"The Last of Us" Season 2 Sets April Release Date

The long-awaited season 2 of“The Last of Us”, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, will be released on April 13, HBO announced Wednesday.

Season one of "The Last of Us" premiered in 2023 and it was a major success, as the TV adaptation of the popular did justice to its source material. The series was renewed for season 2, less than two weeks after its premiere.

Following Season 1, the seven-episode series will feature a five-year time jump and follow an even more grizzled Joel and Ellie as they face off against more fungal, zombie clickers.  It also sees 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 introduce several new cast members including Kaitlyn Dever 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” is written and executive produced by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, who co-created the video game series. Both have also directed episodes of the show and will do so again in Season 2.

Mazin recently told Entertainment Weekly what to expect in Season 2 and described the episodes to be a “meal” and “high-calorie.”

“Each episode is like a meal. You can have a light dinner or you can go to a 12-course French restaurant,” Mazin said. “We have seven episodes. They are high-calorie, dense episodes. If you consider action and drama and scope to be the things that create an epic nature, each one of these episodes packs quite a wallop. You will not be bored.”