HBO’s The Last of Us returns for its highly anticipated second season this April, and now we’ve learned a key piece of information about it. Showrunner Craig Mazin said in an interview that Season 2 will not follow the timeline of the game exactly. It will depart from the game’s timeline, but Mazin didn’t say how–only that the changes from the game were made with care and designed to tell the best story for TV.
“We certainly are going to mess around with time the way it was in the source material… we messed around in ways that we felt were appropriate for the show,” Mazin told Entertainment Weekly. “When I say ‘messed around,’ I mean scientifically determined in a narrative way what we thought would be most impactful.”
The Last of Us: Part II the game told its story through a non-linear setup as well, as players bounced between playing as Ellie and Abby. The other showrunner, Neil Druckmann, said revealing the story structure for The Last of Us Season 2 would be a spoiler, but he did confirm the team “tried different things” before settling on what will show up on screen.
“I don’t even know if it’s worth mentioning where we landed because I think that’s part of the fun for people familiar with the game to see how we approached that challenge in the show,” he said. “I will just say that we gave it a lot of thought and tried different things. There are some deviations of where we place things.”
The interview was packed with updates on The Last of Us Season 2. The showrunners also confirmed that Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) did not bulk up to match Abby in the game and that Season 2 will introduce a character who was only mentioned in the games. They also revealed that Season 2 will add a brand-new character not from the games.
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The creative team behind The Last of Us TV show is expecting fans to have strong opinions about Season 2. Mazin previously said he anticipates “furor” over Season 2 and the departures from the game. Mazin said he is only trying to do what is right for the story, even if people don’t like it.
“We don’t operate to either make people happy on social media or avoid making them upset. We just do what we think is right, and we hope that people come along for the ride and enjoy it,” he said.
The Last of Us Season 2 debuts this April on HBO and Max. A specific release date hasn’t been announced yet. In any event, April will be a big month for video game adaptations, as A Minecraft Movie (April 4) and the Until Dawn movie (April 25) also debut that month.
As for the game series, Druckmann has heavily teased that The Last of Us Part 3 is in the works. Developer Naughty Dog has two single-player games in the works now, including Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and a second that many believe to be The Last of Us Part 3.
The Last of Us Part II Remastered, meanwhile, comes to PC this April–and it requires a PSN account.
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