of Season 2 on April 13.
While the first season adapted the acclaimed 2013 Sony Playstation game of the same title, the game’s sequel, 2020’s 'The Last of Us Part II', is so massive that creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann always planned to split its events into multiple seasons, reports.
In an interview about the seven-episode Season 2, Mazin said that he felt the series has “one or two more seasons” before reaching the end of 'Part II'.
He told 'Variety', “It’s getting harder to make, because every episode gets big. You don’t want to wait four years for a 17-episode finish, or whatever it is".
In a further statement with the renewal announcement, Mazin said, “We approached Season 2 with the goal of creating something we could be proud of. The end results have exceeded even our most ambitious goals, thanks to our continued collaboration with HBO and the impeccable work of our unparalleled cast and crew".
As per 'Variety', the show is set in a post-apocalyptic world decimated by a fungal pandemic that transforms infected people into zombies. 'The Last of Us', which premiered in 2023, was among the highest rated drama series in HBO history in its first season, earning 24 Primetime Emmy Award nominations.