As part of a longer interview related to HBO overall (some of which we’ve covered), Deadline asked Bloys how much gas the show had in the tank. He told the outlet that it “definitely feels like that”, but ultimately said the answer was up to showrunner Craig Mazin. Intentionally or not, this is more of a non-answer than anything important, although it’s probably not as true as it seems on the surface.
Last year, Mazin mentioned the adaptation the last of us part ii It could be a three-season endeavor, and said that trying to tie it into two seasons would “take forever.” Although he suggested that one solution would be to simply make a longer season three, he admitted that the writing team was planning ahead should an extended season not complete things for whatever reason. “We really try to think about things fundamentally,” he said at the time. “We thought about season three and season four in advance, so that we try to get as much visibility as possible. […] The challenge of season two was, ‘Okay, this source material goes way beyond season one.'”
the last of us part ii Its story has a lot of moving parts, and it was a longer game than its predecessor. If the show took a long time to adapt, it wouldn’t have happened He Surprising, even if it may upset both longtime fans and TV-only fans. For now, don’t worry too much about when it will end, just when it will return – which currently isn’t until 2027… hopefully without remaking those first seasons.
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