The composer behind HBO’s smash-hit The Last of Us TV show has revealed there’ll be “at least two more seasons,” strongly suggesting Season 4 is on the way.
“There’ll be at least two more seasons, no question,” Jake Staley said in an interview on The Last of Us: Savage Starlight podcast. “At least. That’s all I’m gonna say.”
This isn’t a complete surprise, of course; just last month, showrunner Craig Mazin indicated a fourth season would be pretty much essential for the series, as in order to wrap up The Last of Us’ story from the two Naughty Dog-developed video games, Season 3 “would take forever.” So, while there’s a “decent chance” Season 3 will be longer than Season 2, at the end of the day, Mazin suggested “there’s no way to complete this narrative in a third season.”
HBO has hailed the success of The Last of Us Season 2, saying an “influx” of viewers had raised the series’ global audience to over 90 million since Season 1 ended, but insisted the Season 2 finale suffered low viewing levels because of the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Mazin and Neil Druckmann also recently let us in on a little secret: they don’t yet know “how much, or rather how little” some of our favorite characters will be around in upcoming seasons.
The team behind the HBO series stopped by IGN Live over the weekend to break down some of the most pivotal moments of the game to TV show adaptation and expand on what it took to create scenes like Joel’s death, the horde attack, the planetarium, and more.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world’s biggest gaming sites and publications. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.
