The Final of Us Season 2’s New Trailer Asks Us If We’re Able to Damage Once more

Throughout CES, Sony and Naughty Dog revealed a brand new trailer for the second season of HBO’s Emmy-winning sequence The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. And now we all know when it’s popping out.

It’s our first glimpse on the present’s future since a teaser trailer launched on the very finish of September. The 2-minute teaser, which drew many referential parallels to its 2020 Recreation of the Yr-winning progenitor, picks up 5 years after the first season’s climactic events. In it, we see Joel (Miller) and Ellie (Ramsey)’s found-family relationship unravel because the pair develop other than that monumental second within the first season’s finale.

Sadly, the age-old adage of no relaxation for the depraved extends to the undead and the residing because the duo fights to outlive. As with its first season, time will inform whether or not the upcoming season of The Final of Us will dogmatically comply with the story beats of its supply materials or mess around with them in creative and expansive methods. We’re hoping for the latter.

Becoming a member of Pascal and Ramsey to finish the present’s forged are Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Isabela Merced as Dina (Ellie’s new love curiosity), and Younger Mazino as Jesse. Much like the earlier season that includes online game Joel and Ellie actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson in cameos, the second season of The Final of Us will see Jeffrey Wright reprising his function as Isaac from the sport. Further forged members for the season embody Ariela Barer as Mel, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Spencer Lord as Owen, Danny Ramirez as Manny, and fellow returning actors Gabriel Luna and Rutina Wesley as Tommy and Maria, respectively.

In io9’s evaluation of The Last of Us, we lauded the present as the very best online game adaption ever, writing, “The season has just a few peaks and valleys, however the valleys are by no means that low, and the peaks get extremely excessive, leading to an outstanding season of tv, destined to be one of many yr’s finest.”

The Final of Us season two is slated to premiere on HBO and Max a while in April.

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