"The Last of Us" Season 2 New Look Released 

Max unveiled Tuesday a new glimpse at the long-awaited season 2 of “The Last of Us”, featuring stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.

Season one of "The Last of Us" premiered in 2023 and it was a major success, as the Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey-led adaptation of the popular did justice to its source material. Given its success, Max renewed the series for season 2, which will return in 2025.

Following Season 1, the series will feature a five-year time jump, and the short teaser shows Joel dealing with the choices he made to save Ellie's life in Season 1's finale.

The official logline for Season 2, which is based on The Last of Us Part II, reads, "After five years of peace following the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie’s collective past catches up to them, drawing them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind."

Many familiar faces from Season 1 will return for the second installment alongside Pascal and Ramsey, including Gabriel Luna as Tommy and Rutina Wesley as Maria. At the same time, Season 2 will also include several newcomers, Kaitlyn Denver as Abby, Catherine O'Hara as a therapist, Isabela Merced as Dina, Young Mazino as Jesse, Ariela Barer as Mel, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Spencer Lord as Owen, Danny Ramirez as Manny, and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac Dixon.

"The Last of Us" Season 2 will be shorter than Season 1, and will have only seven episodes, instead of nine like the first season.

However, the show's co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann teased that, if HBO renews The Last of Us for Season 3, it will be "significantly larger" (via Deadline). At the same time, they teased that "the story might require Season 4."

"The Last of Us" Season 2 premieres in 2025 on Max.