Much like Amazon and Bethesda’s Fallout, HBO and PlayStation Productions’ The Last of Us was one of those huge hits that just couldn’t be ignored, signaling a turn of the tide when it comes to live-action adaptations of video games. Now, season 2 is shooting, and co-showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann are already teasing what lies beyond.
While speaking to Deadline, the duo commented on season 2‘s expected episode count and how they’re approaching a story as expansive as deep as The Last of Us Part 2‘s, even teasing the possibility of a fourth season if the audience is there and they’ve got enough material left to expand on.
Players who’d gone through Naughty Dog’s 2020 sequel were well aware that it’d be impossible to cram all of Part 2’s plot into a single season of television, which instantly made season 3 an almost certain possibility. It didn’t take long for HBO and the creatives to confirm that, but it seems that even a fourth season may be required if Mazin and Druckmann are able to double down on their vision.
