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THE LAST OF US Season 2 Trailer (2025) Isabela Merced
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The Last of Us
Season 2
Showrunners
Craig Mazin
Neil Druckmann
Starring
Pedro Pascal
Bella Ramsey
Release
Original network HBO
Season chronology
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The second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us is set to premiere on HBO in 2025. Based on the video game franchise developed by Naughty Dog, the series is set twenty years into a pandemic caused by a mass fungal infection, which causes its hosts to transform into zombie-like creatures and collapses society. The second season, based on the 2020 game The Last of Us Part II, follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) five years after the events of the first season, and introduces Abby (Kaitlyn Dever).

HBO renewed The Last of Us for a second season less than two weeks after the series premiere aired in January 2023. Series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann were joined in the writers' room by Halley Gross and Bo Shim; Druckmann wrote and co-directed the video games, and Gross co-wrote Part II. The season was filmed in British Columbia from February to August 2024. Druckmann, Mazin, and Peter Hoar returned as directors, alongside newcomers Kate Herron, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Mark Mylod, and Stephen Williams. The season is expected to span seven episodes.

Cast and characters
For a more comprehensive list, see Characters of The Last of Us (TV series).
41 year-old man smiling at something to the left of the camera.
18 year-old girl talking to something to the left of the camera.
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey portray the lead characters, Joel and Ellie.[1][2]
Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller, a hardened middle-aged survivor.[1][3] Joel is portrayed as more physically vulnerable in the series compared to the game—he is hard of hearing in one ear and his knees ache when he stands.[4]
Bella Ramsey as Ellie, who is immune to the Cordyceps infection.[2][3] Her relationship with Joel has become strained since the first season.[5] Ellie displays defiance and anger but has a private need for kinship and belonging.[2]
Gabriel Luna as Tommy, Joel's younger brother who maintains idealism in hoping for a better world.[6][7] A former Firefly, Tommy gave up on their cause and runs a commune with his wife.[8]
Rutina Wesley as Maria, a co-leader of the survivors in Jackson and Tommy's pregnant wife.[9][10] Formerly an assistant district attorney, Maria is calm and merciful in her decisions.[11][9]
Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, a soldier who seeks vengeance for a loved one and subsequently has her worldview challenged.[12]
Young Mazino as Jesse, an important member of his community whose selflessness sometimes comes at a cost.[13]
Isabela Merced as Dina, Ellie's romantic interest and Jesse's ex. She is a freewheeling spirit with a loyalty towards Ellie, which is challenged by the world's brutality.[14]
Danny Ramirez as Manny, a loyal soldier who fears failing his friends. He maintains a jovial attitude despite the pain of his past.[15]
Ariela Barer as Mel, a doctor committed to her role while struggling with the realities of war.[15]
Tati Gabrielle as Nora, a military medic who has difficulty accepting her past behavior.[15]
Spencer Lord as Owen, a gentle person whose physical strength forces him to fight enemies he does not hate.[15]
Catherine O'Hara in an undisclosed guest role.[16] She is set to appear in three episodes alongside Pascal and Ramsey.[17]
Jeffrey Wright as Isaac Dixon, the leader of a militia who faces an ongoing war in their pursuit for liberty. Wright reprises his role from the video game.[18]
Production
Development
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44 year-old man with short black hair and a beard smirking to the left of the camera.
The Last of Us was created by Craig Mazin (left) and Neil Druckmann (right). Druckmann wrote and co-directed the video game.[19]
HBO renewed The Last of Us for a second season on January 27, 2023, less than two weeks after the premiere of the first season.[20] While the first season covers the events of Naughty Dog's video game The Last of Us (2013) and its downloadable expansion The Last of Us: Left Behind (2014),[21] the second season is set to cover the sequel, The Last of Us Part II (2020). Druckmann and Mazin wanted to avoid filler between the games.[22] Part II is expected to span multiple seasons,[23] and Mazin does not want the series to overtake the games.[24] While writing the first season, Mazin and Druckmann ensured characters remained true to their developments in Part II in case the show received more seasons.[25]

Upon the season's renewal, HBO named the returning executive producers as Mazin, Druckmann, Carolyn Strauss, Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, and Rose Lam.[20] Jacqueline Lesko, who co-executive produced the first season, was named an executive producer in March 2023,[26] followed by Cecil O'Connor, who produced the first season, by February 2024, replacing Lam.[16][27] In January 2024, Druckmann, Mazin, and Peter Hoar were announced as returning directors from the first season, alongside newcomers Kate Herron, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Mark Mylod, and Stephen Williams.[28] In June, Mazin and Druckmann revealed the season would consist of seven episodes, one of which was set to be "quite big" in runtime.[10]

Casting
A 23-year-old woman smiling at the camera
A 20-year-old woman smiling at the camera
Kaitlyn Dever (left) and Isabela Merced (right) were cast as Abby and Dina, respectively, in the second season.[12][14]
Casting for the second season was put on hold in May 2023 due to the Writers Guild of America strike; actors had been auditioning with scenes from The Last of Us Part II due to an absence of scripts.[29] The production team wanted to start the second season's casting with Abby; Mazin suggested and the Los Angeles Times reported the role had been cast before the strike.[30][31][32] According to journalist Jeff Sneider, Dever was in talks to play Abby in November, following the response to her performance in No One Will Save You (2023);[33] her casting was announced on January 9, 2024,[12] followed by Mazino's as Jesse on January 10,[13] and Merced's as Dina on January 11.[14] O'Hara's casting was announced on February 2,[16] followed by Ramirez, Barer, Gabrielle, and Lord's on March 1,[15] and Wright's on May 24.[18]

Writing
A writers' room for the second season was established in Los Angeles by February 2023,[34] with Mazin and Druckmann joined by Halley Gross, who co-wrote Part II with Druckmann, and Bo Shim, a new writer.[35] Druckmann worked with Mazin on the second season's story during the development of The Last of Us Part II Remastered (2024), which he felt provided an opportunity to revisit the narrative's intricacies and analyze story decisions.[36] Scripts were being written by April,[37] with a full season outline mapped,[35] but writing was impacted by the writers' strike in May;[29] Mazin had only written and submitted the first episode about 90 minutes before the strike began,[38] and neither he nor Druckmann worked on the series while the strike was ongoing.[29] Instead, Mazin would mentally outline scenes while taking walks, described as "brain-writing", as he planned to quickly complete scripts after the strike to ensure a smooth production schedule.[35] The second season is set to feature themes of revenge, in contrast to the first season's unconditional love; Druckmann felt it was a "continuation of love from the first season, and this is just the dark side of that coin".[10]

Filming
Film set of a supermarket with the logo "Greenplace Market"
Distant film set with film members on snow
Distant film set of of in-construction building exteriors
Distant film set of of in-construction building exteriors
Film set of broken cars with growing foliage
Film set of an actor walking among broken cars
Filming took place in Kamloops (top) in February 2024,[39][40] Britannia Beach (center) in April,[41] and Downtown Vancouver (bottom) in July and August.[42][43]
The second season was filmed in British Columbia,[37] including Vancouver.[44] Delayed by the writers' and actors' strikes,[38] principal photography began on February 12, 2024,[45][46] running under the working title Mega Sword.[47] Mazin directed his episode first;[48] the first day of production involved Ramsey and Merced.[49] A building in Kamloops was dressed to replicate the in-game Greenplace Market in February.[39][40] Production took place in Calgary, Alberta—where the first season was partly filmed—on March 5–6,[50][51] before moving to Mission, Fort Langley, and Langley, expected to replicate parts of Jackson, Wyoming.[51][52][53] Mazin's episode neared completion by March 12.[48][54] Production returned to Alberta for ten days from March 18, with filming in Exshaw and along Highway 1A from March 21–24 requiring snow and a 72-hour partial highway closure.[55] HBO denied rumors that Pascal had finished filming for the season in March.[56]

Mylod directed after Mazin in February,[54][57] followed by Herron and Hoar in April,[58][59] Williams and Druckmann in May,[60][61] and Lopez-Corrado in July.[62] Catherine Goldschmidt worked as cinematographer alongside Mylod, Herron, and Lopez-Corrado for episodes 2, 4, and 7,[63][64] and Ksenia Sereda returned to work alongside Druckmann.[65] Several town buildings were constructed in Britannia Beach for production in April.[41] Filming occurred in Downtown Eastside—expected to replicate a post-apocalyptic Seattle as featured in the game—with soldiers and military vehicles on May 4,[66][53] and with Ramsey and Merced on horseback on May 11;[67][68][69] production was planned late, with some businesses given four days' notice.[70]

Preparatory production work began in Nanaimo on April 22, with road closures from April 29.[71][72] Around six minutes of footage was filmed from May 13–14,[73] featuring Ramsey and Merced on horseback, expected to be set around Capitol Hill and the fictional Serevena Hotel in Seattle.[74][75] The horse used in production, named Jazzway, previously featured in the television series The 100 (2014–2020) and film Jurassic World Dominion (2022).[76] Several businesses were closed during filming and compensated by the production,[71] and some surrounding businesses saw an increase in shoppers and online traffic.[77] The crew vacated Nanaimo by May 31,[71][76] and the city was set to be gifted for its involvement in the series.[78] Filming occurred on a private property at Minaty Bay in Britannia Beach across five days—June 5, 7, 12, 13, and July 2—with smoke and flame pyrotechnics present.[79][80] Filming took place in Chinatown on July 8, with Ramsey, Merced, and the fictional Seraphites in a recreation of Seattle.[81][82][83] Druckmann's episode completed production by July 9.[65]

Additional photography took place in Downtown Vancouver in September 2024, featuring a convoy of military vehicles.[84]
Filming returned to Downtown Eastside on July 12, and moved to Stanley Park on July 13 and Downtown Vancouver on July 25.[85][42] A section of Harbour Green Park in Coal Harbour was closed from July 25–27 for production, featuring several abandoned cars and foliage.[42][86] Filming occurred in New Westminster on July 28, at the Orpheum theatre on July 29,[87] and around Cordova and Cambie Streets in Gastown from August 9–13.[43][88] The season's wrap party took place on August 18,[89] and principal photography was set to conclude August 21,[57] several weeks before September 9 as originally scheduled;[90] it finished on August 23.[91] Additional photography took place in Downtown Vancouver—including the exterior of the Guinness Tower and Oceanic Plaza—from September 13–17, featuring a convoy of military vehicles.[84][92][93] The production office closed on September 27.[91]

Post-production
Timothy A. Good and Emily Mendez are set to return as editors for the second season.[89][94]

Release
In December 2023, HBO announced the second season is set to premiere on its television network and streaming service Max in 2025;[95] according to Casey Bloys, the chairman and chief executive officer of HBO and Max, it is expected to air in the first half of the year, during the eligibility window for the following Emmy Awards.[96] HBO shared the first images of Pascal and Ramsey on May 15, 2024,[97] and the first footage from the season—featuring Dever, Merced, O'Hara, and Wright—on August 4.[98] For The Last of Us Day on September 26, HBO released the season's synopsis, posters by Greg Ruth of Joel, Ellie, and Abby, and the first teaser trailer, set to Pearl Jam's "Future Days", which was a pivotal song in Part II.[5][99][100]

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The highly anticipated second season of the hit drama series 'The Last of Us' is ramping up excitement with the release of a new teaser trailer.
Fans are eager to see what lies ahead for Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), as well as Joel's brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna), in this next chapter. The teaser introduces new cast members, including Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Isabela Merced as Dina, and Young Mazino as Jesse, along with three new posters highlighting the main characters.
Set five years after the events of the first season, 'The Last of Us season 2' explores the challenges of maintaining peace as Joel and Ellie attempt to move on from their traumatic past. The world around them remains as dangerous and unpredictable as ever, forcing them to confront new threats in an increasingly volatile environment.
The first trailer for The Last of Us season 2 has been released. The HBO series took the world by storm when it was released at the beginning of 2023. Featuring the leading duo of Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, it's based on the Naughty Dog produced video game of the same name. The video game had a 2020 sequel, The Last of Us: Part II, which the TV series will work to adapt in the subsequent installments. The Last of Us season 2 features new actors, including Kaitlyn Dever, Young Mazino, Isabela Merced, and Jeffrey Wright.

Now, Max has released the first teaser trailer for The Last of Us season 2. The trailer opens with Joel speaking to Catherine O'Hara's character, who appears to be a therapist. The scene then cuts to reveal Ellie in Jackson, Wyoming, where Joel's brother and his wife had taken refuge to be safe from the infected. Joel and Ellie are seen living in some peace, as she plays guitar and meets the new character Dina. Things in Jackson soon devolve as what was once a safe city is now being attacked by the infected.

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The Last Of Us Season 2 Release Date Has Not Been Revealed

The therapy device is an interesting way to frame season 2, as it immediately shows Joel confronting one of the most pressing elements going into the next season. This happens to regard the fallout from The Last of Us season 1's ending, wherein Joel lies to Ellie about what really happened with the Fireflies. The season 2 trailer immediately sees this therapist figure questioning Joel about what he really did, laying the groundwork for the events of season 2.

The Last of Us season 2 faced delays due to the Hollywood writers and actors' strikes in 2023.

The season 2 trailer ends by mentioning that the sophomore season is slated for 2025, though it does not specify a release date. However, updates from the creative team and HBO have teased that the show would premiere before the Emmy eligibility deadline. If it follows the same release pattern, The Last of Us season 2 could be arriving as early as January, which means that the premiere of the season could be less than four months away.

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The Trailer Features Several Enticing Elements
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The element that excites me most about the season 2 trailer is the presence of music. The trailer is set to the tune of Pearl Jam's "Future Days" but features many shots of Joel and Ellie playing guitar. Music was pivotal in the acclaimed The Last of Us episode "A Long, Long Time," so its prevalence could be a great decision. The new footage for The Last of Us season 2 also previews new characters like Dina and Abby, which leaves plenty of mystery going into the second season.

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The Last Of Us is a television adaptation of the acclaimed video game, set in a post-apocalyptic world where a smuggler named Joel (Pedro Pascal) is tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie (Bella Ramsey), across the ravaged United States. Along their journey, they must confront various threats from both infected creatures and hostile human factions. The show is produced by HBO and created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann.

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Warner Bros. Discovery has debuted an official teaser trailer for the second season of The Last of Us, and it looks like it’s going to be a rough one for Joel and Ellie — which, if you’ve played The Last of Us Part II, should be no surprise.

“After five years of peace following the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie’s collective past catches up to them, drawing them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind,” according to Warner Bros. Discovery’s official logline for the season.

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Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey again star as Joel and Ellie. New cast members include Kaitlyn Dever, who plays Abby, Isabela Merced, who plays Dina, and Jeffrey Wright, who is reprising his role as Isaac Dixon in the game for the TV show.

TLOU’s second season still has an unspecific 2025 release date for HBO and Max. The season will be seven episodes long, making it two episodes shorter than the first.
Looking for updates on The Last of Us season 2? Then you've come to the right place. The show, which currently boasts the biggest debut season in HBO’s history, wrapped its first season in March 2023, and ever since then, viewers have been anticipating the continuation of the saga, which is finally on the horizon.

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The first official teaser trailer for The Last of Us season 2 arrived on September 26, 2024, aka Outbreak Day, aka The Last of Us Day, the date the virus changed everything in the original game. The trailer is a little over two minutes long, and shows Ellie and Joel experiencing blinks of happiness… until everything goes to sh*t. The intense trailer is downright goosebump-inducing, and shares peeks of the menacing storylines that lie ahead.

“I hate that this teaser isn't just teasing the show but literally teasing at the emotions I felt during the game," one gamer commented under the YouTube video of the trailer. "100% like 'You remember this? You remember what happens next don't you? You remember how it felt? You wanna feel it again?'”

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HBO previously released a shorter teaser on August 4 while presenting HBO and Max's original programming lineup for late 2024 and 2025. The clip gives viewers their first look at Dever, Merced, O'Hara, and Wright. In the clip, O'Hara's character interrogates Pascal's Joel, the latter breaking down in tears as he proclaims he saved Ellie. (ICYMI: in the last episode of season 1, Joel killed the Firefly soldiers and Marlene to escape with and save Ellie, as the surgery she was being prepped for to find a cure for Cordyceps could result in her death.)

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While The Last of Us season 1 was a pretty faithful adaptation of Naughty Dog's 2013 video game of the same name and its 2014 expansion, The Last of Us: Left Behind, The Last of Us season 2 is expected to adapt part of The Last of Us Part II, the sequel game released in 2020, which notoriously features a five-year time jump.

Speaking to British GQ in 2023, the series' showrunners teased The Last of Us Part II will be adapted into multiple seasons beginning with season 2. "We will not say how many. But more than one is factually correct," Craig Mazin said.

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The show is also expected to introduce more videogame changes starting with season 2. “There are going to be things that are going to be different, and there are things that are going to be identical,” Mazin said. “There are things that are going to be added and enriched. There are some things that are going to be flipped. Our goal remains exactly what it was for the first season, which is to deliver a show that makes fans happy. We've got an incredible returning cast. It's a daunting task. But Jesus, so was the first season. You can't make everyone happy. But we've made a lot of people happy and that's our intention to do it again.”

Speaking to Deadline in 2024, Mazin added: “Our show as people know it on HBO is going to cover the material from the second game and then quite a bit of material that is relevant to that story but, as I said, wanders down interesting new paths, unseen stories that were told within the context of that games material.” He also added that "the story may require Season 4.”

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Though no exact date has been set, as early as December 2023, HBO confirmed that The Last of Us season 2 will premiere sometime in 2025.

Bella Ramsey already noted "it will be a while" between seasons 1 and 2 back in March 2023. “I think we'll probably shoot at the end of this year, beginning of next,” Ramsey said during a TV appearance, "so it'll probably be the end of 2024, early 2025.” Filming and casting for the long-anticipated season were affected by the Hollywood strikes, with the writers' room resuming as deals were reached.

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The Last of Us season 2 will star Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller and Bella Ramsey as Ellie. Back in 2023, series co-creator Neil Druckmann put fan speculation about Ramsey's potential recasting to rest, confirming the actor would definitely reprise the role of Ellie in season 2. The returning cast from season one also includes Gabriel Luna as Tommy and Rutina Wesley as Mari.

Related: Why The Last of Us Star Bella Ramsey Almost Didn't Take the Role of Ellie
There will also be plenty of new (familiar) faces joining The Last of Us season 2. Kaitlyn Dever will be joining the series as Abby; Young Mazino has been tapped as Jesse, and Isabela Merced will also join the cast as Dina, Ellie's second romantic interest.

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Speaking to Collider about being cast as Dina, Merced said: “I'm so excited for people to see my chemistry with Bella. Bella and I have so much chemistry. From the first day, it was there. There's no work to be done. I really respect Bella. I just saw Catherine Called Birdy and Bella has such range and just an honesty about their work. I'm learning so much. I'm very honored to be here.”

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Additional casting for The Last of Us season 2 includes Catherine O'Hara in a yet-undisclosed role as well as Danny Ramirez as Manny, Ariela Barer as Mel, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's Tati Gabrielle as Nora, and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac Dixon. (Fun fact: Wright already voiced the character Dixon in the video game The Last of Us Part II.)

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At the time of writing, HBO has put out a total of two images from The Last of Us season 2, showing Pascal and Ramsey in character. You can check them out below:

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The Last of Us season 2 is on its way after the action-packed first chapter of HBO's video game adaptation. Season 1 proved to be a hit as Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey provided mesmerizing performances as Joel and Ellie. The chemistry between the two is unique and believable, progressing with each episode as the main characters form a powerful bond in a post-apocalyptic world. Unlike many zombie shows and video-game adaptations, The Last of Us invests a lot of time in the drama of its characters, offering compelling studies that lead up to a memorable (and quite shocking) finale.

The season 1 finale sets up The Last of Us season 2 in many ways, starting with Joel's shocking dilemma where he chooses to prioritize Ellie's life over humanity after he discovers the Fireflies plan. While Joel kills many people trying to stop him in the hospital, it seems that his actions will have consequences as one Firefly did manage to escape. Given that the Last of Us II takes place five years in the future, it'll be interesting to see how the writers and showrunners will adapt the source material again for The Last of Us season 2.

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With the show's 2025 release hotly anticipated, the latest news comes in the form of a trailer for The Last of Us season 2. Framed by a conversation between Catherine O'Hara's character (who is perhaps a psychiatrist) and Joel, the trailer cuts back and forth between a relatively peaceful period at the Wyoming settlement, and the impending invasion by the infected hordes. Meanwhile, the specter of Joel's actions from the ending of season 1 clearly weighs on him, and it may be the wedge that drives Ellie away from him. The teaser concludes by reaffirming the 2025 release window.

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The Last Of Us Season 2 Is Confirmed
Another Season Is On The Way
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The Last of Us' immediate success resulted in a quick renewal, and shortly after the show's episode 2 premiere, The Last of Us season 2 was officially renewed by HBO. It looks like there aren't any major changes in the writing room either, as Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have already begun talking about their plans for season 2 and beyond.

The Last of Us season 1 concluded on March 12. 2023.

The Last Of Us Season 2 Cast
The New & Returning Stars Of Season 2

The Last of Us season 2 cast will feature the two returning stars. After they proved to be a hit, both Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are back following their respective Emmy nominations. With Joel and Ellie also returning to Jackson at the end of The Last of Us, Gabriel Luna has also hinted that he will be returning in season 2 to play Tommy. As he is married to Maria, it is likely that Rutina Wesley will return as well.

Other confirmed cast members include Kaitlyn Dever who has been cast as Abby Anderson, a violent soldier out for revenge, and Young Mazino's Jesse, who is a kind and generous member of the community. Additionally, Isabela Merced is joining the season 2 cast as Dina. Emmy winner Catherine O'Hara will appear in season 2, though her role has not been revealed yet. Recent Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright will be reprising his role as Isaac Dixon from The Last of Us II game.

So far, the confirmed cast members for The Last of Us season 2 are:

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Pedro Pascal

Joel

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Bella Ramsey

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Abby Anderson

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Young Mazino

Jesse

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Isabela Merced

Dina

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Danny Ramirez

Manny

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Ariela Barer

Mel

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Tati Gabrielle

Nora

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Spencer Lord

Owen

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Jeffrey Wright

Isaac Dixon

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Catherine O'Hara

Unknown

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The Last Of Us Season 2 Story Details
Season 1 Set Up Several Major Conflicts
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The Last of Us season 2 story details reveal that some parts of season 2 will explore the events in-between Part I and Part II

The Last of Us season 2 story details reveal that some parts of season 2 will explore the events in-between Part I and Part II. While in the game, Joel's death occurs very early on, he may live quite a bit longer in The Last of Us season 2 to explore the new character dynamic. With them also promising to show new deadly Cordyceps variant stages, the show's lore will likely be explored more too. While Druckmann and Mazin may have made a few changes to the source material, likely, The Last of Us season 2 will eventually come back to set up the conflict between Abby, Ellie, and Joel.

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HBO released a teaser in August 2024 that hypes up their future slate for the end of 2024 and into 2025. The Last of Us season 2 occupies the longest chunk in the teaser and features footage of Joel being interviewed by Catherine O'Hara's new character. Furthermore, several big action sequences are shown, as well as small glimpses of Jeffrey Wright as Isaac and Isabel Merced as Dina.

In September 2024, HBO released a full teaser for The Last of Us season 2, and it reveals a lot about what's to come. Framed by an interview between Joel and Catherine O'Hara's mystery character, the trailer flashes back and forth between good times at the Wyoming settlement, and the terrible moment when the infected invade. Hanging over everything is Joel's choice at the end of season 1, something that could drive a wedge between himself and Ellie.

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The Last Of Us is a television adaptation of the acclaimed video game, set in a post-apocalyptic world where a smuggler named Joel (Pedro Pascal) is tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie (Bella Ramsey), across the ravaged United States. Along their journey, they must confront various threats from both infected creatures and hostile human factions. The show is produced by HBO and created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann.

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