News The Last of Us Peter Sarsgaard Joins The Last of Us Season 3 as Cancellation Rumors Are Debunked Despite rumors to the contary, The Last of Us’ production has not been shut down By Matthew Byrd | Published on June 22, 2026 Photo: HBO Comment 0 Share New Share Photo: HBO A funny thing happened on the internet recently when a seemingly standard news item about The Last of Us Season 3 going on a filming hiatus prompted rumors that the series has been cancelled. The whole thing started earlier this month when the British Columbia directory for productions published an update that revealed production on The Last of Us Season 3 would be going on hiatus until June 28. At the time, it wasn’t clear what the reason for this temporary hiatus was. Without a clear reason, certain parts of the internet began to run wild with bad faith theories. A section of the show’s “fandom” began circulating the rumor that the shutdown was anything but temporary. Essentially, some who wished to see the show cancelled for various reasons largely related to the series’ second season and supposed social agendas alleged that this shutdown was the first part of a larger plan to cancel the show entirely. It’s the kind of thing that normally wouldn’t be worth mentioning, except for the fact that the false rumors proved to have some serious legs. Its momentum was powered by bad faith and attempts to exploit the possibility that something unexpected has occurred. We soon learned the truth, though, when it was revealed via various sources that The Last of Us Season 3 went on production hiatus due to scheduling conflicts caused by the World Cup. The details are vague, but because The Last of Us Season 3 primarily films around Vancouver (which is one of the host cities for this year’s World Cup), it seems like city officials needed to regulate some of the activities occurring in the area in order to accommodate the logistics of such a massive event. At this time, there is no indication that filming will not resume on the 28th as planned. In fact, Deadline recently reported that Peter Sarsgaard has joined the show’s cast and will play a new character named Amon who is believed to be one of the leading members of The Seraphites cult. Both the announcement and the timing of the announcement support the speculation that the season’s production delay will not impact the series longer than anticipated. So while rumors of the show’s death have indeed been greatly exaggerated, there is some potential bad news that goes along with this update. First off, it seems highly unlikely that The Last of Us Season 3 will debut anytime in 2026 despite some early reports to the contrary. Even without this production delay, that would be an ambitiously quick release schedule for such a large show. An early(ish) 2027 debut date seems far more likely. Second, The Last of Us Season 3 will still very likely be the last season of the show. HBO boss Casey Bloys previously hinted as much, and the departure of the series’ co-showrunner Craig Mazin also strongly suggested that the show was coming to a natural end. After all, there are only two full The Last of Us games, and despite the liberal use of original stories throughout the series, there are really only so many places to go barring a major creative upheaval.[end-mark] The post Peter Sarsgaard Joins <i>The Last of Us</i> Season 3 as Cancellation Rumors Are Debunked appeared first on Reactor.