An acclaimed HBO science fiction series, shot in British Columbia, will hit screens this spring.

The Last of Us, featuring Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal, is based on a PlayStation video game about a fungal-borne pandemic which wipes out much of Earth's population. A trailer posted on YouTube shows scenes from Season 2 and concludes by stating episodes will be released beginning in April.

The first season aired between January and March 2023 and filming for the second season took place across B.C. in 2024, including reported shooting in Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Kamloops and in Nanaimo in May. Commercial Street in downtown Nanaimo was converted to a post-apocalyptic wasteland, complete with overgrown weeds and abandoned cars.

There were three days of shooting and a week of wrap-up work, said Brandon Lepine, Vancouver Island North Film Commission regional production services manager, in a report to the Regional District of Nanaimo in November. The Last of Us, along with Netflix's Untamed, combined to contribute more than $421,000 to the City of Nanaimo's economy last year, INFilm estimated.