A second season of HBO’s The Final of Us is “possible”, in response to considered one of its stars.
Chatting with the BBC, Bella Ramsey – who performs Ellie within the TV adaptation – stated the response to the present’s first episodes makes a second season all however sure, however harassed that nothing had been formally confirmed but.
“If folks hold watching, I believe [a second series] is fairly possible,” she stated. “It’s right down to the blokes at HBO.”
“There’s nothing confirmed but so we’ll have to attend and see.”
Ramsey additionally defined that she had beforehand had little expertise with video video games, together with The Final of Us, however engaged on the present had opened her eyes to the medium’s storytelling potentialities and she or he hopes it is going to result in extra online game variations.
“[Video games] are a lot richer than I ever imagined, being a naive, ignorant, non-gamer,” she stated.
“It’s actually cool that video video games can work in a cinematic medium. Possibly it is going to kind a blueprint for online game variations going forwards. It’s such an excellent illustration of how video video games could be tailored in the correct arms.”
HBO claimed earlier this week that the second episode of The Final of Us noticed document 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 stated on Monday.
In a latest interview, Naughty Canine co-president Neil Druckmann – who additionally co-produced and co-wrote the present – hinted {that a} potential second season would cowl The Final of Us Half 2, and that Naughty Canine might have plans for a 3rd entry within the collection.
“Individuals see unhealthy variations and it provides credence to the concept video games are infantile,” Druckmann advised The Hollywood Reporter. “I really like the concept somebody may watch this and be moved by it after which be like, ‘Wait, that’s primarily based on the online game?’”
