Overview
- HBO CEO Casey Bloys said the third season "certainly seems" to be the final one, while emphasizing that showrunners will make the decision.
- Season three is tentatively slated for 2027, and the network has not decided whether it will be a single extended season or part of a longer plan.
- Showrunner Craig Mazin has previously said the adaptation would likely need more than one additional season and has discussed a three-to-five-season arc.
- Creative leadership has shifted as Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross depart the series, consolidating control under Mazin.
- Season two recorded a reported 56% drop in its finale audience versus season one and drew vocal fan criticism, which star Bella Ramsey said would not influence the production.