HBO renewed The Final of Us for a 3rd season earlier than season two even got here out. That being mentioned, it looks like we’re going to have to attend years to see what occurs after that huge cliffhanger. And issues look much more murky now that Neil Druckmann has left the present. Right here’s every thing we find out about The Final of Us season three — the when, and most significantly maybe, who.
By no means thoughts that, when are they going to put in writing the dang factor? Sequence co-creator Neil Druckmann introduced he was leaving The Final of Us on July 2. “With work accomplished on Season 2 and earlier than any significant work begins on Season 3, now could be the fitting time for me to transition my full focus to Naughty Canine and its future tasks,” he mentioned in a press release on the Naughty Canine Instagram. So there’s been no significant work on season 3? Yikes.
In a press convention Might 23, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (who was nonetheless with the present on the time) mentioned they nonetheless didn’t understand how a lot Ellie, Dina, Tommy, and Jesse can be in season three, which signifies they in all probability haven’t completed — or probably even began — writing it. Bella Ramsey says they haven’t seen scripts but, backing up this concept. “I haven’t seen any scripts, however sure, I do count on that,” Ramsey mentioned. “I believe that I’m going to be there, however not a complete bunch. We’ve had conversations about that. I type of have a tough concept of what it’s going to be, however I can’t let you know.” Mazin is aware of it’s time to get the lead out. “It’s getting more durable to make, as a result of each episode will get huge,” he instructed Selection. “You don’t wish to wait 4 years for a 17-episode end, or no matter it’s.”
Similar to within the sport, this subsequent season of The Final of Us can be a perspective flip. As a substitute of following Ramsey’s Ellie, season three can be all about Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby. Dever is at present filming Godzilla x Kong: Supernova. However as soon as that wraps, possibly it’s time for some zombies?
At a FYC panel on June 10, Neil Druckmann confirmed that Dever can be the protagonist of The Final of Us season three. “I believe it was good to go on that journey to finish up at HBO, find yourself at a spot that leaned into these controversial choices,” he mentioned, referring to Joel’s loss of life close to the start of season two. “However the choices are simply what the story required, and even now, it’s like I can’t consider that they allow us to construction the sequence on this manner. Which means like we simply ended season two, and season three goes to be starring — spoiler alert — Kaitlyn.”
At that very same FYC panel, Mazin and Druckmann mentioned season three can be extra The Manner of Water and fewer Hearth & Ash, to place it in Avatar phrases. “It’s extra of a water season than a fireplace season,” Druckmann mentioned. Mazin backed him up, saying, “It’s a wetter season than a warmer season.” And anybody who performs video video games is aware of, water ranges are a ache within the butt.