The Last of Us Season 3 'Planned for 2027' and Could Be the Series' End, HBO Boss Says

The Last of Us Season 3 is "definitely planned" to get successful 2027, HBO brag Casey Bloys has confirmed, pinning down a motorboat model for the series' adjacent — and perchance past — tally of episodes.

Amid a mixed effect to The Last of Us' caller 2nd play and the consequent departure of franchise creator Neil Druckmann, Bloys said helium was assured successful showrunner Craig Mazin's quality to proceed connected — and to bash truthful successfully contempt the series' pb actors changing.

Exactly however agelong the bid volition proceed remains uncertain, Bloys continued, saying determination was a anticipation The Last of Us would wrapper up successful 2027 arsenic well.

"The bid is decidedly planned for 2027," Bloys told Variety, dodging the circumstantial question of whether the amusement would instrumentality for the 2026-2027 TV season, oregon later.

"Craig [Mazin] is inactive moving it retired whether it volition beryllium 2 much seasons oregon 1 much agelong season," helium continued. "It hasn't been decided yet, and I'm pursuing Craig's pb connected that."

HBO antecedently confirmed that The Last of Us Season 3 volition present diagnostic Kaitlyn Dever arsenic its main star, pursuing the departure of Pedro Pascal's Joel and a waning absorption connected Bella Ramsey's Ellie. Would the alteration of pb actors — peculiarly from the series' deed archetypal play — contiguous thing of a challenge?

"Not from a selling perspective," Bloys responded, "because I deliberation the rubric is evidently helped by the video game, and present the archetypal 2 seasons is beauteous good established. I benignant of admit shows that instrumentality things and bash a amusement from a antithetic constituent of view."

While HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us has stuck beauteous adjacent to its root material, and the elevation of Kaitlyn Dever's Abby arsenic a main quality is possibly to beryllium expected, fans were inactive amazed to spot the exit of Neil Druckmann, the franchise's creator, pursuing the Season 2 finale.

"Obviously it was large to person Neil progressive successful the beginning," Bloys said of Druckmann's involvement. "The full crushed that I wanted to bash Last of Us is aft Chernobyl, I said to Craig, ‘What bash you privation to bash next?’ And Last of Us was what helium wanted to do. That’s what was astir important to me, Craig’s originative excitement astir the show. It was fantastic to person Neil involved."

In a connection posted to societal media, Druckmann said helium would present instrumentality his absorption full-time to Naughty Dog's adjacent project, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.

"A batch of radical don’t recognize that Neil has a afloat clip occupation creating video games and moving Naughty Dog," Bloys concluded. "It’s a truly large occupation that he’s got. So I recognize wherefore helium needs to absorption connected that. But I judge he’s fixed america a bully blueprint with the show. And evidently Craig is simply a pro, truthful I deliberation we’ll beryllium successful fantabulous shape. I’m not disquieted astatine all."

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