- Fans may have to endure a long wait for the third season
- Filming is likely to start in 2026
- Season 2 is finishing up in the next few weeks
Fans of The Last Of Us may have to make their peace with season two being the last time they see Ellie and the gang for a good, long while.
With season two approaching its finale, attentions are, naturally, already turning to the third season. But that is unlikely to be arriving any time soon.
Isabela Merced, who plays Dina in the show, recently revealed during an interview with Variety that filming for a third season isn’t expected to begin until 2026.
The Last Of Us Season 3 – Coming To Your Screens…..2027?
While Merced didn’t specify when in 2026 filming would commence, even if it was January, as Forbes point out in their recent article on the subject, that would likely mean a window of between May and October, 2027. TWO WHOLE YEARS AWAY.
Forbes’ math seems pretty sound, as well. Season one began filming in July of 2021. Filming wrapped in June of 2022. The first season premiered in January, 2023.
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Season two, meanwhile, started filming in February 2024. Filming concluded in August of last year. It then hit TV screens in April of this year.
So, for those of you keeping count, that is an 18 month gap between filming beginning and the season premiere for season one. It is then a 14 month gap for season two, which is also a shorter season.
A Two Year Wait?
Therefore, if we split the difference between the first two seasons, we are looking at a 16 month gap from the commencement of filming to the season premiere. That would leave us with an air date of sometime in May, 2027.
However, May, 2027 is only the air date if filming begins in January of next year. Forbes’ calculations have the third season premiere potentially not dropping until October of 2027.
Such a potentially lengthy gap is also even more difficult to manage due to the fact seasons two and three are covering two halves of the same game. Meaning the story is going to half halfway through, pretty much.
While a long wait for a beloved show to return is understandable, it doesn’t make it any easier to endure, especially when the quality is as sky high as it has been for The Last Of Us, so far.
