The second season of HBO’s The Final of Us will run for seven episodes, it’s been confirmed.
Sequence co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann revealed the episode rely, which is 2 fewer than the primary season, in an interview with Deadline.
Mazin additionally reiterated that the present’s second season received’t cowl the whole lot of The Final of Us Half 2, and that the sequence might run past three seasons.
“The story materials that we received from Half 2 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 tips on how to inform that story throughout seasons,” he stated. “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.”
“We don’t suppose that we’re going to have the ability to inform the story even inside two seasons [2 and 3] as a result of we’re taking our time and go down fascinating pathways which we did a little bit bit in Season 1 too,” Mazin added.
“We really feel prefer it’s virtually assuredly going to be the case that — so long as folks maintain watching and we are able to maintain making extra tv — Season 3 might be considerably bigger. And certainly, the story might require Season 4.”
Season two might be launched in 2025. New additions to the solid embody Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Younger Mazino as Jessie, Danny Ramirez as Manny, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Ariela Barer as Mel, and Spencer Lord as Owen.
Having beforehand acknowledged robust fan demand for The Final of Us Half 3, Naughty Canine president Druckmann just lately stated he has an idea for a 3rd sport in thoughts and thinks there might be another chapter to the story.
Nevertheless, he’s additionally spoken about desirous to strive new issues, and Sony’s willingness to let the studio accomplish that.
In an interview revealed this month, Druckmann stated “a number of single-player initiatives” are presently in growth at Naughty Canine.
