{"id":75159,"date":"2025-06-02T07:37:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=75159"},"modified":"2025-06-02T07:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:37:55","slug":"the-last-of-us-season-3-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/the-last-of-us-season-3-details\/75159\/","title":{"rendered":"Is \u2018The Last of Us\u2019 season 3 already in the making? Release date, latest updates and more about the exciting show!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/tag\/the-last-of-us\/\">Last of Us<\/a> Season 3 is the only thing on our 2026 bucket list!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"671\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/tag\/the-last-of-us-season-2\/\">Last of Us Season 2<\/a> will be remembered forever because it depicted the death of Joel, played by Pedro Pascal. This was a huge moment that shocked and upset many fans of the original video game by Naughty Dog, which told the same story. Joel and Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey, were such a strong team that it\u2019s hard to imagine anyone else like them. But after Joel\u2019s painful and violent death, Ellie isn\u2019t completely alone. In Season 2, she has Dina, played by Isabela Merced, by her side as they travel to Seattle. Their goal is to find Abby, the woman who killed Joel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"673\" data-end=\"1218\">But Abby\u2019s side of the story is important too. Season 2 actually starts by showing her life. Abby is the daughter of a doctor who worked for a group called the Fireflies. These Fireflies were trying to find a cure for a deadly infection called the Cordyceps pandemic. But in the Season 1 finale, Joel killed Abby\u2019s father and the other people at the hospital because he found out the cure would have meant killing Ellie. Abby then decided to take revenge by killing Joel. Now, Ellie is following a similar path, seeking revenge for Joel\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1220\" data-end=\"1483\">HBO has already decided to make a third season of The Last of Us, even before Season 2 came out in April 2025. Season 2 primarily tells the story from the video game The Last of Us Part II, and it appears that Season 3 will continue to follow the story from the games as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKH5_r8sNzt\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKH5_r8sNzt\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1608\">\n<h2><em><strong>The Last of Us<\/strong><\/em><strong> Season 3 latest news: What did the showrunners discuss?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"445\">On May 23, HBO hosted a special press event to talk about the Season 2 finale of The Last of Us. The showrunners, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, who are the main people responsible for creating the show, sat down to share their thoughts. They talked about the big choices they made while making Season 2 and gave some sneak peeks about what fans can expect in the future.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"765\">One important thing they discussed was why they decided to tell part of the story from Abby\u2019s point of view. Abby is the woman who caused a lot of pain by killing Joel, but the creators wanted viewers to understand her side too. This gave the story more depth and made it clear that things aren\u2019t just black and white.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"1005\">They also talked about the ongoing conflict between two groups in the show, the Washington Liberation Front, or WLF, and the Seraphites. These groups are fighting for control, and their war is a big part of the story\u2019s tension and drama.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1007\" data-end=\"1247\">Lastly, they opened up about a very emotional moment in Season 2: the death of Jesse, a character played by Young Mazino. His death was brutal and heartbreaking, and the showrunners explained why they chose to include this difficult moment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1421\">\n<h2><strong><em>The Last of Us\u00a0<\/em>Season 3 release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"614\">The Last of Us Season 1 premiered in January 2023, followed by Season 2, which debuted on April 13, 2025. Following this timeline, fans can expect roughly a two-year gap before Season 3 arrives. However, the production of the first season was delayed due to the 2023 writers\u2019 strike, which disrupted many TV and film projects as writers fought for fair wages and better working conditions. 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This structure mirrors the video game <em data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"449\">The Last of Us Part II<\/em>, where players first live through the events as Ellie, only to then revisit the same timeline through Abby\u2019s eyes, offering a deeper, more layered understanding of the story.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"1213\">During the virtual finale press conference, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann were asked whether Season 3 will adopt this same approach. While they didn\u2019t give a concrete answer, Mazin hinted at what\u2019s to come: \u201cAll I can say is we haven\u2019t seen the last of Kaitlyn Dever [Abby], and we haven\u2019t seen the last of Bella Ramsey [Ellie], and we haven\u2019t seen the last of Isabela Merced [Dina], and we haven\u2019t seen the last of a lot of people who are currently dead in the story.\u201d Druckmann added, \u201cWhether you will see them on screen or not, their presence will be there throughout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1837\">Though the amount of screen time Ellie will get in Season 3 remains unclear, one confirmed focus is the growing conflict between the Washington Liberation Front (WLF) and the Seraphites, two rival factions that play a major role in the series\u2019 world. According to Mazin, the team was intentional about how much of these groups were revealed in Season 2. \u201cWe wanted them mostly to be experienced through the lens of people that didn\u2019t understand who they were,\u201d he explained, referring to Ellie and Dina\u2019s point of view. \u201cAnd we wanted to give the audience an introduction in some way to the simplicity of what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1839\" data-end=\"2319\">He elaborated on how the Seraphites, often referred to as \u201cScars\u201d, were portrayed in Season 2. \u201cThis is a group of clearly, when we meet them, religious people who aren\u2019t fanatics, but they all have these strange scars on their faces, they all dress the same, and they are afraid of either demons or wolves,\u201d Mazin said. At first, when Ellie and Dina stumble upon the aftermath of a massacre, the Seraphites appear to be victims, almost innocent. But that image quickly shifts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2321\" data-end=\"2815\">\u201cThe next time [Ellie and Dina] encounter them, it\u2019s not the case that they\u2019re all innocents,\u201d Mazin continued. \u201cSome people who are part of this group hang and disembowel WLF soldiers. And that\u2019s when we all realise, we don\u2019t know who the good guy is. Possibly, there is no good guy.\u201d He added that the WLF emerged from ordinary people and defected soldiers, giving them a grounded origin. 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However, fans shouldn\u2019t be surprised if some familiar faces who met their end also reappear. As showrunner Craig Mazin teased, \u201cwe haven\u2019t seen the last of a lot of people who are currently dead in the story,\u201d hinting that flashbacks, memories, or other narrative twists may bring them back into focus.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"599\">Expected returning cast for Season 3:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"796\">\n<li data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"632\">\n<p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"632\"><strong data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"619\">Bella Ramsey<\/strong> as <em data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"630\">Ellie<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"665\">\n<p data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"665\"><strong data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"653\">Isabela Merced<\/strong> as <em data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"663\">Dina<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"697\">\n<p data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"697\"><strong data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"685\">Kaitlyn Dever<\/strong> as <em data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"695\">Abby<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"729\">\n<p data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"729\"><strong data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"716\">Gabriel Luna<\/strong> as <em data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"727\">Tommy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"762\">\n<p data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"762\"><strong data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"749\">Rutina Wesley<\/strong> as <em data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"760\">Maria<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"796\">\n<p data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"796\"><strong data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"783\">Jeffrey Wright<\/strong> as <em data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"794\">Isaac<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"1166\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With the story likely to dive deeper into Abby\u2019s perspective and the WLF\u2013Seraphite conflict, many of these characters will play a central role in shaping the emotional and moral complexities of the upcoming season. And if the creative team continues to explore multiple timelines or backstories, fans can expect even more familiar faces to reappear in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"1166\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>How to watch<\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0The Last of Us\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Both Season 1 and Season 2 of <em>The Last of Us<\/em> are currently available to stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.max.com\/\">Max<\/a>, making it easy for viewers to catch up or rewatch the series ahead of Season 3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s everything we know so far about The Last of Us Season 3\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":75160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[2344,28448],"class_list":["post-75159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-the-last-of-us","tag-the-last-of-us-season-3"],"reading_time":"7 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}