The Last of Us Season 2’s New Trailer Asks Us If We’re Ready to Hurt Again

During CES, Sony and Naughty Dog revealed a caller trailer for the 2nd play of HBO’s Emmy-winning bid The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. And present we cognize erstwhile it’s coming out.

It’s our archetypal glimpse astatine the show’s aboriginal since a teaser trailer released astatine the precise extremity of September. The two-minute teaser, which drew galore referential parallels to its 2020 Game of the Year-winning progenitor, picks up 5 years aft the first season’s climactic events. In it, we spot Joel (Miller) and Ellie (Ramsey)’s found-family narration unravel arsenic the brace turn isolated from that monumental infinitesimal successful the archetypal season’s finale.

Unfortunately, the age-old adage of nary remainder for the wicked extends to the undead and the surviving arsenic the duo fights to survive. As with its archetypal season, clip volition archer whether the upcoming play of The Last of Us volition dogmatically travel the communicative beats of its root worldly oregon play astir with them successful inventive and expansive ways. We’re hoping for the latter.

Joining Pascal and Ramsey to implicit the show’s formed are Kaitlyn Dever arsenic Abby, Isabela Merced arsenic Dina (Ellie’s caller emotion interest), and Young Mazino arsenic Jesse. Similar to the erstwhile play featuring video crippled Joel and Ellie actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson successful cameos, the 2nd play of The Last of Us volition spot Jeffrey Wright reprising his relation arsenic Isaac from the game. Additional formed members for the play see Ariela Barer arsenic Mel, Tati Gabrielle arsenic Nora, Spencer Lord arsenic Owen, Danny Ramirez arsenic Manny, and chap returning actors Gabriel Luna and Rutina Wesley arsenic Tommy and Maria, respectively.

In io9’s reappraisal of The Last of Us, we lauded the amusement arsenic the champion video crippled adaption ever, writing, “The play has a fewer peaks and valleys, but the valleys are ne'er that low, and the peaks get incredibly high, resulting successful a phenomenal play of television, destined to beryllium 1 of the year’s best.”

The Last of Us play 2 is slated to premiere connected HBO and Max immoderate clip successful April.

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