AUSTIN, Texas — Though the online game “The Last of Us Part II” got here out in 2020 — seven years after the blockbuster authentic — there are nonetheless sufficient viewers blissfully unaware of what’s to return on HBO’s Emmy-winning adaptation that the L.A. Instances studio at SXSW was a strict spoiler-free zone on Saturday when the group behind the collection stopped in for a go to.
Starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie, the unlikely duo who in Season 1 make their approach throughout a harmful post-apocalyptic U.S. searching for a society-saving miracle, “The Last of Us” picks up for Season 2 5 years later, after the pair have established a secure dwelling within the rebuilt settlement of Jackson, Wyo. — if not a secure relationship. The sophomore run additionally provides Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), a younger girl who goes searching for Joel and Ellie after her father is killed.
The group — which additionally included fellow solid members Isabela Merced, Gabriel Luna and Younger Mazino, collection creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann and author Halley Gross — talked about the place we discover the characters in Season 2, its political themes, and the way onerous they must work to maintain from spilling the beans whereas doing press. “The Last of Us” returns April 13. Watch the complete video under.
