The Final of Us TV sequence has been renewed for a second season. In a tweet, HBO confirmed the subsequent chapter in its live-action adaptation of the famend PlayStation online game, merely two episodes into season 1. The unique sport author and now co-President of Naughty Canine responded to the tweet, claiming that the brand new season will chart the occasions from the polarising gory sequel, The Final of Us Half II. Craig Mazin — co-writer on the present — beforehand hinted that an adaptation of the sequel was possible if sufficient individuals watched it, convincing the studio to lock in a brand new season.
Whereas Disney+ Hotstar — India’s vacation spot to look at The Final of Us sequence — hasn’t offered particulars on the viewership depend, HBO has been doing it on an episode-by-episode foundation. The second episode, adored by followers and critics alike, reached 5.7 million viewers throughout HBO and HBO Max within the US, representing a 22 % leap over the 4.7 million viewers it gained for the pilot. As per HBO, the numbers mark ‘the biggest week two viewers development for an HBO Unique drama sequence within the historical past of the community’. Clearly, the studio loves the eye, and has now greenlit a second season to proceed Joel and Ellie’s arc. Whereas there are not any forged particulars but, it’s possible that the present main actors will reprise their roles in season 2.
“I am so grateful to Neil Druckmann and HBO for our partnership, and I am much more grateful to the thousands and thousands of people that have joined us on this journey,” Mazin, government producer and showrunner, The Final of Us, mentioned in a ready assertion. “The viewers has given us the possibility to proceed, and as a fan of the characters and world Neil and Naughty Canine created, I could not be extra able to dive again in.” The Final of Us, very similar to the unique 2013 online game, tracks the emotional journey of a hardened survivor and smuggler Joel (Pedro Pascal), as he escorts a teenage woman Ellie (Bella Ramsey) via the post-apocalyptic US, swarming with contaminated mutants, determined survivors, and a few insolent jerks. The sequence additionally stars Nick Offerman because the greasy-haired ally Invoice and Merle Dandridge as Marlene, the chief of the insurgent group Fireflies. The latter additionally voiced the identical character within the authentic sport.
The Final of Us season 2 will possible observe the story of The Final of Half II in an identical impact. Set 5 years after the occasions of half one, the PS4 sport adopted two playable characters in an identical post-apocalyptic setting, whose lives intertwine to create a number of the greatest revenge tales ever advised in a online game. Regardless of getting review-bombed on a number of websites resulting from some narrative selections — avoiding specifics for spoilers — it went on to turn out to be the fastest-selling PS4 unique, with over 4 million copies offered in its launch weekend. The title was additionally massively honoured at The Sport Awards 2020, together with profitable the celebrated Sport of the 12 months trophy.
There’s additionally a risk that season two would possibly find yourself being a two-parter. Chatting with IGN final week, Mazin defined that the story in The Final of Us Half 2 is “greater than a season’s value of tv.” “It is a huge animal to take aside, you realize?”, he mentioned. “As a result of it is a a lot larger story, and it is a extra sophisticated story, I feel it is a stupendous story.”
New episodes of The Final of Us stream each Monday on Disney+ Hotstar, at 8:30am in India.
