(Lille) Fans of the series The Last of Us will have to be patient: season 2 should not be released until 2025, according to statements to AFP by the CEO of the American channel HBO, Casey Bloys, passing through Thursday in Lille at the Series Mania festival.
When can we expect to reunite with the duo formed by Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey)? “I don’t know […] somewhere in 2025,” replies the American boss about HBO’s latest big hit.
Adapted from the eponymous video game, The Last of Us, a post-apocalyptic thriller in which military dictatorship and zombies are rampant, has won over millions of viewers around the world and won great critical acclaim, unlike previous adaptations from the world of video games.
“You never know how a show is going to work”, this one is “very well done in every way” and “people recognize the quality”, commented Casey Bloys.
Season 2 will build on the second part of the video game, which could be split into two seasons, said Casey Bloys.
Another juggernaut of the chain, on the other hand, is preparing to bow out with the final season of Succession, broadcast from Sunday in the United States.
“It was totally Jesse’s decision and I think following the creators is generally the right thing to do […] Of course I would have liked more, but that’s the way it is “said Casey Bloys.
He would also like to produce other series anchored like her and The White Lotus “in the present, without special effects, without mythology” costly financially and in time, as are The Last of Us and House of the dragon, the derivative from Game of Thrones.
The expensive anticipation series Westworld was thus canceled at the end of its fourth season, which “for some unknown reason did not reach as many people as the previous ones” according to him.
Nearly a year after WarnerMedia, HBO’s parent company, merged with Discovery, resulting in layoffs, “we’re in a good place as a company,” he said. “There’s been a lot of restructuring, but the good news is we’re past that stage.”
