In some way, it is already been virtually a yr and a half since the first season of The Final of Us arrived on HBO. Issues are effectively underway with the second season, and we have identified for some time that it will not premiere till 2025. We nonetheless do not know precisely when to anticipate it (although given that they are effectively into taking pictures, an early-year debut is not out of the query), however we do now know that season two will solely have seven episodes.
In an extensive interview with Deadline, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (director of the 2 The Final of Us video games that Naughty Canine has launched for numerous PlayStation consoles) confirmed the shorter season. “The story materials that we received from Half II of the sport is far more than the story materials that was within the first recreation, so a part of what we needed to do from the beginning was determine how one can inform that story throughout seasons,” Mazin stated to Deadline. “Once you do this, you search for pure breakpoints, and as we laid it out, this season, the nationwide breakpoint felt prefer it got here after seven episodes.”
That stated, Mazin stated that season three will possible be “considerably bigger” — we do not know if that is from a scope perspective or operating time perspective, however it’s an attention-grabbing factor to broadcast on condition that we’re nonetheless six months minimal away from season two premiering. And Deadline additionally confirmed that season two can have not less than one extra-long episode, very similar to the 90-minute collection premiere and the 70-plus minute episode centered on Invoice and Frank in season one.
We have identified for some time that Mazin and Druckmann have been going to unfold The Final of Us Half II over multiple seasons, however it even sounds just like the story may spin right into a forth season. “We really feel prefer it’s virtually assuredly going to be the case that — so long as folks hold watching and we will hold making extra tv — Season 3 will probably be considerably bigger. And certainly, the story might require Season 4,” Mazin stated.
Whereas the plotting of The Final of Us Half II was fairly involved, with a lot of flashbacks and a number of factors of view, stretching it over three seasons looks like a bit a lot. However primarily based on this interview, it feels like Mazin and Druckmann have found out precisely the place they need every season to start and finish and what story beats it’s going to cowl. After all, the present hasn’t but even been renewed for season three but, so all that is contingent upon continued success. On condition that season one was one of HBO’s biggest ever, that most likely will not be a difficulty.
Lastly, Deadline dropped a stunning tidbit a couple of potential third recreation within the collection — particularly, it is nonetheless unknown if one will occur. Certainly, the publication says that “a brand new installment has not been picked up or put into improvement.” That is a really sturdy assertion, albeit one which is not sourced immediately from a quote or given any actual attribution. If true, it means a 3rd The Final of Us recreation may simply be greater than 5 years away, if it ever occurs.
Druckmann did verify that the present will not transcend the what has been portrayed within the video video games, in contrast to the HBO Recreation of Thrones collection infamously transferring past the novels it was primarily based on (not that they’d a lot of a selection). “As a fan, I’m thrilled that there may be a 3rd Final of Us recreation,” Mazin stated. “Because the co-creator of this tv present, there’s no world the place I might need our present to transcend the supply materials that folks have on this planet.”
Hopefuly, Deadline simply has its strains crossed a couple of potential third recreation — with Summer Games Fest just days away, there’s lots of buzz round what Sony’s first-party studios, together with Naughty Canine, may be planning to announce. The final little bit of concrete information we received across the recreation collection was that the deliberate multiplayer recreation set within the Final of Us universe was canceled.
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