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Forbes
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Some Disappointing News About ‘The Last Of Us' Season 3's Release Date
The Last of Us HBO I know many viewers of The Last of Us season 2 finale were a bit confused when they suddenly realized that episode 7 was in fact the finale, rather than the show making it to a traditional 8-episode season, or 9 episodes like season 1. Unfortunately, there's more bad news, as that cliffhanger ending is not going to be resolved any time soon. No seasons were shot back to back, and this is going to now lurch into a traditionally massive gap between seasons, like we unfortunately see with so many big shows nowadays. And it's especially bad for The Last of Us for a few reasons. Right now we have zero idea when The Last of Us season 3 will even start filming after the 2025 finale here. The likely answer is not until 2026. Even the show's lead actor, Bella Ramsey, barely understands the scope of their role in season 3. From Variety: 'I haven't seen any scripts, but yes, I do expect that,' they said. 'I think that I'm going to be there, but not a whole bunch. We've had conversations about that. I sort of have a rough idea of what it's going to be, but I can't tell you.' The Last of Us HBO Again, if you haven't even given your head a script yet (though Ramsey will not be leading season 3, that will be Kaitlyn Dever's Abby), that is not very promising for a timely filming and release schedule for season 3. So our best estimate has to be the gap between seasons 1 and 2. That's a 28-month gap between seasons, two years and four months. Just ridiculous. And if we're doing delayed filming resulting in a similar gap? 28 months from the April 2025 release is August 2027. This will also return not even to immediately resolve the cliffhanger where Abby seemingly shoots Ellie, as most of that season is going to be Abby's story occurring at the same time as Ellie's story this past season. And are we going to wait another 28 months for another seven episodes? Probably. Especially given that now Craig Mazin is saying they have to do a fourth season. Guess what 28 months after August 2027 is? December 2029. About seven years to finish adapting two video games. Absurd. This is the world we live in now, but because of the way The Last of Us decided to structure its Abby and Ellie stories, similar to the game but an idea that works poorly onscreen, this is going to feel even worse. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Did you know Kaitlyn Dever faced personal tragedy just days before her powerful scene in 'The Last of Us'
Kaitlyn Dever 's haunting debut as Abby in 'The Last of Us' Season 2 was already emotionally charged — but few knew that the actress was quietly carrying her own devastating grief behind the scenes. In a recent interview with GQ, the rising star revealed that she filmed her first intense scene — discovering her character's father's dead body after he's shot by Pedro Pascal 's Joel — just days after burying her own mother, who had been battling cancer for 14 years. 'Even though death is part of the human experience, we are not meant to be used to grief,' Dever reflected. 'Watching your best friend die… I had just experienced that.' Shooting the emotionally gut-wrenching scene so soon after her real-life loss was, in her words, 'gut-wrenching.' The actress admitted that repeating the lines in a scene that eerily mirrored her own trauma made it all the more painful. 'That was a crazy line to repeat over and over again because I had just seen her. She wasn't alive anymore, and I saw her body in the hospital.' To navigate the overwhelming pain, Dever turned to words that brought her comfort — a heartfelt speech by Andrew Garfield after the loss of his mother. She shared how watching Garfield open up about grief gave her strength. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Buy Brass Idols - Handmade Brass Statues for Home & Gifting Luxeartisanship Buy Now Undo 'I would Google it and watch it often… because I always felt like the worst thing in my life that could happen was losing my best friend. And I always thought that I wouldn't be able to go on. But then I'd look at Andrew and think, well, his life seems to be moving forward.' Despite the emotional toll, Dever channeled her grief into a performance that has already struck a chord with audiences. In a poignant tribute shared publicly after her mother's passing, the Booksmart actress wrote, 'Thank you for fighting so hard for us for so long. I'll be broken forever without you. You were the greatest mom and wife.' She also credited her mother for the unshakable bond she shares with her sisters, Mady and Jane, and their father, writing, 'We'll always have each other to lean on because of you.' As Kaitlyn Dever steps further into the spotlight with one of the most anticipated roles in television, she does so carrying the memory of the woman who shaped her — with strength, vulnerability, and the quiet power of resilience. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
UPI
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Famous birthdays for May 27: Andre 3000, Richard Schiff
TV // 1 day ago 'Last of Us' family helped calm the nerves of S2 newbie Kaitlyn Dever NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- Kaitlyn Dever says she has had a long personal history with "The Last of Us" and felt overwhelmed with emotion when she was hired to star in HBO's adaptation of the blockbuster video game.
The Guardian
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
The Last of Us recap: season two, episode seven – well, that was a frustrating finale
This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen episodes one to six. Typical. For the back half of this season, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) has been hunting high and low for Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) in Seattle, desperate to avenge the brutal killing of Joel (Pedro Pascal). But ultimately it was Abby who ambushed Ellie, at exactly the worst possible time. As season-ending cliffhangers go, it certainly served to turbo-charge the suspense. Just who will be left alive after that final panicked gunshot in the theatre lobby? Even before that emotionally charged confrontation, this finale had been carefully ratcheting up the tension. There were heartbreaking confessions, a close call with disembowelment and at least one deeply regrettable death, all as an ominous tempest rumbled overhead. Do they still name storms in the post-apocalyptic year of 2029? Call this one Storm Metaphor: dark, relentless and getting increasingly violent as the night went on. Let's look at how it all shook out. Last time we saw Dina (Isabela Merced), she had just taken a Seraphite crossbow bolt to the thigh. Back in the relative refuge of the theatre, Jesse (Young Mazino) scrambles to fix up his ex-girlfriend's wound in true frontier medicine style (splash some alcohol on it, push the arrow out). When Ellie belatedly returns, it is Dina's turn to play nurse, tending to her heavily bruised back. With her shirt off, the usually tough-as-nails Ellie suddenly seemed physically vulnerable. She opens up emotionally, too, telling Dina about hurting Nora (Tati Gabrielle) to get information about Abby's location. While she managed to extract a couple of cryptic clues (talk of a 'whale' and a 'wheel'), Ellie is now more struck by how quickly she took to torture: 'I thought it would be harder to do.' This soul-baring spills over into finally telling Dina the truth about what Joel did in Salt Lake City, and how Ellie finally figured it all out. It's a lot for poor Dina – pregnant, seriously injured and cooped up in a war zone with both the father of her baby and her new girlfriend – to process. The next morning Jesse is itching to meet back up with Joel's brother, Tommy (Gabriel Luna), and get the hell out of Seattle. He and Ellie leave the hobbling Dina to barricade herself into the theatre while they strike out for the bookstore rendezvous. En route they witness a skirmish between a lone Seraphite and six aggressive WLF troops, and Ellie is all for wading in, guns blazing, to save the boy. It's impulse-driven compassion, but to the exasperated Jesse it reads like recklessness. The tension between them foreshadows Ellie's fateful decision later in the day. A quick check-in with the WLF leadership: sombre leader Isaac (Jeffrey Wright) and his loyal lieutenant Elise (Hettienne Park) are planning their big assault on the island home of the Seraphites. The storm gathering above seems like a bad omen, but it may provide useful cover for their beach landing operation. Isaac is hung up on the continued absence of Owen (Spencer Lord), Mel (Ariela Barer) and particularly Abby. 'You in love with her or something?' half-jokes Elise, which seems like a risky thing to say to your superior. But we learn that Isaac has chosen Abby as the best of her young generation to lead the WLF and 'secure their future'. As we haven't spent much time with Abby this season, it's some useful context as to how she fits in with the militia. Back at the bookstore rendezvous, there's no sign of Tommy. But some WLF radio chatter interrupts Jesse and Ellie's frenemy bickering and alerts them to a nearby sniper. As they know the Seraphites don't use guns, they surmise it must be Tommy, and ascend to a decent vantage point to try to spot him. That's when Ellie spots a ferris wheel and guesses that Abby must be holed up in a nearby flooded aquarium. She has a clear-cut choice: help save Tommy or pursue a flimsy lead on Abby for revenge. To Jesse's disgust she chooses the latter. The storm is really whipping up now. Down at the shore, Ellie sees a fleet of WLF boats pushing through the rain toward their invasion target. She manages to find her own little speedboat, but as she sets course for the aquarium it soon becomes clear she is in over her head – heaving waves tip her out of the boat, onto a beach and into the hands of the Seraphites. We've seen how this cult treats outsiders: hanging them by the neck and disembowelling them with very unhygienic-looking sickles. Despite her protests, Ellie is strung up and about to be sliced open when an alarm horn from their besieged village scatters her attackers. Phew! This, of course, would be the perfect time to count your blessings and retreat. But Ellie has come too far and invested too much. She completes her journey to the aquarium, taking time out to methodically dry Joel's revolver and bullets. As she advances through the darkened corridors, she hears the voices of Owen and Mel. Soon she is threatening to kill them if they don't tell her where to find Abby. Owen pretends to cooperate but it is just a ruse to get closer to his gun. All that WLF training is for naught: Ellie shoots him dead and Mel takes a bullet to the neck. As Mel begins to bleed out, Ellie realises with horror that she is pregnant and is using her final, gasping breaths to implore her killer to save her baby by improvising a C-section with a knife. Despite her usual gumption, Ellie is completely overwhelmed by the situation and cannot bring herself to do anything. That's when Tommy and Jesse swoop in and whisk Ellie back to the relative safety of the theatre. She is wrestling with the carnage she has caused but still struggles with the idea of leaving Seattle with her revenge quest incomplete. If she doesn't kill Abby, then what was the point of all the others dying? But the group are determined to return to Jackson, so Joel will remain unavenged. 'Are you able to make your peace with that?' asks Tommy. They vow to leave at first light. It has certainly been an eventful three days in Seattle. But as Ellie and Jesse patch up their tattered friendship in the auditorium, they hear shouts and shots coming from the lobby. As they burst through the doors, they are greeted by gunplay. Jesse takes the brunt of it, and looks like a goner. Abby has tracked them down and seeing Ellie only seems to enrage her more. 'You,' she hisses. Ellie tries to offer up her life in exchange for sparing the wounded Tommy, but Abby simply doesn't want to hear it: 'I let you live … and you wasted it!' A gunshot cuts to darkness. It's a long enough pause to imagine every horrible potential outcome. Then we are back with Abby in a cluttered WLF compound. There is the briefest glimpse of Manny (Danny Ramirez), the final accomplice to Joel's murder, who says that Isaac wants to see them. Abby wanders out to reveal she is in a sports stadium repurposed as a settlement. A final caption confirms that this is Seattle Day One, when Ellie and Dina first arrived in the city. Rewinding the clocks seems to be preparing the ground to tell Abby's side of the story next time. But ending with a focus on a character who has been so elusive throughout season two feels a little frustrating. And who knows how long it will be before we learn exactly what went down in that lobby. RIP Owen and Mel. If you count poor infected Nora, that means Ellie has crossed out three of the five young WLF members on her kill list. But what were the pair conspiring about when Ellie ambushed them? It feels as though there is a lot more WLF backstory to be revealed in future seasons. Back in episode three it felt safe to assume Jesse had voted in favour of hunting down and executing Joel's killers. But during one of his various exasperated exchanges with Ellie he revealed he was actually one of the eight council members who voted against the motion. Jesse also mentioned that while infiltrating the city, he and Tommy had found Ellie's horse, Shimmer – last spotted back in episode four – thankfully safe and well in that hipster record shop. A third season of The Last of Us was confirmed before season two even launched. But would that be enough to finish adapting all of the second (and so far final) game? Last week co-showrunner Craig Mazin suggested that season three might end up being longer, and that his hopes were pinned on a fourth season to wrap up the story. What did you think? Did this feel like a satisfying end to season two? What do you hope is explored in the next season? Have your say below, but please avoid spoilers from the game …
Forbes
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Is Ellie Dead? ‘The Last Of Us' Season 2 Finale, Explained
Bella Ramsey as Ellie in 'The Last Of Us' season 2 finale The season 2 finale of HBO's The Last Of Us sees Ellie (Bella Ramsey) face the consequences of her actions, emphasizing the cyclical nature of violence. The shocking murder of Joel (Pedro Pascal) at the beginning of the season by Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) and her gang motivates Ellie to undertake a dangerous journey into Seattle, as she hunts down Joel's killer. Ironically, Abby and Ellie share the same motivation, as Abby's father was murdered during the infamous massacre of The Last of Us season one finale, in which Joel demonstrated just how far he was willing to go to save Ellie. The season 2 finale teaches Ellie the ugly reality of revenge. Spoilers Ahead Having tortured a couple of words out of Nora (Tati Gabrielle) in a previous episode, Ellie now has a clue about Abby's whereabouts. Nora uttered the words 'whale' and 'wheel,' before Ellie drops her weapon and leaves her to succumb to the fungal parasite. Ellie is disturbed by her own willingness to torture, and when she confesses to Dina (Isabela Merced), she finally reveals why Abby wanted to kill Joel in the first place. Dina, having realized that Joel was no innocent victim, decides that they all need to drop the revenge fantasy, and return home. Ellie and Jesse (Young Mazino) then head out to find Tommy (Gabriel Luna) so that they can finally leave the wastelands of Seattle. While Jesse tries his best to impart some wisdom to Ellie, emphasizing that community is more important than individual wants, especially during the end of the world, Ellie just can't let go of her thirst for vengeance. When Ellie spies a Ferris wheel and aquarium on the horizon, she understands Nora's 'wheel' and 'whale,' and abandons her responsibility to find Tommy. Soon, Ellie is riding a motorboat through a terrible storm, and is ill-equipped to handle the danger, washing up near a Seraphite camp. The Seraphites (Scars) are engaged in a complicated conflict with the W.L.F. (Wolves), and unluckily for Ellie, the Scars are cultists that practice human sacrifice. Just before she can be disemboweled, Ellie is saved by a fortunate attack from the Wolves, and walks away intact. Seemingly having learned nothing, Ellie gets back on the boat and heads to the aquarium, where she finds two members of Abby's crew—Owen (Spencer Lord) and Mel (Ariela Barer). Ellie points her pistol at the two, demanding to know Abby's whereabouts, but Owen makes a move for his own gun. Pointing a gun inevitably means firing a shot, and Ellie fires in self-defense, accidently killing both with one bullet. As Mel (who is pregnant) bleeds out, she begs Ellie to give her a C-section and save her baby's life. Ellie immediately realizes that she is in way over her head, having mistakenly murdered a mother and child, and cannot bring herself to make a single incision. Mel dies, in the delirium of death, and expresses her gratitude to Ellie, under the impression that her baby is saved. Ellie is now at the point of no return, and has committed far more heinous acts than Abby's vengeful murder. Jesse and Tommy then enter the aquarium to rescue Ellie, and she accepts that her quest for revenge has failed miserably. But violent actions have consequences, and an armed Abby soon uncovers the three. Abby shoots Tommy and kills Jesse, then aims her gun at Ellie. In disbelief, she reiterates that she allowed Ellie to live, seemingly determined to fix her mistake. She fires, and the screen fades to black. In a brief epilogue that hints at the direction of season 3, Abby is shown inside a stadium that has been converted into a commune, implying that viewers will soon learn the details of Abby's backstory. Unless there was a significant change during the adaptation from video game to TV series, then no—Ellie is still alive. In the original video game, Ellie survives this encounter with Abby, but remains angry and traumatized. Players spend a great deal of time playing as Abby and learning about her side of the story, before a time jump sees Ellie learn of Abby's whereabouts, and the two come into conflict once more. The Last Of Us franchise spends a great deal of time musing on ethics, and highlighting the ever-escalating cycle of violence that can ignite from a single death. True to the video game, The Last Of Us season 3 will surely flesh out Abby's motivations, as well as reveal the complexities of the conflict between the Scars and the Wolves.
