HBO’s The Final of Us present has been renewed for a second season, the community has confirmed.
“I’m humbled, honoured, and admittedly overwhelmed that so many individuals have tuned in and linked with our retelling of Joel and Ellie’s journey,” mentioned sport director and exec producer of the present, Neil Druckmann, in a press release.
“The collaboration with Craig Mazin, our unimaginable solid & crew, and HBO exceeded my already excessive expectations,” he added. “Now we have now absolutely the pleasure of having the ability to do it once more with season two! On behalf of everybody at Naughty Canine & PlayStation, thanks!”
Druckmann’s fellow exec producer, Craig Mazin additionally commented: “I’m so grateful to Neil Druckmann and HBO for our partnership, and I’m much more grateful to the hundreds of thousands of people that have joined us on this journey.
“The viewers has given us the prospect to proceed, and as a fan of the characters and world Neil and Naughty Canine created, I couldn’t be extra able to dive again in.”
HBO claimed earlier this week that the second episode of The Final of Us noticed file progress when it comes to viewing figures from the present’s debut.
The second episode of the difference aired on Sunday night time within the US the place it attracted 5.7 million viewers – up 22% in comparison with the primary episode.
“This marks the most important week 2 viewers progress for an HBO Authentic drama collection within the historical past of the community,” the corporate mentioned on Monday.
In a current interview, Naughty Canine co-president Neil Druckmann hinted {that a} potential second season would cowl The Final of Us Half 2, and that Naughty Canine could have plans for a 3rd entry within the collection.