The Last of Us Season 2 is Chomping at the Bit for the Strikes to End

Much like the Naughty Dog video games the present’s primarily based on, HBO’s The Last of Uswas an enormous hit that secured a fanbase that’s keen for season two to start. Of course, like virtually all the pieces else, the Writers and Actors strikes have floor manufacturing for the zombie drama’s second season to a standstill. HBO wished to attempt to get forward of these strikes by holding auditions utilizing the script from The Last of Us Part II (which it’ll partially be adapting), however these plans fell aside not lengthy after.

But in accordance to the video games’ co-director (and the present’s co-showrunner) Neil Druckmann, that sophomore season is prepared to soar into manufacturing as soon as each these strikes come to an finish. During a current walkthrough of The Last of Us-themed Halloween Horror Nights home, he mentioned the present’s employees “outlined all of season 2 and we’re ready to go as soon as the strike ends.” His phrases echo that of fellow showrunner Craig Mazin, who informed Entertainment Weekly in late August the present made respectable headway earlier than the strikes occur. At the time, Mazin mentioned all of the season two was mapped out, and he “wrote and submitted the script for the first episode and sent it in [to HBO] around 10:30 or 10:40 p.m. right before [the WGA] strike began.”

“We are all raring to go,” mentioned Mazin to EW. “ This is what we are born to do. This is how we not only choose to live our lives, but I believe [how we] are compelled to live our lives. Otherwise, why the hell would we do this insane job? I can assure you it’s not for money.”

While it’ll be a while earlier than The Last of Us returns, Druckmann teased the Horror Nights attraction has some “really cool stuff in there” that would find yourself teasing issues inside season two. Eagle-eyed followers in the space will little doubt discover these easter eggs and work out their theories from there, however what a few third recreation that’s been beforehand rumored (and truthfully, greater than anticipated) to be in the works? Druckmann might solely say that he “can’t say anything. My comms director over there will slaughter me.”

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