Summary
The recent teaser trailer forThe Last of Usseason 2 has audiences excited about the upcoming video game series. One fan has demonstrated how the upcoming season continues to be very faithful to its source material by recreating HBO’s new trailer using footage exclusively fromThe Last of Us Part 2.
The Last of Usseason 2 will cover the events of the second game in the franchise,The Last of Us Part 2, and will see things pick up with Joel and Ellie five years after the season 1 finale. The first season of the HBO TV series was praised for its faithfulness to its source material, which saw many iconic moments from the video game recreated one-for-one in live-action.The Last of Us Part 2is a much bigger game in terms of size and scope and many fans are eager to see how this will translate to the TV series. Audiences received a glimpse of how the new season will adapt the game whenHBO released the first teaser trailer for season 2 of the showduring the most recentThe Last of UsDay on September 26.
A fan-made trailer forThe Last of Usseason 2 byRage Tributes on YouTubehas been gaining traction online with over 100K views at the time of writing. The video recreates the scenes included in HBO’sThe Last of Usseason 2 teaser using scenes from withinThe Last of Us Part 2. The trailer is a reminder of just how closely the TV series is seemingly sticking to the story ofThe Last of Us Part 2,with most of the scenes in the teaser directly paralleled by those in the game.
That being said, it is clearThe Last of Usseason 2 will be making some changes, as a few of the snippets in the HBO trailer don’t have a direct video game counterpart. One notable difference is the opening of the trailer, which sees Joel (Pedro Pascal) discussing his sins withCatherine O’Hara’s mysterious new characterin a voice-over that spans the length of the teaser. For the fan-made trailer, this voice-over instead comes from a conversation mid-way through the game where Ellie confronts Joel about what happened at the Salt Lake City hospital. The fan trailer also includes a few scenes from the game that aren’t included in the season 2 trailer, such as the presence of characters like Yara and Lev, who haven’t been cast in the TV series yet.
One of the successes ofThe Last of Us’first season was how faithfully the TV show could recreate moments from the game in live-action. However,The Last of Uswas praised equally for the times it took creative liberties, which resulted in some of the best moments in the series, like the expansion of Bill and Frank’s relationship in the show. It seems that striking a balance between these two paths is the ideal place forThe Last of UsTV series to sit, and if this fan-made trailer highlights anything, it’s that season 2 of the show will continue to do that.
The Last of Usseason 2 is expected to be released on HBO in 2025.
The Last Of Us
Based on Naughty Dog’s popular PlayStation game, HBO’s The Last of Us takes place decades after a fungal infection eradicated most of humanity. When a teenage girl named Ellie is found to be immune to the disease, Joel agrees to smuggle her across the United States.
