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Bella Ramsey Says The Last Of Us Season 2 Might Not Be Here Until 2025

Fans will want to get comfortable, as Season 2 won't be here soon.

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HBO's The Last of Us is returning for a second season, but when can fans expect it to arrive? We still don't know for sure, but actress Bella Ramsey, who plays Ellie, has said Season 2 might not land until 2025.

Appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show (via IGN), Ramsey said filming on Season 2 should begin at the end of 2023 or the start of 2024. Given that, Ramsey said Season 2 should arrive at "the end of 2024, early 2025." Of course, plans can and often do change. Nothing is certain, and HBO has yet to provide any official confirmation on when filming will begin for Season 2 and when it will air.

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Before this, Joel actor Pedro Pascal said filming on Season 2 could start later in 2023.

Season 2 isn't expected to be the show's last, either. Game director Neil Druckmann, who also works on the show, plainly stated that Season 3 is also in the works. This is no big surprise, though, as both Druckmann and showrunner Craig Mazin have said the events of The Last of Us Part II will not be squeezed into one season.

The Last of Us reached more viewers than House of the Dragon, so it's clearly a very big deal for HBO. For more, check out GameSpot's rundown of everything we know about The Last of Us Season 2.

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The crazy part is that 2025 isn't really all that far away and 18 months between seasons seems pretty normal these days. Even something relatively easy to film like Succession had a 14 month break.

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they'll have to get a different actor who doesn't look as old

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I'm guessing by the end of 2024 we'll see another season. HBO will wanna strike while the iron is hot.

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HBO is simply no longer able to produce shows on a yearly cycle. House of the Dragon for example. They think people are going to maintain interest for eight/nine years for four seasons? Do they remember that people age - are they going to deepfake their actors?

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@chriss_m: They hadn't even greenlit a second season until they saw the initial viewership numbers. And working around actors' other obligations is always a consideration as well.

I'm not sure that everything is just on HBO in these situations, but I'm not entirely sure how these things work.

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@thecupidstunts said:

@chriss_m: They hadn't even greenlit a second season until they saw the initial viewership numbers. And working around actors' other obligations is always a consideration as well.

I'm not sure that everything is just on HBO in these situations, but I'm not entirely sure how these things work.

Yeah, but none of those factors are any different from any other TV show ever made. In first seasons, they never know if there's going to be a second, so there's always contract considerations, renewals, budgets, etc.

I think what's really happened here is that HBO have concluded that they can get away with a multi-year cycle per season for their big shows a la Stranger Things.

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@chriss_m: I see what you're saying, makes sense.

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@chriss_m: I agree. I also think HBO, Disney, Netflix and other large companies are becoming ever more risk adverse and are uninterested in signing multi-year deals unless they know for certain it'll pay off.

I mean, look at movies like Dune. Part II should've been a no-brainer and filmed right after, but there was no trust and no confidence in it. Films like LOTR that were filmed back to back, are not happening anymore.

Also, The LOTR show from Amazon had 5 seasons greenlit and they still don't have a yearly release schedule. What gives!!

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