The creators of the The Last of Us have hinted that the post-apocalyptic drama might well be going beyond a second season.
Starring Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal, the US TV series follows Ellie and Joel as they travel across North America 20 years after a deadly zombie outbreak.
Based on the 2013 critically acclaimed video game of the same name, the first season of The Last of Us began in January and ran for nine episodes in total.
The series received widespread acclaim from fans and critics, with many regarding it as one of the finest video game TV adaptations ever made.
A second season, based on the events of sequel game The Last of Us 2, has been promised and is expected to arrive in the next two years.
Now the show’s creator, Craig Mazin, 52, has indicated more episodes will come after that, despite there being no third The Last of Us game at present.
In reports from The Independent, Mazin, who also created drama series Chernobyl said: ‘Our plan is to do it not just for one more season. We should be around for a while.’
Mazin was speaking at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas, and promised that there is still ‘quite a bit of story to tell’.
His comments have come after Bella Ramsey said filming for season two might not begin until later this year, indicating a longer wait than expected.
Speaking to Johnathan Ross, Ramsey, 19, said: ‘It will be a while. I think we’ll probably shoot at the end of this year, beginning of next.’
Reviewing the series for Metro.co.uk, Josh Stephenson said: ‘The Last Of Us, then, is more than a decent adaptation of a very good video game.’
He continued: ‘It is, at times, every bit the spiritual successor to Chernobyl in showing the damage humanity can do to one another.’
Bella Ramsey caused quite the stir earlier this month when they revealed that they very much like to eat cereal with orange juice.
On The Graham Norton Show, the former Game of Thrones actor explained: ‘There once wasn’t milk I could drink, there wasn’t oat milk or almond milk, so I just tried orange juice on it. Years ago! And I loved it.’
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