Month: August 2024

The latest edition of the NBA 2K series is coming out in a few weeks, and as a result, player ratings are starting to slowly but surely get released. On Friday afternoon, Ronnie 2K announced the ratings for a special group of players: The top-30 rookies entering the 2024-25 season.

Here’s how they all break down, with the top-2 picks in the 2024 NBA Draft — Zaccharie Risacher of the Atlanta Hawks and Alex Sarr of the Washington Wizards — leading the way. Both players will enter the league rated 75 overall.

Much has been made about the relative weakness of the 2024 class, which is reflected in these ratings. While no one was going to come close to Victor Wembanyama, who was an 84 overall from the moment he stepped into the league, Risacher and Sarr’s 75 overall rating would slide them right in between Amen and Ausar Thompson, who were both a 76 last year, and Jarace Walker, who was a 74.

NBA 2K25 is scheduled to come out on Sept. 6, 2024. There are four covers: Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics is on the Standard Edition of the game, A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces is on the WNBA Edition, Tatum and Wilson will appear on the All-Star Edition, and Vince Carter is on the Hall of Fame Edition.

Yonkers rapper Iman Nunez isn’t scared of anything. That’s at least my takeaway after listening to his latest album Phases Vol. 2. The nine-track project, hosted by Gabe P’s New York-based platform On The Radar, was the start of many big moments for Iman Nunez and his 2024 campaign. Shortly after the album’s release, Nunez experienced a viral moment beside fellow NY rappers Fergie Baby, HDBeenDope, Dizzy Banko, LifeOfThom, Niko Brim, Tony E thanks to a freestyle performed on On The Radar. A few weeks later, Nunez took his talents to the 2024 BET Awards for another performance.

These moments and the ones that will surely follow are the result of the grit, fight, and resilience that Nunez on Phases Vol. 2. “I Got Time” is a boastful anthem that makes it clear that fame and the life that comes with it won’t change the person Nunez is. “Pipe Down” with Dizzy Banko and Fergie Baby demands silence from unworthy competitors and nuisances while “Get Off My Back” seeks freedom from the life’s pressures. Nunez’s rap skills are not to be questioned, nor is his determination to reach new heights — a combination that will prove to be greatly beneficial for the rising Yonkers rapper.

With Phases Vol. 2 still in rotation, we caught up with Iman Nunez for this week’s Uproxx Music 20 column. Scroll down to check out some highlights from his catalog and to learn more about his inspiration, influences, and aspirations.

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What is your earliest memory of music?

My earliest memory of music is falling asleep to classical music when I was a child. Every night, my mom used to have that playing for us to go to sleep.

Who inspired you to take music seriously?

What inspired me to take music seriously was the obsession of wanting to be great. I had a love for hip-hop as a child and didn’t think that type of dream was attainable but realized it soon after and started to check goals off.

Do you know how to play an instrument? If so, which one? If not, which instrument do you want to learn how to play?

I played piano for many years of my life when growing up, but I sadly forgot because instead of learning notes, I was memorizing the way the song sounded in order to know what to do next. If I had to choose an instrument to learn, it would be to relearn the piano.

What was your first job?

My first job ever was Uber Eats. I used to go to the city, get an unlimited metro card and start working ’til sundown.

What is your most prized possession?

My fiancé and I each have this grape soda pin from the movie “Up” that I cherish.

What is your biggest fear?

I have a big fear of heights. I don’t know where I developed it, but I’m trying to overcome it as I get older.

Who is on your rap Mt. Rushmore?

Lil Wayne, Kanye West, J. Cole & Jay-Z (in no order).

You get 24 hours to yourself to do anything you want, with unlimited resources: What are you doing? And spare no details!

I’m purchasing every single type of crypto with it being a downtime, renting out Disneyland (DCA Specifically) to set up a listening party in the park for a project coming out. I’ll also purchase court-side tickets to a Knicks playoff game in advance.

What are your three most used emojis?

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What’s a feature you need to secure before you die?

Stevie Wonder.

If you could appear in a future season of a current TV show, which one would it be and why?

The Bear. I’d love to see me as a chef in that type of high intensity environment. It’s a very well put together show.

Which celebrity do you admire or respect for their personality and why?

I’d say J. Cole. My reasoning behind that is because you can tell that he’s genuinely himself. He’s still growing as a human and it doesn’t feel like a facade.

Share your opinion on something no one could ever change your mind about.

Pineapple on pizza is a sin.

What is the best song you’ve ever heard in your life and what do you love about it?

I’m one of those people that don’t have a best song ever. That changes for me every day or week. Last week was “Birds Of A Feather” by Billie Eilish. At this very moment, the best song ever (to me) is “Glock” by Don Toliver. I don’t think there’s a better song out right now. I wish I made it myself. It’s smooth, catchy, a good time, the beat is insane.

What’s your favorite city in the world to perform, and what’s a city you’re excited to perform in for the first time?

My hometown, NYC. I’ve been blessed enough to do my own headline shows so it’s always love. A city I’m excited to perform at for my first time is Toronto.

You are throwing a music festival. Give us the dream lineup of 5 artists that will perform with you and the location where it would be held.

Coco Jones, Jordan Ward, JID, Lil Wayne & J. Cole (this list is subject to change).

What would you be doing now if it weren’t for music?

I’d probably be managing artists or finding my way into the entertainment industry or start a sports agency.

If you could see five years into the future or go five years into the past, which one would you pick and why?

I’d go five years into the past because you can’t get time back once you’re gone. I already feel like there’s not enough time in a day.

What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?

Turn the outside noise off as much as you can and stop thinking you aren’t good enough. People respect your pen and you put in the time. Just be patient.

It’s 2050. The world hasn’t ended, and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?

I would like for my music to be remembered as classic. Something you connected to that touched your heart. Honest. Not a specific timestamp to what it sounds like but something that doesn’t have a time period to it. Just timeless and heartfelt.

Phases Vol. 2 is out now via ONLYONEIMAN LLC. Find out more information here.

For the past month or so, you could hardly log onto any social media platform without hearing Laila!‘s TikTok-viral single “That’s Not My Problem.” The song became so popular online, that Cash Cobain was able to sample it into his own version, “Problems,” while also daring to challenge Gen-Z attention spans with a 7-minute megamix featuring Big Sean, Fabolous, and more.

Today, the second-generation rapper-producer dropped the long-awaited official video for “Not My Problem,” pairing the song’s unbothered messaging with some fitting visuals. In the video, a night out with friends turns into a night in with a self-help hotline after Laila! spots her man out and about with another girl.

At home, she sees a late-night infomercial for a hotline promising to make all those problems go away. As Mark Manson wrote, you only have a finite amount of f*cks to give, so why waste them on things that don’t matter or make your life better? The throwback visuals — 1980s fashions, corded phones, and references to VHS — remind an old fogey like me that my generation once tried to bring back bellbottoms and afros, so the kids certainly seem okay to me.

You can watch the video for “Not My Problem” above.

After running AEW All In for the last two years in England, the promotion announced on Thursday that it will shift the show to Texas next year. But while doing media ahead of AEW’s return to Wembley Stadium next Sunday, August 25, AEW CEO Tony Khan confirmed the promotion isn’t done in England.

Speaking on the Dan LeBatard Show on Friday, Khan was asked if this will be the last time AEW holds a show at Wembley Stadium. Here’s his response:

“No, definitely not. We love having AEW at Wembley Stadium. We will be back in 2026 in England…You can bet you’ll see us there in 2025 as well. It won’t be AEW All In, it’ll be something different, but we have some big plans coming up next year as well. It’s a great time for AEW.”

The latest from Khan comes ahead of All In’s second-consecutive year running Wembley Stadium after selling over 81,000 tickets last year. Next year, All In is scheduled for Globe Life Field in Arlington on July 12, 2025. At this point, there’s been no announcement on where in England AEW will take place next year or into the future.

The All In announcement is the first of what Khan called “the most important announcements in the history of AEW,” in a recent interview with TV Insider.

Glen Powell is everywhere right now. He’s wrangling tornadoes, he’s wrangling the hearts of Americans, he’s wrangling dogs, though not necessarily in that order. But the one place you won’t find him is in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or the DC Universe for that matter.

Even though rumors are always trying to cast Powell in something, the actor recently joined The Playlist’s The Discourse podcast to put some runmors to rest.

“You know I’ve never gotten a call from DC or Marvel,” Powell revealed. “But I’m a fan of everything they do,” he added. “I just saw Deadpool [and Wolverine]. I freaking had a blast. I think what Shawn [Levy] and Ryan [Reynolds] did with that is like extraordinary and just such a fun flavor for audiences. And I cheer for them. And I love what [they do].”

Powell recently helped propel rumors that he would join DC after he mentioned he would have a “wild take” playing Batman, but it doesn’t look like it’s in the cards for him. “I think James Gunn, Peter Safran, and what they’re doing at DC- I think it’s going to be really, really good for that business. So, it’s like, yeah, I cheer them all on. I’m a big fan of the movies,” he continued.

All of this seems overshadowed by the fact that Powell did in fact appear in one Batman universe as Trader #1 in Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Maybe a movie where he is just a normal stockbroker living amongst supervillians would be fun. Or perhaps that’s his villain origin story.

(Via CB)

The NBA schedule has been released (almost) in full, as we still await how the league will schedule the week around the NBA Cup quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. Aside from those two games, every team knows when and where they’ll be playing this season, and as fans we can start circling our calendars for the biggest games on the schedule.

Here, I wanted to take a look from a national perspective at the biggest games in each month, picking five games each from October to April on the NBA schedule that stood out upon first glance. Some will be battles between top teams, others will be chasing playoff and Play-In berths, and some are simply star battles that always bring intrigue.

October

Oct. 22: Knicks-Celtics (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

First game of the regular season. Ring night for Boston. First chance to see the Knicks with Mikal Bridges. This one’s an easy one.

Oct. 23: Bucks-Sixers (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

The next night we get a chance to look at the other two hopeful top contenders in the East, as Paul George makes his debut in Philly, while Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and company will look to spoil the party and remind everyone they belong in the conversation in the East as well.

Oct. 24: Thunder-Nuggets (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT)

The Thunder were last year’s No. 1 seed in the West and look like they’re better this year. Denver, it seems, got worse, but they still have Nikola Jokic and this might be a good litmus test for exactly what level the Nuggets can still operate at.

Oct. 29: Mavs-Wolves (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

Our first rematch of last year’s Western Conference Finals will come in the second week of the season in Minnesota, as the Wolves get a chance to exact a touch of revenge against the Mavs.

Oct. 30: Magic-Grizzlies (8:00 p.m. ET, NBATV)

This one’s a bit random, but I’m excited to see both of these young teams this season. The Magic with KCP should be in the mix for a mid-seed in the East, while the Grizzlies hope for a healthy 2024-25 and a return to the top of the West. This matchup gives us a chance to see both against a team occupying a similar tier (on paper).

November

Nov. 1: Nuggets-Wolves (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

A rematch of the 7-game instant classic West semis, and once again we get to see if Denver’s still got the juice to hang with the best in the West, as Anthony Edwards, Karl-Anthony Towns, and the Wolves have their eyes on a 1-seed.

Nov. 12: Knicks-Sixers (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

November also brings the start of NBA Cup play, and the opening night features arguably the biggest matchup of the entire tournament. The Knicks and Sixers landing in the same group means their first game against each other will determine who becomes the favorite to reach the quarterfinals.

Nov. 19: Pelicans-Mavs (8:30 p.m. ET, League Pass)

Have the Pelicans done enough, adding Dejounte Murray this summer, to be a real threat in the West this year? Their Cup game against the Mavs will be a nice measuring stick against the reigning West champs (and also could be important in deciding that group).

Nov. 19: Thunder-Spurs (9:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

That same night, we get Chet vs. Wemby in a Cup game, which should be electric. We don’t have a ton of great player rivalries in the NBA right now, but these two are always determined to show out against the other and this one should be fun.

Nov. 22: Pacers-Bucks (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

The Pacers, somewhat surprisingly, owned the Bucks last season. They beat them in the regular season. They beat them in the playoffs (albeit, a banged up Bucks team). As Cup finalists from a year ago, Indiana is known as a team that takes this seriously, and I’d bet Milwaukee will be looking for a bit of revenge early in the year.

December

Dec. 3: Magic-Knicks (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

The last night of the NBA Cup group stage will see the Knicks host the Magic in a game that could determine a spot in the quarterfinal.

Dec. 6: Bucks-Celtics (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Our first chance to see Giannis and Dame against the defending champs. These two seemingly always deliver an entertaining game.

Dec. 17: NBA Cup Final

No idea who will be playing in this yet, but I enjoyed the first year of the NBA Cup and hopefully this year’s final is a bit more competitive.

Dec. 25: Sixers-Celtics (5:00 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN)

The Christmas Day slate is, as always, loaded, but our first Sixers-Celtics game in the Garden should be electric.

Dec. 25: Lakers-Warriors (8:00 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN)

Who nows how many more times we’re going to get Steph vs. LeBron, so I’m going to enjoy another Christmas night watching two of the best to ever play go toe-to-toe.

January

Jan. 10: Thunder-Knicks (7:30 p.m. ET, League Pass)

A really fun cross-conference game that includes Isaiah Hartenstein’s return to the Garden. Also, a small chance this is an NBA Finals preview.

Jan. 12: Pacers-Cavs (6:00 p.m. ET, League Pass)

These two teams both think they should be in the mix in the East, but when you start crunching the numbers, neither is safe from the Play-In (provided the top-4 shakes out as expected). How both of these teams do against the other teams in the middle class of the East (Indiana/Cleveland/Orlando) will likely determine who is solidly in the playoffs and who might have to deal with the Play-In.

Jan. 14: Nuggets-Mavs (9:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

Jokic vs. Doncic is always fun. We also will know a good bit about both of these teams at this point, and one (or both) might be a bit further down the standings than they want with the trade deadline rapidly approaching.

Jan. 20: Wolves-Grizzlies (2:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

The Grizzlies were the young team on the rise in the West before last year, when Minnesota usurped that spot. On MLK Day in a national window, Memphis gets a chance to make a statement that they are back and a threat in the West once again.

Jan. 25: Celtics-Mavs (5:30 p.m. ET, ABC)

The NBA Finals rematch arrives at the end of January on ABC, as we’ll get to see Luka, Kyrie, and the Mavs try to find another gear against Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and the Celtics.

February

Feb. 4: Lakers-Clippers (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT)

The Lakers finally will actually go to a road arena for their in-city rivalry with the Clippers, who move into the Intuit Dome this year. That adds some intrigue to this matchup, as does the fact these two should be competing for seeding in the West just before the trade deadline.

Feb. 11: Grizzlies-Suns (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT)

If you can’t tell, Memphis is one of the teams that fascinates me this season. They were so bad a year ago, but were also missing just about everyone important. I have no idea how far they leap back up the West standings, but the Suns are another team looking to make a climb this year, and going into All-Star, this could be a very entertaining game.

Feb. 23: Thunder-Wolves (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

OKC and Minnesota are two teams that are a pretty good bet to care about games, even in late February. They both should be in the mix for the West’s 1-seed, and OKC can test run their new frontcourt with Isaiah Hartenstein against one of the biggest teams in the West.

Feb. 25: Cavs-Magic (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

As mentioned earlier, all of the games between Cleveland, Indiana, and Orlando figure to be important this year for seeding in the East. Add in these two playing a contentious 7-game series in the first round in 2024, and this should be a fun matchup coming out of the break.

Feb. 26: Spurs-Rockets (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)

The Rockets have Play-In aspirations, and by this point, we’ll know if they’re on track for that or not. After the All-Star break, it’s not always easy to pinpoint what games guys will get up for, but this should be a fun matchup between a Houston team hungry to win (in a rare national spotlight) and a Spurs team looking to take a step forward around Victor Wembanyama.

March

March 4: Clippers-Suns (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT)

Both of these teams hope to be in the playoff hunt by this point, but it wouldn’t be surprising if one or both were in Play-In position when they meet in early March.

March 9: Grizzlies-Pelicans (7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Another matchup of teams in the West that should fall into a similar tier, the Grizzlies and Pelicans are very familiar with one another and tend to put on an entertaining show when they match up.

March 13: Kings-Warriors (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT)

The Kings hope DeMar DeRozan pushes them back into the mix in the West, while the Warriors made some solid moves on the margins but didn’t take any swings to build a real threat around Steph. As such, the two northern California squads may once again be battling for a Play-In berth when they play here, and have plenty of familiarity with each other.

March 16: Suns-Lakers (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)

KD vs. LeBron is always fun, and add in that these teams will likely be battling for seeding and this Saturday showcase game should have plenty of juice.

March 28: Knicks-Bucks (8:00 p.m. ET, League Pass)

If everything goes to plan in the East, this game should be a battle of top seeds. Whether there’s incentive for either side to go all out at this point remains to be seen, but it could be an important game for seeding for both teams.

April

April 1: Wolves-Nuggets (10:00 p.m. ET, TNT)

Denver has been a top-4 lock in the West for years, but I’m not 100 percent sold that’s the case this year. Minnesota, meanwhile, will want the 1-seed, and so both might be playing for something in their early April showdown.

April 3: Bucks-Sixers (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

We’ll get a little round-robin between the best teams in the East to close out the season, with Milwaukee and Philly also meeting in a potentially big game for seeding.

April 8: Celtics-Knicks (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)

New York hopes they’ve closed the gap on Boston and that this game will mean something in the standings. We’ll see, given how the Celtics ran away with the East a year ago, but it’d be fun if this game had real stakes for the 1-seed.

April 13: Pacers-Cavs (1:00 p.m. ET, League Pass)

There aren’t a lot of games on the last day of the season that I think will have real stakes, but this one could be for the 5, 6, or 7-seed in the East. If it’s somehow a Play-In before the Play-In, that’d be extremely fun.

April 13: Clippers-Warriors (3:30 p.m. ET, League Pass)

Like Pacers-Cavs, this has a chance to matter to both teams in what is supposed to be a very tight battle for spots in the West.

For the most part, LeBron James has had a pretty good summer. While the Los Angeles Lakers getting bounced by the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the NBA playoffs wasn’t exactly a high point, things have gone well for the best player of his era since then — the Lakers drafted his son, Bronny, in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft, while James was the MVP of the men’s Olympic basketball tournament, where the United States took home a gold medal. He was also chosen as the male flag bearer for the American delegation. Pretty good!

Now, he gets the opportunity for a little downtime before training camp starts and the Lakers attempt to get into a groove under new head coach J.J. Redick. This, apparently, included staying in Europe after the Olympics ended and going over to Munich, where he went to see Adele in concert and looked like he was having the time of his life as he held an umbrella, sang, and danced during “Set Fire to the Rain.” (Link here)

While we do not know for sure, we have to assume that this is one of the first times that LeBron and Adele have been in the same place since the public announcement that Adele and James’ longtime friend and agent, Rich Paul, got engaged.

In September, the “Stoodio” behind Doodles is premiering an animated feature, Dullsville And The Doodleverse, with a soundtrack curated by the brand’s Chief Brand Officer Pharrell Williams. Today, they’ve released the first single from said soundtrack, “Not In The Store,” featuring Pharrell and Coi Leray. The video is animated in the same cutesy style as the overall Doodleverse, which Coi’s daisy-faced avatar dancing and rapping its way through a colorful fantasy world. Check out the trailer for Dullsville And The Doodleverse below.

In case you haven’t heard of it, Doodles bills itself as “a next-generation entertainment company focused on immersive storytelling through the creation and distribution of live and digital experiences, original content, and lifestyle products.” It started out as an NFT collection on OpenSea, with users buying the cutesy digital avatars (which look like something out of Adventure Time), and using them to interact with other users by way of various platforms like Discord and, eventually, a Doodles metaverse. Picture Roblox by way of those Bored Apes NFTs. Users can apparently dress up their avatars with real-life brands like Adidas and Arizona Tea, which… I guess is one way to do that (you could also just buy the clothes in real life and wear them outside while you touch grass).

Here’s a look at one of the promotional trailers for the project below. You can watch Coi Leray’s “Not In The Store” video above.

Despite having her own hit movie basically simultaneously as her husband Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively is having a bit of an unlucky week. Reports of a feud between her and her co-star/director Justin Baldoni have only been bouncing around the internet, and on top of that, she has been criticized for how she’s handled the marketing around her movie, which features a heavy domestic violence storyline, a fact that many people seem unaware of.

As with many rumors, this caused internet sleuths to re-examine Lively’s past interviews and press cycles, which has unearthed some controversial moments from the former Gossip Girl actress.

While promoting her 2016 film Cafe Society (directed by Woody Allen), Lively and Parker Posey were doing rounds when Norwegian reporter Kjersti Flaa congratulated her on her “little bump.” Lively was pregnant with her second child at the time, and she quickly responded to the interviewer, “Congrats on your little bump!” which was met with an awkward laugh.

This week, Flaa uploaded the video to her YouTube channel with the title “The Blake Lively interview that made me want to quit my job,” which now has over a million views, not counting the rounds it made on Twitter and TikTok. Flaa told The Daily Mail that the comment was “traumatizing” and made her rethink her career. “To be honest, it hurts because I obviously wasn’t pregnant and I could never get pregnant. So to me that comment was like a bullet,” Flaa explained. For a lot of the interview, Lively and Posey continue to talk to each other instead of addressing the interviewer. Fans online have argued that Flaa shouldn’t have commented on the pregnancy at all.

Flaa said that she had been asked to do the interview for her job, and the ordeal made her feel like a “complete failure.” She added, “It was such a traumatizing experience to me. I was there to do a job, and they made sure to make it as difficult as possible for me to do that. I was invited to meet them. It certainly did not feel like that. I felt belittled and ignored, and it made me question if I ever wanted to do these types of interviews again.”

Flaa has since gone on to interview the likes of Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman, so it’s a good thing she kept her job.

(Via Page Six)

When casting for an already-established role, many fans try to take matters into their own hands by campaigning for their favorites to star, mostly through the power of social media. When it was announced that the popular video game The Last Of Us would be getting a TV adaptation, fans of the video game series were giving their two cents with regard to casting. But sometimes, fans take it too far and forget that these are actual people, not characters, who are up for these roles.

For season two of the hit series, Booksmart‘s Kaitlyn Dever was cast as Abby, the controversial villain opposite Joel and Ellie. Obviously, Abby is an antagonist, but the fans of the series were reportedly taking her role too seriously. Isabela Merced, who appears in season two as Dina, Ellie’s love interest (who was also met with backlash of her own) said that the frenzy surrounding the casting led to increased security on set for Dever.

While appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast ahead of her film Alien: Romulus, Merced said that Dever “had to be extra secured by security when it came to the filming of [season 2]” due to the negativity from fans. Merced said that there are “so many strange people” who “genuinely hate Abby,” despite her being a fictional character from a video game. The actress added, “Just a reminder, [she’s] not a real person,” Merced said.

In the finale of the first season, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) end up with the Fireflies, who wanted to sacrifice Ellie to find a cure for the Cordyceps fungus that already wiped out most of the world. Joel ended up killing many of the Fireflies, including Abby’s dad. In season two, which will follow a five-year time jump, Abby seeks justice for her father’s death.

Abby might not be a real person, but Dever is. Merced said that Dever “does not get phased by things,” but it’s only going to make her a better actor. “It’s devastating to see,” Merced added. “But also – give her the damn Emmy, honestly. I’m so excited for people to see how incredibly well Bella and Kaitlyn did on this. I’m so excited.”

The Last Of Us season two will hit HBO in 2025.

(Via People)