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“We don’t think that we’re going to be able to tell the story even within two seasons 2 and 3 because we’re taking our time and go down interesting pathways which we did a little bit in Season 1 too,” Mazin said. “We feel like it’s almost assuredly going to be the case that — as long as people keep watching and we can keep making more television — Season 3 will be significantly larger. And indeed, the story may require Season 4.”
Later in the interview, Mazin sounded even more definitive.
“One thing is absolutely for sure, I don’t see how we could tell the story that remains after Season 2 is complete in one more season,” he said.
In the interview conducted earlier this year, Mazin and Druckmann looked to dispel any fan concerns that they planned to tell the entire story from Part II of the game over Season 2’s seven episodes.
“We just want to put people’s minds at ease that the idea that this season coming up is a little bit shorter than the first one is not because we’re taking less time to tell the stories, it’s because we want to take more time,” Mazin said. “The story that we’re telling is much bigger than the story of Season 1, there’s just a lot more going on, it’s a lot harder to produce but we want every episode to feel like its own blockbuster to be honest with you.”
“I don’t see a world where we go through and we go, that’s shorter than we thought,” Mazin said. “We are committed to delivering people great seasons and arcs, and HBO was amazing about this. They let us pick that natural spot. Instead of us having to figure out how to create seasons around an artificial number, we create the length of the seasons around the story and how we are telling it.”
Druckmann picked up on that, stressing how “structure is incredibly important to us,” which is what they focused on when they got to the seven-episode Season 2.
“Our process was, we sketched out multiple seasons, then we did a deep dive on Season 2,” he said. “To echo what Craig is saying, there is no padding, everything that is in there is intentional. There is always a goal in mind that we’re heading towards, we are never meandering the sake of meandering, it’s always to say something greater for these characters and the themes.”
They're gonna drop fire and shut niggas up just watch
we havnt seen a single leak of abby yet
I am glad I am in for what they are about to do but there is no way in Hell they doing an entire season of Santa barbara. I think they will flesh out abby friends, lev, isaac and all factions a lot better than the game. As well as plant seeds of fireflies still existing/ a cure focus will be much more present. That is all enough for 3 hefty seasons that wont feel milked if they fill in a lot of the holes the game left open. Kind of shocked still that last of us 2 redux wasnt a directors cut with hours of gameplay filling gaps
Man. A two year wait for seven episodes. And presumably another two years after that and so on and so on.
Man. A two year wait for seven episodes. And presumably another two years after that and so on and so on.
Hopefully shorter cause writer strike screwed over the release for this season
The girl who plays Dina seems to be done filming. Or she’s on a break. She’s currently in Cleveland to film Superman
🚨🚨 Set leak photos of Ellie and another character. No major story spoilers though


🚨🚨 Set leak photos of Ellie and another character. No major story spoilers though


Would be hilarious if she wore crocs in the actual show.
🚨🚨 Set leak photos of Ellie and another character. No major story spoilers though


wowzers
but also spoiler for noobs
🚨🚨 Set leak photos of Ellie and another character. No major story spoilers though


I’m crying at the wearing crocs to set
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https://x.com/thelastofusnews/status/1810466369475068161?s=46&t=K7-46m6lglSKl4Lq-0pGzg
We won
They look like a couple kids playing dress up
I just don’t understand the constant complaints
Like what do want them to do at this point? Cancel one of their biggest shows OAT just because Bella is really short?
Everyone knows Bella doesn’t look like game Ellie , idk why it needs to keep being said
I just don’t understand the constant complaints
Like what do want them to do at this point? Cancel one of their biggest shows OAT just because Bella is really short?
Everyone knows Bella doesn’t look like game Ellie , idk why it needs to keep being said
It's not about her looking like the game Ellie. It's about her not being recast in season 2 even though she's supposed to be playing adult Ellie now
It's not about her looking like the game Ellie. It's about her not being recast in season 2 even though she's supposed to be playing adult Ellie now
Bella is the same age irl as Ellie is in TLOU 2
It's not about her looking like the game Ellie. It's about her not being recast in season 2 even though she's supposed to be playing adult Ellie now
People complained for months after Bella was cast because they didn’t look like Ellie, and there were people itt every week saying they hated her face
Bella is the same age as Ellie in the game , they just have a young face and are short af.
But the showrunners love Bella and want them to be the definitive on-screen Ellie
At least give them a chance to prove that they can portray a 19 year old. Which should be no problem , because like I said they are the same age
Like I understand that Bella is short and Ellie is tall.
But there’s gotta be a point where you just accept their differences in height and look, and just enjoy Bella’s portrayal for what it is
People just keep saying the same complaint over and over and over . Obviously Bella’s look didn’t bother general audiences because this show is one of the biggest ever
Bella is the same age irl as Ellie is in TLOU 2
Do you not realize that she just played 14 year old Ellie. She was cast as 14 year old Ellie because she looks like a 14 year old. Never in life have I seen an actor who played a character as a child, play them as an adult in this way. Makes no sense
People complained for months after Bella was cast because they didn’t look like Ellie, and there were people itt every week saying they hated her face
Bella is the same age as Ellie in the game , they just have a young face and are short af.
But the showrunners love Bella and want them to be the definitive on-screen Ellie
At least give them a chance to prove that they can portray a 19 year old. Which should be no problem , because like I said they are the same age
I don't have a problem with Bella playing a 14 year old Ellie. Bella was already an adult when she did season 1 so she wasn't gonna grow anymore. A recast was the logical next step. There's usually a pretty drastic physical change going from 14 to 19. Ellie goes through a big physical change in the game too. I don't know if you've played the second game but I have a hard time believing that she'll pull off the things Ellie does in that game
This needs a community note
BELLA IS NOT A ZIONIST
and neither are the creators but thats a discussion for another day
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