The Last of Us Season 2 was somewhat controversial. The HBO show put fans through a tough time by killing off popular characters in very harsh ways and becoming increasingly hopeless. Joel (Pedro Pascal) was basically killed with a golf club in front of poor Ellie (Bella Ramsey). Ellie, on her part, started her own quest for revenge, killing several people
Basically, The Last of Us Season 2 did everything it could to make us feel sad. Did TLOU go too far? Was The Last of Us cancelled?!?
Here’s everything we know
Was The Last of Us Renewed For Season 3?
HBO renewed The Last of Us for a third season on April 9, 2025.
The co-creators of The Last of Us, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, have been somewhat secretive about future plans, but they did agree with some fan theories during a recent online press conference that DECIDER attended.
As fans of the video games may expect, The Last of Us Season 3 will cover the remaining story from The Last of Us II. Season 3 will focus on what Abby was doing during those intense three days in Seattle.
“There is another side to this story that we have yet to really delve into,” The Last of Us co-creator and co-showrunner Craig Mazin said. “There’s no question that Abby is the hero of her story. Kaitlyn Dever is the hero of a story always, you know? I mean, if you have Kaitlyn Dever, you use a Kaitlyn Dever.”
Mazin hinted that the third season will answer many questions raised in Season 2.
“What is going on? How did that war start? How did the Seraphites start? Who is the prophet? What happened to her? What does Isaac want? What’s happening at the end of Episode 7? What is this explosion? What is all of it?” Mazin said. “And all of that will become clear.“
When Is The Release Date Of The Last of Us Season 3?
We may already know that The Last of Us will have a third season, but we still don’t know the exact return date. However, we have some theories.
The first two seasons of the show each took about two years to go from scripts to being shown on screen. It makes sense to think that The Last of Us Season 3 will be released in 2027.
Production on the first two seasons of The Last of Us was postponed because of COVID-19 and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. That means there’s a chance there could be a tighter turnaround for the third season. We believe the earliest TLOU Season 3 could be released is late 2026, but 2027 is a more secure guess.