Vancouver will play crumbled, dystopian Seattle for another big season of The Last of Us.
HBO’s smash hit video game-adaption The Last of Us is renewed for season 3 of filming in British Columbia, ahead of this Sunday’s season 2 premiere.
Seasons 2 and 3 adapt The Last of Us: Part II game, with Bella Ramsey’s Ellie as the main protagonist. Showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann reportedly have not decided yet whether season 3 will wrap up the saga or an additional season is needed.
What is The Last of Us?
Season one of The Last of Us took place 20 years after modern civilization had been destroyed by a fungal pandemic. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, was hired to smuggle teen Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What started as a small job soon became a brutal, heartbreaking journey as they both traversed across the U.S. and depended on each other for survival.
We left Joel and Ellie in the season one finale overlooking Jackson, Wyoming, after Joel’s big lie about the events at the Firefly hospital in Salt Lake City: Joel rescued an anesthetized Ellie after murdering the doctors who were about to harvest her cells as a possible cure for the Cordyceps infection, in a procedure she would not have survived.
What’s coming in season 2?
Season 2 picks up five years after the events of season one, which chronicled Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey)’s trek across a post-apocalyptic, pandemic-scarred America. They are settled in the Jackson commune run by Joel’s brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and sister-in-law Maria (Rutina Wesley).
Ellie is, for once, enjoying a normal life as a teenager. She even has a crush on a girl named Dina (Isabela Merced), who happens to be the ex of her close friend, Jesse (Young Mazino).
However, there remains tension between her and Joel, who’s still grappling with the actions he took to save Ellie’s life on that cold Firefly hospital bed in the season 1 finale.
You swore — Ellie to Joel.
It’s during this time of relative peace when Abby Anderson arrives.
Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby Anderson.
Abby Anderson, who’s seeking vengeance for someone she loved, and her crew: soldier Manny (Danny Ramirez), doctor Mel (Ariela Barer), military medic Nora (Tati Gabrielle) and Owen (Spencer Lord).
Production:
Jackson, Wyoming.
Production moved from Alberta to British Columbia for season 2 .and built a walled Jackson town set on private land at Minaty Bay near Britannia Beach on the Sea to Sky Highway.
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Bella Ramsey’s Ellie and Isabela Merced’s Dina on the Jackson set in Minaty Bay.
Seattle, Washington.
Ellie and Dina leave Jackson for Seattle.
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The Last of Us Season 3:
Episodes:
Working title:
B.C. filming dates: Late Summer 2025
Co-Creators/Writers: Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann.
Cast: Bella Ramsey, Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced.
Sound stages: Bridge Studios.
The Last of Us season 2 premieres April 13th on HBO and Crave (in Canada).
