The Last of Us season two gets release date – and it’s sooner than we thought

Pedro Pascal in HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The Last Of Us. (Image: Liane Hentscher/HBO)

HBO’s adaptation of the hit video game The Last of Us is finally returning for its long awaited second season as the network has just announced the next series will start airing from 2 April.

The Pedro Pascal-fronted series was a mammoth hit in 2023, thanks to its epic, sprawling plot and tender queer storylines with actors Bella Ramsey and Murray Bartlett.

Just as the first season covered the events of the first video game, the second season will cover the storyline of the game’s sequel, The Last of Us: Part II, taking place five years on from where we left Joel and Ellie.

One of the series’ showrunners Craig Mazin recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about

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