HBO gives season two order for 'The Last of Us' series

HBO has renewed its new series The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, for a second season.

The season two renewal of the series, based on PlayStation's popular video game of the same name, comes ahead of the airing of the show's third episode.

Druckmann has co-created the show in collaboration with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin.

Set 20 years after the destruction of modern civilisation, "The Last of Us" follows Joel (Pascal), a hardened survivor who is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone.

What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the US and depend on each other for survival.

The Last of Us also features Gabriel Luna, Anna Torv, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman, Melanie Lynskey, Storm Reid and Merle Dandridge.

The series is a co-production between HBO and Sony Pictures Television. Carolyn Strauss, Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, and Rose Lam serve as the executive producers in addition to Druckmann and Mazin.

It is produced by PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog.