Overview

• HBO has renewed The Last of Us for Season 3, with production expected to begin in 2026 and a premiere anticipated in 2027.
• Kaitlyn Dever confirms she will feature heavily as Abby, stating she’ll “be in it a lot” in the upcoming season.
• Showrunner Craig Mazin told Dever that Season 3 will be “even more intense than Season 2,” signaling darker, more emotional stakes ahead.
• Season 2’s aquarium confrontation was reworked to replace a planned hand-to-hand brawl from the game with a single gunshot for realism given the cast’s physical dynamics.
• Reviewers praised the series’ performances and visual craft but criticized Season 2’s condensed scope and pacing for blunting its emotional resonance.