Craig Mazin talks solo for “ The Last of Us ” season 3

Season two of The last of us came and went earlier this year, and we already know that his third season is on the horizon. While the first two seasons were a team effort between the Showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann and the writer Hailey Gross, this next season will have Mazin as the only showrunner and writer – Druckmann, who also directs the developer of games Naughty Dog, spends his time to the next studio project, Intergalactic: the heretical prophet.
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Mazin discussed his writing process, which, according to him, will not change his co-authors now. According to him, he is not going much, because Druckmann “has always had a full-time job running the naughty dog, so it has always been to Canada (where production is).” Before Druckmann and Gross left, Mazin came out “so” while working on the first two seasons, and they had already thought in the future while working on the second season.
“We really got this work. The last of us part II. When the show returns, the public will see things from Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) before, during and after the previous season. If you thought the season was too short at seven episodes, the third may have more. Mazin told Thr that HBO and HBO “currently live” with details, but he plans to make this next season “more peer” with the nine episodes of the first to provide “more blows for the Buck”.
Mazin did not just create and wrote the series, he also made the first episode of each season. He revealed that the realization of the first can be easy and allow a complete seasonal preparation, and now that it is a single showrunner, it is up to him to ensure that “everything fits tonnely. It is open to what the first next season, but admitted that it would be “difficult to go prepare something while I also write. We will see if I can get away with more than one (episode). ”
The last of us should come back for season three in 2027, so we have time before we know how many episodes he will have, what he will change or update for the side of Abby in history, and how long it will continue.
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