Someway, it is already been virtually a 12 months 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 recognized for some time that it will not premiere till 2025. We nonetheless do not know precisely when to count on it (although given that they are effectively into capturing, 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 varied PlayStation consoles) confirmed the shorter season. “The story materials that we acquired from Half II of the sport is far more than the story materials that was within the first sport, so a part of what we needed to do from the beginning was determine inform that story throughout seasons,” Mazin mentioned 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 mentioned, Mazin mentioned that season three will seemingly be “considerably bigger” — we do not know if that is from a scope perspective or working time perspective, but it surely’s an fascinating factor to broadcast on condition that we’re nonetheless six months minimal away from season two premiering. And Deadline additionally confirmed that season two could have not less than one extra-long episode, very like the 90-minute collection premiere and the 70-plus minute episode targeted on Invoice and Frank in season one.
We have recognized for some time that Mazin and Druckmann have been going to unfold The Final of Us Half II over multiple seasons, but it surely even sounds just like the story might spin right into a forth season. “We really feel prefer it’s virtually assuredly going to be the case that — so long as individuals 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 mentioned.
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 based mostly on this interview, it seems like Mazin and Druckmann have found out precisely the place they need every season to start and finish and what story beats it will 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 in all probability will not be a problem.
Lastly, Deadline dropped a shocking tidbit a couple of potential third sport 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 growth.” That is a really robust assertion, albeit one which is not sourced instantly from a quote or given any actual attribution. If true, it means a 3rd The Final of Us sport might simply be greater than 5 years away, if it ever occurs.
Druckmann did affirm 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 based mostly on (not that that they had a lot of a alternative). “As a fan, I’m thrilled that there could be a 3rd Final of Us sport,” Mazin mentioned. “Because the co-creator of this tv present, there’s no world the place I’d need our present to transcend the supply materials that folks have on the earth.”
Hopefuly, Deadline simply has its strains crossed a couple of potential third sport — with Summer Games Fest just days away, there’s a number of buzz round what Sony’s first-party studios, together with Naughty Canine, could be planning to announce. The final little bit of concrete information we acquired across the sport collection was that the deliberate multiplayer sport set within the Final of Us universe was canceled.
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