If you’ve been looking forward to your second dose of fungi-orientated misery, there’s some good news: HBO has narrowed down the release date for season two of its highly acclaimed The Last of Us live-action adaptation, confirming it’s now targeting “spring” 2025.
The inevitable second season of The Last of Us (inevitable given the original season was both a critical and commercial smash, managing to win eight Emmys and attract an average of 32m viewers per episode the US) was announced in January 2023, just two weeks after the first episode aired. Then, last December, HBO confirmed the show was targeting a “2025” release.
And now, HBO and Max content CEO and chairman Casey Bloys has narrowed that window down further, revealing – during a 2025 programming slate presentation (thanks IGN) – that The Last of US season two will launch in “spring” next year.
As to what The Last of Us’ second season will entail, showrunner Craig Mazin has already confirmed it’ll be delving into the events of developer Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part 2, albeit with the game’s storyline being split across more than one season.