- A brand new teaser for The Last of Us season 2 was revealed at CES 2025
- The hit sequence, which returns in April, seems prefer it’ll instantly adapt massive swathes of the online game sequence
- Fans are already fearful in regards to the response that Kaitlyn Dever will get for enjoying Abby
A brand new trailer for The Last of Us season 2 has acquired followers waxing lyrical over each small however vital element that makes up its close to 70-second runtime.
The newest spherical of footage, which accompanied The Last of Us season 2’s launch month announcement final evening (January 6) at CES 2025, is jam-packed with quick-fire clips that counsel it’s going to be as true to its identically titled recreation sequence as potential.
Considering how The Last of Us season 1 largely mirrored what occurs within the first recreation in Naughty Dog’s online game franchise, plus the involvement of The Last of Us inventive director Neil Druckmann, that is to be anticipated. Nevertheless, it is pleasing to see how a lot of The Last of Us Part II is being tailored for the present’s sophomore outing.
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Ever because the sizzle reel-style trailer dropped on-line, followers have gushed over how genuine it seems, too. Threads that popped up on The Last of Us and R/Television sub-Reddits are filled with feedback from followers new and outdated discussing the extent of element on present. Where the latter group are involved, the inclusion of a giant, silver hook, the sound of that haunting siren, a snippet of that dance sequence involving Isabela Merced’s Dina and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie, and quotes pulled instantly from The Last of Us Part II are call-backs to vastly vital moments within the action-adventure survival horror recreation. I will not spoil what these imply for anybody who hasn’t performed the video games, however consider me once I say they’re extremely necessary moments.
The Last of Us TV present’s latest teaser comes 4 months after the primary unsettling trailer for season 2 confirmed that I wasn’t able to have my coronary heart damaged another time (if you understand, you understand). It additionally arrives two months after The Last of Us season 2 was confirmed to be launching on in early 2025. Thanks to a stinger on the finish of this most up-to-date sizzle reel, we all know it’s going to be with us someday in April.
Why are folks fearful for Kaitlyn Dever, the actor who’ll play Abby in The Last of Us TV present?
Exciting as this new teaser is, it is also led to the resurfacing of fan worries about one of many Max sequence’ new solid members.
Last January, Kaitlyn Dever was solid as Abby, The Last of Us Part II‘s deuteragonist. Now, the online game sequence’ fanbase is not involved about Dever’s appearing talents – fairly the other, in truth. The No One Will Save You star is extremely gifted and, as many have identified since season 2’s newest footage was launched, she appears tailored to play the morally complicated character in among the best Max reveals’ second chapter.
Some folks nonetheless cannot separate the artist from the artwork
So, what’s everybody panicking about? Some merely don’t love Abby due to a completely devastating second in The Last of Us Part II that she’s concerned in (don’t fret, I will not spoil something right here). Others, in the meantime, weren’t enamored with being compelled to play as her alongside Ellie in that recreation, both, particularly when some avid gamers discovered Abby to be an unlikable character. The unhappy actuality, although, is {that a} small portion of the franchise’s fanbase hates Abby as a result of she’s a muscular lady and subsequently really feel emasculated compared. It’s a weird opinion to have, not least as a result of Abby is a fictional character, however there is a poisonous minority who resent her for it.
That brings us onto Dever’s casting. Per IGN, Dever was given additional safety whereas season 2 was being filmed due to the vitriol that is regularly aimed on the character she’s portraying. Clearly, some folks nonetheless cannot separate the artist from the artwork – and it is for that reason that the aforementioned Reddit threads had been additionally filled with commenters rightfully expressing concern for Dever’s wellbeing forward of season 2’s launch. I’m definitely amongst that quantity, and I hope – maybe naively – that the Booksmart and Rosaline alumnus is spared the inevitable discourse that’ll doubtless come her approach as soon as season 2 begins.
The Last of Us season 2 will launch on Max (US), Sky/Now TV (UK), and Binge (Australia) in April.
