HBO has formally confirmed that The Final of Us has been renewed for a second season.
Together with the reveal, the corporate additionally introduced that the primary episode of the critically-acclaimed TV present based mostly on Naughty Canine’s online game sequence, surpassed 22 million viewers within the U.S., making it the community’s greatest debut subsequent to Home of the Dragon. In Canada, The Final of Us is out there to stream via Bell’s Crave platform. Bell has but to launch the TV present’s Canadian streaming numbers.
“I’m humbled, honored, and admittedly overwhelmed that so many individuals have tuned in and related with our retelling of Joel and Ellie’s journey. The collaboration with Craig Mazin, our unimaginable forged & crew, and HBO exceeded my already excessive expectations,” mentioned sport director and govt producer of the present Neil Druckmann. “Now now we have absolutely the pleasure of with the ability to do it once more with season two! On behalf of everybody at Naughty Canine & PlayStation, thanks!”
The Final of Us stars Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie. Those that are aware of The Last of Us Part II will know that the sequel introduces a number of new characters, together with Abby. Although many suppose that Shannon Berry will play Abby in season 2, an official announcement hasn’t been made.
Half II —> HBO https://t.co/dJxiggcFDR
— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) January 27, 2023
Given I’m an enormous fan of The Final of Us video video games, I went into the HBO adaptation cautiously optimistic. As Brad Shankar outlines in his review of the first few episodes of the TV show, mimicking all the things within the TV present would make for uncompelling tv, and I had hopes that this wasn’t the path Druckmann and Mazin would rake the sequence.
Fortunately, a minimum of thus far, that hasn’t been the case, and if rumours are correct, episode 3 is about to diverge even farther from the online game franchise.
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