{"id":373336,"date":"2026-07-28T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=373336"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:20:27","slug":"the-last-of-us-joel-miller-returns-in-2027-just-as-a-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-last-of-us-joel-miller-returns-in-2027-just-as-a-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last of Us&#8217; Joel Miller returns in 2027: just as a statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime 1 Studio has announced its Real Elite Masterline Joel Miller statue, a limited-edition <strong>1\/4-scale collectible<\/strong> built around Joel\u2019s look from the first <a href=\"https:\/\/the-last-of-us.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last of Us<\/a>. It\u2019s set to launch in November 2027, so for now Joel\u2019s big return is in merchandise form, not in a new game, an expansion, or another HBO season.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The piece is specifically modeled on Joel Miller as he appears in the original The Last of Us, and that detail matters more than it might seem at first glance. A few headlines made it sound like something bigger was happening, like Joel was on his way back in a much broader sense.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naughty Dog hasn\u2019t announced any new The Last of Us game with Joel Miller in it. The most Neil Druckmann, Naughty Dog\u2019s co-president, has said is that Part III would happen if the team lands on a story strong enough to justify it. And with <a href=\"https:\/\/intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet<\/a> still the studio\u2019s main publicly known project, and still widely rumored for a <strong>mid-2027<\/strong> release, a Joel-led sequel showing up in that same stretch doesn\u2019t look very likely.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you collect The Last of Us merchandise, this Prime 1 Studio statue might be one to pick up. If what you really want is a new Joel Miller story, though, it\u2019s probably time to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/will-there-be-a-the-last-of-us-3-neil-druckmann-just-gave-us-a-very-interesting-hint\" rel=\"noopener\">lower expectations<\/a><\/strong>. Pedro Pascal\u2019s Joel dies in HBO\u2019s The Last of Us season 2, and while flashbacks are still on the table, season 3 is widely expected in 2027 to lean much more toward Abby, played by Kaitlyn Dever.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So as things stand, Joel Miller\u2019s only confirmed return in 2027 is this expensive Prime 1 Studio statue. And Prime 1 Studio has it slated for <strong>November 2027<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime 1 Studio has announced its Real Elite Masterline Joel Miller statue, a limited-edition 1\/4-scale collectible built around Joel\u2019s look from the first The Last of Us. It\u2019s set to launch in November 2027, so for now Joel\u2019s big return is in merchandise form, not in a new game, an expansion, or another HBO season. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-last-of-us-joel-miller-returns-in-2027-just-as-a-statue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Last of Us&#8217; Joel Miller returns in 2027: just as a statue&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":373335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-373336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373337,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373336\/revisions\/373337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373336"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=373336"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=373336"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=373336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}