The Last of Us Season 3: What We Know So Far

We haven’t yet reached the last of The Last of Us. Ahead of the highly anticipated season 2 premiere on April 13, HBO announced that the hit sci-fi series—based on the popular PlayStation video game franchise—has already been renewed for a third season.

The announcement didn’t exactly come out of nowhere. Co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have spent months dropping hints that they would need multiple seasons to adapt the games The Last of Us: Part I and The Last of Us: Part II, and that Part II’s storyline, in particular, would stretch beyond season 2. As Mazin told Deadline in 2024, “We don’t think that we’re going to be able to tell the story even within two seasons [2 and 3] because we’re taking our time to go down interesting pathways, which we did a little bit in season 1, too. Season 3 will be significantly larger. And indeed, the story may require season 4.” (Similarly, HBO executive Francesca Orsi told the outlet in February 2025 that “it’s looking like four seasons.”)

Even before these teases, there was little doubt the series would continue as long as necessary. Actress Bella Ramsey, who plays protagonist Ellie Williams, told ELLE in 2023 that she would play the character for as long as HBO wants her. “There’s no limits for me,” Ramsey says. “They can do as many games as they like, as many series as they like, and I’ll be here, flying back out to Canada.”

Mazin also shared his enthusiasm with ELLE, adding that, “To get to the end of the story in the time that we need to take to get to the proper end would be awesome. If I got to work on a set with Bella Ramsey every day for the rest of my life, I’d be thrilled.”

At the time of HBO’s official green light, announced on April 9, 2025, Mazin shared an official statement saying that “the end results” of season 2 “have exceeded even our most ambitious goals,” with Druckmann adding that “we’re thrilled to bring you more of The Last of Us.”

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