After only two episodes, HBO drama "The Last of Us" has been renewed for a second season. The series from co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann marks HBO's second largest debut, behind only "House of the Dragon". Episode 1 has now surpassed 22 million viewers domestically, up nearly 5x from its premiere night audience. "The Last of Us" was also a hit on social media.
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GQ May'2023 article discusses Season 2, an earlier/recent interview and quotes Bella Ramsey: "“I think we'll probably shoot at the end of this year, beginning of next. So it'll probably [release by] the end of 2024, early 2025.”
The Last of Us Will Release Episode 5 Early to Avoid the Super Bowl
HBO really cares about the numbers for The Last of Us, apparently. In light of a certain football game that will likely dominate airwaves and streaming time on Sunday—during the same slot of time when The Last of Us usually gets released—the series’ fifth episode will instead premiere on streaming services on Friday, February 10, at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. It will also still run on the HBO channel on Sunday during its regular timeslot, but fans won’t be asked to choose between the apocalyptic horror drama and the buff men running around with a ball.
This is a one-time thing. According to the press release, “new episodes of the series will continue to air Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max, leading up to the season finale on March 12.”
It is staying close to the game which is great. It has good acting, story and the writing adaptation is great. The Direction and Casting is great. And I like it better than the Walking Dead already. I was also not surprised to see it extended.
Great show
Yahoo love the show🍾🥂
Great show, definitely seems better than "The Walking Dead."
Well deserved indeed! Best video game adaptation since 'ARCANE'!
Yay! Well deserved!