It’s September 26, and meaning it’s The Final of Us Day, in response to developer Naughty Canine. That is the in-universe date through which the cordyceps fungus outbreak started within the unique PlayStation 3 sport, and it has since turn into a real-world “celebration” of the sequence, full with merch gross sales and teases for upcoming initiatives. Because the multiplayer challenge Naughty Canine has been engaged on has been canned, there isn’t actually any massive online game information this yr. Nonetheless, that little HBO present that received a bunch of awards has a second season on the best way, and we did get a brand new teaser.
The 2-minute trailer is about to Pearl Jam’s “Future Days,” which followers will know is a pivotal tune in The Final of Us Half II. We see a number of recognizable scenes from the sequel right here, together with Pedro Pascal’s Joel educating Bella Ramsey’s Ellie tips on how to play guitar, a central second from the sport that makes use of the Pearl Jam tune to put on its themes of dropping oneself when dropping one other actual thick. So it appears to be like just like the present will likely be adapting that scene fairly faithfully, however we don’t know in the event that they’re studying the identical tune contemplating the present’s timeline begins in 2003, 10 years sooner than the sport’s, for some cause. Thus, the tune would have by no means been recorded in 2013. We later see Ellie enjoying guitar for her girlfriend Dina (Isabela Merced) and coping with the Seraphite cult primarily based in The Final of Us’ model of Seattle. So it does seem like many of the second season will cowl Ellie’s revenge tour within the metropolis.
However it won’t be that straightforward. We additionally see some flashes of different characters, together with among the best pictures we’ve gotten but of Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, the co-protagonist of The Final of Us Half II who’s the playable character for many of the sport’s second half. On condition that the occasions we see within the trailer appear to be principally Ellie-centric, it’s unclear simply how a lot of her we’ll see within the second season, although HBO has confirmed it plans to divide the sport’s narrative into a number of seasons. Nonetheless, on condition that we see Jeffrey Wright as Isaac on this trailer, who doesn’t seem within the first half of the sport earlier than Abby takes middle stage, it does look like the present is taking some liberties with the divided construction of the sport.
Different notable appearances embrace returning actors Gabriel Luna as Joel’s brother Tommy and Rutina Wesley as his spouse Maria. We additionally get our first have a look at Younger Mazino as Jesse, who appears to be serving to construct shelter on the Jackson, Wyoming city Joel and Ellie reside in.
Like the primary teaser, we additionally get a glimpse of what seems to be a remedy session for Joel with a brand new character performed by Schitt’s Creek’s Catherine O’Hara. It’s unclear how a lot Joel is definitely going to be on this season, however once more, the present appears to be taking some artistic liberties with the supply materials. We additionally see what appears to be like prefer it might be one of many final scenes in The Final of Us Half II through which Joel and Ellie have a major dialog on his again porch, so I’m undecided simply how the present would possibly play with the sport’s construction. I assume we’ll discover out when the present premieres on Max in 2025.