“The Last of Us” has an inherent fan base thanks to the videogame series that inspired it. For Season 2 and beyond, the hit HBO adaption creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann do not intend to stray further than what was already established in the two installments of the game. Unlike another HBO property, “Game of Thrones,” which ventured far beyond George R.R. Martin’s five published novels in its final season to the outrage of fans across the globe. A mistake that Mazin doesn’t intend to repeat:
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“There’s no world where I would want our show to go beyond the source material that people have in the world…our show as people know it on HBO is going to cover the material from the second game and then quite a bit of material that is relevant to that story but, as I said, wanders down interesting new paths, unseen stories that were told within the context of that game’s material.”
Fans should be both relieved and excited for what comes next.
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Season 2 of “The Last of Us” stars Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley, Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer Lord, Danny Ramirez, Jeffrey Wright, and Catherine O’Hara. Series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann also serve as writers and executive producers. Additional executive producers include Carolyn Strauss, Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O’Connor, Asa Qizilbash, Carter Swan, and Evan Wells. The show is based on the video game created by Naughty Dog. 
“The Last of Us” is set twenty years into a zombie pandemic that’s caused society to collapse. The first season followed a smuggler (Pascal) tasked with taking a teenager (Ramsey) immune from the virus across a post-apocalyptic United States. The second season will pick up five years after what transpired in the first season.  
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Synopsis:
Five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.
“Last of Us” Season 2 Will Premiere on HBO April 13.