‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 First Look: Joel and Ellie Return

Joel and Ellie are back in first photos from HBO’s highly anticipated second season The last of us.

The photos featuring stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey were first revealed during the Warner Bros. presentation. Discovery Upfront in New York on Wednesday.

The first season set a record as the most-watched HBO debut season for any series on the service, and won eight Emmy awards.

The second season will be released in 2025. The returning cast also includes Gabriel Luna as Tommy and Rutina Wesley as Maria.

The previously announced new cast includes Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Isabela Merced as Dina, Young Mazino as Jesse, Ariela Barer as Mel, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Spencer Lord as as Owen and Danny Ramirez as Manny. Catherine O’Hara is also a featured guest.

The last of us is written and produced by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann and is based on the critically acclaimed video game developed by Naughty Dog for PlayStation consoles.

Previously, Mazin said that online theories about season two based on clues from the first season and the video game were mostly incorrect: “I’ve been watching things a little bit on the Internet, people are very smart, They like to see where we are.” re filming and then they have all these brilliant theories about what that means,” Mazin said on his Scriptnotes podcast. “I wish I could put my arm around each of them and say, ‘No.’ Most theories are incorrect, some of them are half correct, some conjectures are 28% correct.

The story “takes place 20 years after the destruction of modern civilization. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to get Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What begins as a small job soon becomes a brutal and harrowing journey, as they both must travel across the United States and depend on each other to survive. »