When is The Last of Us season 2 coming out?

Last Modified Mar 17, 2025 09:44 EDT
The Last of Us season 2 release date
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The American post-apocalyptic drama television series, The Last of Us season 2, is set to release on April 13, 2025 in the U.S.


The series, which is based on the Naughty Dog video game franchise, takes place twenty years after a pandemic brought on by an epidemic of fungal illness that turns people into zombie-like creatures and brings society to a halt. The second season, which is based on the 2020 video game The Last of Us Part II, follows Joel and Ellie five years after the events of the first season. This season also introduces Abby. One of the most costly television programs worldwide, it was developed by Sony Pictures Television, Naughty Dog, PlayStation Productions, the Mighty Mint, and Word Games.


What is the release date of The Last of Us season 2?


The Last of Us season 2 is scheduled to release in the U.S. on April 13, 2025. It was renewed for the second season two weeks after the first season’s premiere. It was filmed in British Columbia from February to August 2024. The series will be released in an episodic nature in HBO Max from April 13, 2025 to May 25, 2025. The trailer of the second season was released on Max’s YouTube channel on March 2, 2025.



How well received was The Last of Us?


The Last of Us received critical acclaim and is one of the highly rated television series to date. Based on 486 reviews and an average rating of 8.75 out of 10, the first season of The Last of Us has a 96% approval rating on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. Based on 44 reviews, Metacritic determined a weighted score of 84 out of 100, signifying "universal acclaim".


With 4.7 million viewers in the US on its first night of release (including linear viewers and HBO Max streams), the first episode became the second-largest HBO debut since 2010, after House of the Dragon. Within two months, there were about 40 million viewers overall. The HBO Max series premiere was the largest in Latin America. Following the release, sales of the video games increased.


The series became the most-watched program on HBO Max in Europe and Latin America, and it broke HBO's subscription video on demand viewer ratings in Europe. In the United States, the series had about 32 million viewers each episode on average by May. It was HBO's highest-rated first season ever.


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FAQs about The Last of Us

A. Bella Ramsey will play Ellie in season 2 of the series.

A. The Last of Us is available to stream on Max with a subscription. It can also be bought on Fandango at Home. In some regions of the world, the series can also be streamed on Prime Video.

A. The Last of Us came out to widespread acclaim and positive reviews.

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