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The Last of Us
Season 2
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The second season of the American

the first season, and introduces Abby (Kaitlyn Dever
).

HBO renewed The Last of Us for a second season less than two weeks after the series premiere aired in January 2023. Series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann were joined in the writers' room by Halley Gross and Bo Shim; Druckmann wrote and co-directed the video games, and Gross co-wrote Part II. Filming began in British Columbia in February 2024, and is set to run until August. Druckmann, Mazin, and Peter Hoar are set to return as directors, alongside newcomers Kate Herron, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Mark Mylod, and Stephen Williams.

Cast and characters

For a more comprehensive list, see List of The Last of Us (TV series) characters.
41 year-old man smiling at something to the left of the camera.
18 year-old girl talking to something to the left of the camera.
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey portray the lead characters, Joel and Ellie.[1][2]
  • hard of hearing in one ear and his knees ache when he stands.[3]
  • Bella Ramsey as Ellie, who is immune to the Cordyceps infection.[2] She displays much defiance and anger but has a private need for kinship and belonging.[2] She is strong-willed but has not lost her playfulness.[4][5][6]
  • Gabriel Luna as Tommy, Joel's younger brother and who maintains idealism in hoping for a better world.[7] A former Firefly, Tommy gave up on their cause and runs a commune with his wife.[8]
  • Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, a soldier who seeks vengeance for a loved one and subsequently has her worldview challenged.[9]
  • Young Mazino as Jesse, an important member of his community whose selflessness sometimes comes at a cost.[10]
  • Isabela Merced as Dina, Ellie's romantic interest and Jesse's ex. She is a freewheeling spirit with a loyalty towards Ellie, which is challenged by the world's brutality.[11]
  • Danny Ramirez as Manny, a loyal soldier who fears failing his friends. He maintains a jovial attitude despite the pain of his past.[12]
  • Ariela Barer as Mel, a doctor committed to her role while struggling with the realities of war.[12]
  • Tati Gabrielle as Nora, a military medic who has difficulty accepting her past behavior.[12]
  • Spencer Lord as Owen, a gentle person whose physical strength forces him to fight enemies he does not hate.[12]
  • Catherine O'Hara in an undisclosed guest role[13]

Production

Development

A 51 year-old man with a grey beard smiling to the left of the camera.
44 year-old man with short black hair and a beard smirking to the left of the camera.
The Last of Us was created by Craig Mazin (left) and Neil Druckmann (right). Druckmann wrote and co-directed the video game.[14]

HBO renewed

the first season.[15] While the first season covers the events of the video game The Last of Us (2013) and its downloadable expansion The Last of Us: Left Behind (2014),[16] the second season is set to cover the sequel, The Last of Us Part II (2020). Druckmann and Mazin wanted to avoid filler between the games.[17] Part II is expected to span multiple seasons,[18] and Mazin does not want the series to overtake the games.[19] While writing the first season, Mazin and Druckmann ensured characters remained true to their developments in Part II in case the show received more seasons.[20] In January 2024, Druckmann, Mazin, and Peter Hoar were announced as returning directors from the first season, alongside newcomers Kate Herron, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Mark Mylod, and Stephen Williams.[21]

Casting

Dina, respectively, in the second season.[9][11]

Casting for the second season was put on hold in May 2023 due to the Writers Guild of America strike; actors had been auditioning with scenes from The Last of Us Part II due to an absence of scripts.[22] The production team wanted to start the second season's casting with Abby; Mazin suggested and the Los Angeles Times reported the role had been cast before the strike.[23][24][25] According to Los Angeles's Sneider, Dever was in talks to play Abby in November, following the response to her performance in No One Will Save You (2023);[26] her casting was announced on January 9, 2024,[9] followed by Mazino's as Jesse on January 10,[10] and Merced's as Dina on January 11.[11] O'Hara's casting was announced on February 2,[13] followed by Ramirez, Barer, Gabrielle, and Lord's on March 1.[12]

Writing

A writers' room for the second season was established in Los Angeles by February 2023,[27] with Mazin and Druckmann joined by Halley Gross, who co-wrote Part II with Druckmann, and Bo Shim, a new writer.[28] Scripts were being written by April,[29] with a full season outline mapped,[28] but writing was impacted by the writers' strike in May;[22] Mazin had only written and submitted the first episode about 90 minutes before the strike began,[30] and neither he nor Druckmann worked on the series while the strike was ongoing.[22] Instead, Mazin would mentally outline scenes while taking walks, described as "brain-writing", as he planned to quickly complete scripts after the strike to ensure a smooth production schedule.[28]

Filming

Film set of a supermarket with the logo "Greenplace Market"
Distant film set with film members on snow
Filming took place in Kamloops in February 2024.[31][32]

The second season is filmed in British Columbia,[29] including Vancouver.[33] Delayed by the writers' and actors' strikes,[30] production began on February 12, 2024,[34][35] running under the working title Mega Sword.[36] Mazin directed the first episode;[37] the first day of production involved Ramsey and Merced.[38] A building in Kamloops was dressed to replicate the in-game Greenplace Market in February.[31][32] Production took place in Calgary, Alberta—where the first season was partly filmed—on March 5–6,[39][40] before moving to Mission.[40] The first episode was nearing completion by March 12.[37][41] Production returned to Alberta for ten days from March 18, with filming in Exshaw and along Highway 1A from March 21–24 requiring snow and a 72-hour partial highway closure.[42] HBO denied rumors that Pascal had finished filming for the season in March.[43] Mylod directed after Mazin,[41][44] followed by Herron and Hoar.[45][46] According to the Directors Guild of Canada, production is set to conclude on August 21,[44] several weeks before September 9 as originally scheduled.[36]

Release

In December 2023, HBO announced the second season is set to premiere in 2025.[47]

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