(Lille) Fans of the series The Last of Us will have to be patient: season 2 should not be released until 2025, according to statements to AFP by the CEO of the American channel HBO, Casey Bloys, passing through Lille on Thursday at the Series Mania festival.
When can we expect to find the duo formed by Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey)? ” I don’t know […] somewhere in 2025, ”replies the American boss about HBO’s latest big hit.
Adapted from the eponymous video game, The Last of Usa post-apocalyptic thriller where military dictatorship and zombies rage, has won over millions of viewers around the world and won great critical acclaim, unlike previous adaptations from the world of video games.
“You never know how a series will work”, this one is “very well done from every point of view” and “people recognize the quality”, comments Casey Bloys.
Season 2 will be based on the second part of the video game, which could be cut into two seasons, indicated Casey Bloys.
Another juggernaut of the chain, on the other hand, is preparing to bow out with the final season of Successionairing from Sunday in the United States.
“It was totally Jesse’s decision and I think following creators is generally the right thing to do. […] Of course, I would have liked more, but that’s how it is,” said Casey Bloys.
He would also like to produce other anchored series like her and The White Lotus “in the present, without special effects, without mythology” costly financially and in time, as are The Last of Us And house of the dragonthe derivative of game of thrones.
The expensive series of anticipation Westworld was thus canceled at the end of its fourth season, which “for some unknown reason did not reach as many people as the previous ones” according to him.
Nearly a year after WarnerMedia, HBO’s parent company, merged with Discovery, which resulted in layoffs, “we’re in a good place as a company,” he said. “There has been a lot of restructuring, but the good news is that we are past that point.”