Season 2 of HBO’s “The Last of Us” is ready to go once the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes end. The 24-time Emmy-nominated series, based on the popular PlayStation game, was renewed back in January. The renewal shocked absolutely no one considering the first season of quickly became a cultural phenomenon.
It’s also the first live-action adaptation of a video game to get an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series.
But by May 1st, it was pencils down on new scripts due to the WGA calling for a strike for reasonable compensation from the AMPTP.
“We’ve outlined all of season 2 and we’re ready to go as soon as the strike ends,” said game developer and series co-creator/executive producer Neil Druckmann in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. Obviously Druckmann means for production to start, not that it’s already wrapped or anything.
Series co-creator and executive producer Craig Mazin also confirmed that new writers have joined the team for the next season. “We got pretty far actually, we were doing great,” Mazin told Deadline. Further supporting Druckmann’s statement that everything is preped and ready.
It was revealed in March that the second season will be based in Vancouver. This makes sense considering being set in the Pacific Northwest is a plot point in the second video game.
And if that isn’t enough news on “The Last of Us,” Druckmann did talk a bit about the upcoming third video game. “As far as the next game at Naughty Dog, I can’t say anything,” he said. “My comms director over there will slaughter me.”
Well keep you posted on updates about “The Last of Us” series and video games as they become avalible. The entire first season is currently streaming on most major platforms.
