HBO has been heavy-handed with fantasy projects this year, including two new releases out of the Game of Thrones franchise. The first project to expand the Westerosi lore in live action was A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,set around 90 years before the original series. HBO brought back another Game of Thrones spin-off less than two weeks ago with the highly anticipated third season of House of the Dragon, which had a lot of work to do to win back fans after the divisive ending to Season 2. Things are off to a great start, though, as the first two episodes of House of the Dragon Season 3 are some of the highest-rated in the entire series. Another massively popular HBO show to emerge in just the last few years is The Last of Us, which has already aired two seasons since 2023.
The Last of Us HBO series is based on the popular Naughty Dog video game franchise, following the beloved characters, Joel and Ellie. HBO recruited Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey to play the characters in live-action, along with Kaitlyn Dever to play the key role of Abby, who will be the center of the third season. Production on the third season of The Last of Us recently went on a planned hiatus, and while it’s expected to resume soon, the show has been confirmed to not return in 2026. However, there is another release coming soon that has fans excited, which is a new multiplayer mode courtesy of modders, finally bringing to life a feature fans have inquired about for years. More details about the multiplayer project, which launches this September, are coming soon — a full development update and gameplay reveal were posted on YouTube recently.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Is ‘The Last of Us’ Season 3 the Final Season?
HBO has confirmed that The Last of Us Season 3 will be the final season of the show, but this comes as no surprise to those who have played the games. The first season of The Last of Us adapted the entire first game in the franchise, and the second season adapted Ellie’s perspective in The Last of Us Part II. Season 3 will shift to telling Abby’s story from The Last of Us Part II, and then the show will be at the end of the source material to draw from.
Check out the first two seasons of The Last of Us on HBO Max and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 3.
