As expected, HBO just confirmed that season two of The Last of Us won’t arrive until 2025. Which is certainly a long time but was mostly expected, since filming won’t begin until early next year. In the meantime though, fans of similar genre content have a ton more to look forward to and a new trailer puts a spotlight on all of it.
HBO just released a trailer previewing all the shows it’s got coming in 2024. For us, the biggest, of course, is season two of House of the Dragon, which recently released its first trailer. But there’s also Armando Iannucci’s The Franchise, Matt Reeves’ The Penguin, and the tentatively titled Welcome to Derry, a prequel to Stephen King’s It. Check them all out in the trailer below, then jump to the next slides for a bit more info on everything.
The trailer reveals our first look at Welcome to Derry (which is a working title), a prequel series to Warner Bros.’ wildly popular It films. The director of those films, Andy Muschietti, is directing and producing, with co-writer Jason Fuchs showrunning. As we can tell from the images, this is set likely in 1961, which would be in line with the rules of Pennywise. We can’t tell more than that but hopefully, the show delivers the same type of genre thrills HBO fans are used to. See the full footage at 1:35 in the trailer and read much more at this link.
What would a show about superhero movies look like from the man behind Veep? We’ll find out in 2024 when The Franchise comes to HBO. We get our first look at characters played by Marvel Studios actor Daniel Brühl and Game Night’s Billy Magnussen. It’s at :59 into the trailer. Read more here.
Our first official sequel to The Batman won’t be Part II, it’ll be this show featuring the return of Colin Farrell as the would-be Gotham City supervillain. The story takes place after the movie and will continue to chart the character’s rise in the crime-filled city. We’ve already seen some teases, but there’s more at 1:21 in the trailer. Read other info here.
Since we’ve already seen a full trailer for House of the Dragon season two, there isn’t much more to say, but it’s certainly the genre highlight of HBO’s 2024 offerings.
As filming hasn’t begun yet, The Last of Us season two doesn’t have any new footage in the trailer. But everyone involved has been prepping for months, and Pedro Pascal fitting other projects around this has been a topic of discussion, so it’s only a matter of time. Read more here.
Source: Gizmodo