2024-09-29 12:25:25
Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, and teenage Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey, were among the few survivors of the zombie apocalypse in last year’s TV series The Last of Us. Next year, their story will continue. This Thursday evening, HBO released the first teaser trailer for the anticipated second season.
The second season of The Last of Us series will be released by the Max video library in 2025. | Video: HBO
As Variety.com reminds us, The Last of Us series was based on the video game of the same name. It takes place between renegades and criminal gangs in a post-apocalyptic world infested with poisonous fungal spores that have caused the collapse of civilization and turned most of humanity into mutants.
The hero, the tough arms smuggler Joel, is tasked with smuggling fourteen-year-old Ellie out of a heavily guarded zone. On their journey across the wreckage of the USA, the protagonists must learn to rely on each other to survive.
The first season earned eight Television Emmy Awards and marked the most-watched debut in HBO history. According to the annotation, the second one should take place after five years. “Joel and Ellie will be caught up in their shared past, causing conflict between them in a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one before,” the synopsis states. The first trailer features the song Future Days by the rock band Pearl Jam.
It is widely believed that while the first season of the series relatively faithfully copied the story of the first part of the computer game from 2013, the second will be based on the game sequel released in 2020. This would also be indicated by the casting of Jeffrey Wright in the role of Isaac, the leader of the faction of survivors called Washington Liberation Front. The same actor already voiced the character in the game.
In addition to the main actors Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna reappears as Joel’s brother Tommy or Rutina Wesley in the role of his wife Maria.
The new essential character of Abby will be played by Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced or Catherine O’Hara will also appear in front of the camera. The second series was again created by the authors of the first Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. The exact date of the premiere has not yet been announced by the television. The trailer was symbolically released on September 26, which is the day when a deadly infection broke out in the world of the computer game The Last of Us.