Given the occasions of The Last of Us Season 2, it should not be a shock that subsequent season will likely be very completely different. Catherine O’Hara has already described Season 3 as Abby’s story, however now, The Final of Us showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have confirmed that Kaitlyn Dever’s character is taking the lead function.
Mazin and Druckmann made the announcement throughout a Final of Us FYC Emmy occasion in New York, through THR. Dever participated within the panel remotely and jokingly acted shocked on the information. Druckmann went on to precise his shock that HBO did not push again on Season 3’s shift in perspective.
“I used to be positive that they would not allow us to do that once we began adapting this,” mentioned Druckmann. “However they’ve leaned into what makes, I imagine, the story particular. And allowed us not solely the time, however the inventive freedom to have the ability to take these swings, and I believe the viewers actually appreciates that.”
There are some spoilers forward for The Final of Us Season 2.
Mazin additionally spoke in regards to the resolution to kill off Pedro Pascal’s Joel similar to his counterpart in The Last of Us Part II. He famous that “this isn’t a present about revenge, it is a present about grief. Effectively, how are we purported to grieve if no person we actually, actually are invested in dies?”
Throughout one other current interview, Mazin mentioned he is been telling indignant followers that Pascal isn’t actually dead, and “he is in actually the whole lot else.”
The showrunners beforehand defined why a showdown between Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and two other characters was modified for the present, and why they didn’t kill Alice the dog. Dever has additionally expressed her desire to do a flashback episode with Abby’s father that mirrors the one between Ellie and Joel.
HBO hasn’t set a date for The Final of Us Season 3 but.
