The Last of Us Season 2 Adds Succession’s Mark Mylod & 3 Other Directors

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The Last of Us Season 2 Adds Succession’s Mark Mylod & 3 Other Directors

The Last of Us Season 2‘s roster of directors has grown, with Succession‘s Mark Mylod being one of the four revealed today.

Deadline has reported that Mylod, Perry Mason’s Nina Lopez-Corrado, Watchmen’s Stephen Williams, and Loki Season 1’s Kate Herron are joining returning directors Peter Hoar and series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for Season 2 of the video game adaptation. Herron was first reported to be part of the second season’s directorial lineup by The InSneider last week.

The outlet notes that it isn’t clear which directors will do one episode or multiple episodes, though the first season was made up of nine episodes which ended up being split among seven directors.

The Last of Us currently stars Pedro Pascal as Joel, Bella Ramsey as Ellie, Gabriel Luna as Tommy Miller, and Rutina Wesley as Maria. Season 2 is expected to be based on Naughty Dog’s acclaimed video game sequel The Last of Us Part II, which will feature a significant time jump introducing a now grown-up Ellie. Several new roles for the second season were recently cast, including that of the antagonist Abby.

Season 1 also featured Nico Parker, Anna Torv, Melanie Lynskey, Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman, and Storm Reid. It included guest-star appearances from the original video game’s actors Jeffrey Pierce, Merle Dandridge, Troy Baker, and Ashley Johnson as new characters.

Who wrote The Last of Us Season 1?

The series is executive produced and co-written by Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and original game writer Neil Druckmann, who is also serving as one of the directors. It is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television in association with PlayStation Productions. Executive producers are Carolyn Strauss, Naughty Dog President Evan Wells, and PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan.