Hbo Confirms The Last Of Us Season 3 Will Arrive In 2027

If you’re each caught up connected The Last of Us (the TV type that is) past you’ll cognize that season two made clear that erstwhile nan show returns it will attraction a batch much connected Kaitlyn’s Dever’s Abby. But it sounds for illustration we’re going to person to hold a while to spot that broadside of nan communicative unfold.

Speaking to Variety off nan backmost of The Last of Us netting HBO 16 Emmy nominations this week, nan company’s CEO, Casey Bloys, said play 3 is "definitely planned for 2027." Bloys didn’t connection immoderate much circumstantial accusation astir nan merchandise window, but nan adjacent batch of episodes arriving successful nan first half of 2027 would beryllium accordant pinch nan astir two-year spread betwixt seasons 1 and two.

The HBO Max main besides told Variety that a determination has yet to beryllium made connected whether nan remaining chunk of communicative from The Last of Us Part II will beryllium adapted into much than 1 further season. Bloys said that nan determination is being near to showrunner Craig Mazin. Mazin’s determination apt won’t impact input from Neil Druckmann, though. The Naughty Dog workplace caput and co-creator of nan eponymous video crippled bid stepped distant from his domiciled connected nan show aft play two. But Bloys unsurprisingly doesn’t deliberation (publicly astatine least) that Druckmann’s departure will impact nan improvement of play three.

"It was awesome to person Neil involved. A batch of group don’t recognize that Neil has a afloat clip occupation creating video games and moving Naughty Dog. It’s a really large occupation that he’s got. So I understand why he needs to attraction connected that," he told Variety. "But I judge he’s fixed america a bully blueprint pinch nan show. And evidently Craig is simply a pro, truthful I deliberation we’ll beryllium successful fantabulous shape. I’m not worried astatine all."

If you are looking for a measurement to span nan spread betwixt now and what could beryllium nan last play of The Last of Us, a replay of nan crippled it’s based connected mightiness beryllium nan measurement to go. Last week, Naughty Dog introduced a caller Chronological Mode to nan remastered type of nan sequel that ditches nan game’s predominant flashback sequences to attraction connected Ellie and Abby’s respective Seattle plotlines arsenic they unfold.