HBO‘s The Final Of Us adaptation has obtained an enormous inventive shake-up – discover out extra under.
Yesterday (July 2), Neil Druckmann – Naughty Dog boss, co-creator of The Final Of Us video games, director and co-writer on of the HBO sequence – introduced that he can be stepping away from season three of the TV present.
“I’ve made the troublesome choice to step away from my inventive involvement in The Final Of Us on HBO. With work accomplished on season 2 and earlier than any significant work begins on season 3, now’s the correct time for me to transition my full focus to Naughty Canine and its future initiatives, together with writing and directing our thrilling subsequent sport, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, together with my tasks as Studio Head and Head of Artistic,” he wrote in an announcement.
He mirrored on his work on the HBO sequence, together with directing a number of episodes and writing: “Co-creating the present has been a profession spotlight. It’s been an honour to work alongside Craig Mazin to government produce, direct and write on the final two seasons. I’m deeply grateful for the considerate strategy and dedication the proficient forged and crew took to adapting The Final Of Us Half I and the continued adaptation of The Final Of Us Half II.”
— Naughty Canine (@Naughty_Dog) July 2, 2025
Following his announcement, Halley Gross – who co-wrote The Final Of Us Half II and was a author and government producer on the HBO sequence additionally introduced that she can be stepping again from her “day-to-day work” on the sequence. “I’ve some actually rad initiatives forward that I can’t wait to share, however for now, I need to categorical my gratitude to everybody who introduced Ellie and Joel’s world to life with such care.”
Artistic management for the Final Of Us season three – which can discover the story advised within the second half of the Final Of Us Half II sport – will now relaxation solely with Craig Mazin – the writers room will embrace Mazin, a Naughty Canine employees and one different author.
Mazin has issued his personal assertion, per Deadline: “It’s been a inventive dream to work with Neil and convey an adaptation of his good work to life on HBO. I couldn’t have requested for a extra beneficiant inventive associate. As a real fan of Naughty Canine and Neil’s work in video video games, I’m past excited to play his subsequent sport. Whereas he focuses on that, I’ll proceed to work with our good forged and crew to ship the present our viewers has come to anticipate. We’re so grateful to Neil and Halley Gross for entrusting the unbelievable story of The Final Of Us Half II to us, and we’re simply as grateful to the thousands and thousands of individuals around the globe who tune in.”
Season three is about to give attention to the Abby character, although Mazin has teased that Joel (Pedro Pascal) will return: “We haven’t even seen the final of lots of people who’re presently useless within the story.”
Moreover, Mazin has been vocal of the present needing 4 seasons in whole to wrap up, that means a further assortment of episodes will probably be within the works following season three. Nevertheless, it’s not clear what season 4 will entail, as season three will seemingly full the story advised within the second sport. A 3rd sport has not been introduced.
In a four-star evaluation of The Final Of Us season two, Nick Levine wrote for NME: “At its finest, The Final Of Us is unsettling sufficient to make you query your personal hypothetical ethical code. When day by day is about survival and making sense of post-apocalyptic chaos, does taking a life develop into simpler, or in some way even tougher? This present doesn’t simply go deep narratively – it additionally cuts deep emotionally.”
‘The Final Of Us’ season two is out there to observe within the UK on Sky Atlantic and NOW