season 2 of The Last of Us It was one of several projects affected by the strikes that put the film and television industry in the US in jeopardy. However, while Hollywood scriptwriters and actors demand better working conditions, Neil Druckmanco-creator of the successful HBO series and the eponymous video game on which it is based, does not take his finger off the line and only waits for the picket lines to disperse to fully enter production on the next batch of episodes.
In recent days, Druckmann spoke with ew while leading a tour of the haunted mansion of The Last of Us which this week will have its inauguration at the Universal Orlando Resort theme park, as part of its Halloween Horror Nights. The also co-president of Naughty Dog anticipated that in said attraction there could be clues as to where the next season of the series with Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey is headed.
On the other hand, their statements were also very enthusiastic about when we will have news of the implementation of said delivery. “We have outlined all of season 2 and we are ready to start as soon as the strike is over”he claimed.
In a separate interview with ewthe other co-creator of The Last of Us, craig mazin, confirmed that they had already managed to plan the entire season 2. He also revealed that hours before the outbreak of the writers’ strike, on May 2, he was able to deliver the script for the first episode to HBO. On the other hand, he called it “worrying” that the shutdown is likely to force them to start filming much later than originally planned.
“I think essentially it’s becoming almost a certainty that we won’t be able to start [a filmar] when we expected to, which is worrisome,” he said.
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Aside from submitting that script, Craig Mazin was able to submit enough materials for the scouting department to begin location scouting. Of the rest of the episodes, he has only written them in his head, according to what he shared with Los Angeles Times. On the other hand, he assured that he plans to sit in the director’s chair again for this second season, after not doing so since the opening chapter of the series.
The first complete season of The Last of Us It can be seen on HBO Max. It boasts a total of 24 Emmy nominations, including technical categories.
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