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While the archetypal play of the bid mostly tackled the events from the 2013 video game, the 2nd play volition dive into its 2020 sequel The Last of Us Part II. However, the caller episodes won't fully screen its storyline.

The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann—who besides directed some video games—told GQ UK March 13, "It's much than 1 season."

As for however galore seasons Druckmann and co-creator Craig Mazin mightiness beryllium talking, they yet remained coy.

"You person noted correctly that we volition not accidental however many," Mazin said. "But much than 1 is factually correct."

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Long communicative short: Kinda.

"Some of the worldly I'm astir excited for [in play two] are the changes we've discussed and seeing the communicative travel to beingness again successful this different version," Druckmann told GQ UK. "And I deliberation it's breathtaking due to the fact that it leans into those feelings you had from the game, truly heavily, successful a caller way."

However, don't expect things to alteration excessively drastically.

But don't expect things to alteration excessively drastically, arsenic Mazin explained, "These things are ever tiny. ‘Should she accidental this connection oregon this word?' All the subtleties are where [Druckmann] and I put a batch of our effort and attention, due to the fact that that's wherever we find beauty."

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The events of The Last of Us Part II instrumentality spot 5 years aft the events of Part I, which played retired successful play one. So, it reasons to ask: Will Bella Ramsey beryllium re-cast?

"One of the things astir the casting process that's pugnacious is that we invitation radical to articulation america connected this process, and we cognize everything and cipher other knows thing but what they know, which is the game," Mazin told Entertainment Weekly March 12. "We cognize what we're gonna bash successful presumption of costume and constitution and hair, but much importantly, we besides cognize the tone and psyche of the actor."

To enactment it much succinctly: Don't expect a caller Ellie successful play two.

"The lone mode we would ever, ever see re-casting Bella is if she said, 'I don't privation to enactment with you guys anymore,'" Druckmann added. "And adjacent then, we're not definite we would assistance her that. We mightiness inactive unit her to travel backmost to play two."

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Some viewers were captious of play one's deficiency of unit and horror, particularly fixed the root material—which Mazin acknowledged to Variety connected March 12. 

"There whitethorn beryllium little enactment than immoderate radical wanted due to the fact that we couldn't needfully find value for rather a spot of it, oregon [there was] interest that it would beryllium repetitive," helium contended. "After all, you're not playing it, you're watching it. Although a batch of radical bash similar to ticker gameplay, it needs to beryllium a small much focused and purposeful erstwhile we're putting it connected TV."

However, Mazin said play 2 volition person "a batch much infected," a.k.a. the humans who person been turned into blood-thirsty savages owed to the Cordyceps fungal infection.

Time to put successful a nighttime light.

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When asked if play 2 mightiness commencement filming successful 2023, Pedro Pascal—who volition instrumentality arsenic Joel successful the 2nd season—told Collider successful February, "Yes, determination is simply a chance. Yes."

Regardless, it's inactive going to beryllium a while.

In the meantime, play 1 of The Last of Us is disposable to watercourse connected HBO Max.