HBO unveiled the trailer for “The Last of Us” Season 2 at SXSW on Saturday, offering the most extensive look at the new season of the acclaimed drama series yet.
Based on the Naughty Dog and PlayStation video game franchise of the same name, the latest installment of the HBO video game adaptation will follow the pair five years after the events of Season 1, where they have now settled down in Jackson, Wyoming.
Audiences will remember that Season 1 ended with Joel’s difficult decision to stop the Fireflies from performing surgery on Ellie, preventing the group from using her immunity to make a vaccine in the hopes of saving humanity from the Cordyceps virus that has transformed the world into a zombie-filled wasteland.
Season 2, which follows the events of the video game’s 2020 sequel “The Last of Us: Part II,” will see the effects of Joel’s decision play out as he and Ellie are drawn into a conflict with both each other and a world that’s even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left. The season will be seven episodes long.
In addition to Pascal and Ramsey, “The Last of Us” Season 2 will see the return of Gabriel Luna as Joel’s brother Tommy and Rutina Wesley as Tommy’s wife Maria. Also joining the cast are newcomers Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Isabela Merced as Dina, Young Mazino as Jesse, Ariela Barer as Mel, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Spencer Lord as Owen, Danny Ramirez as Manny and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac. Catherine O’Hara will also guest star in the new installment.
“The Last of Us” is written and executive produced by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. The pair is also set to direct episodes in the upcoming season alongside new additions Mark Mylod (“Succession), Nina Lopez-Corrado (“Perry Mason”), Stephen Williams (“Watchmen”) and Kate Herron (“Loki”), and returning director Peter Hoar, who was nominated for an Emmy for Season 1’s third episode, “Long, Long Time.”
In addition to Mazin and Druckmann, “The Last of Us” is executive produced by Carolyn Strauss, Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan and Rose Lam and co-produced by Sony Pictures Television.
Season 1 of “The Last of Us” is now streaming on Max. Season 2 premieres April 13.
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