Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us debuted in 2013. The action-adventure game quickly acquired devoted fans enthralled by its story focused on Joel and Ellie. Joel, a smuggler, and Ellie, a teenage girl, try to make their way across a post-apocalyptic United States. An infection has ravaged the country, but Ellie’s immune and could possibly help with a cure. The escort and teen duo encounter danger along the way in the form of violent humans and scary fungus-infected creatures. Players became invested in their story. And now, HBO is bringing The Last of Us of to the screen. The network greenlit the project in November 2020.
Title
Like the game, the series is called The Last of Us.
The Last of Us‘s Plot
The series will span a cool 10 episodes and will follow the first game, at least initially. This means we can easily assume the story will follow the award-winning video game’s narrative. It’s set in the 2030s. Joel, a smuggler who has seen some s**t, gets Ellie out of a quarantine zone for their journey. They must depend upon each other for survival as they travel from east to west. By all accounts it’s an intense and emotional story, so brace yourself.
Here’s how HBO is describing the series:
Based on the critically acclaimed video game The Last of Us, developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation platforms, the story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
Behind the Scenes
Neil Druckmann, the writer and creative director of The Last of Us game, will write and executive produce the series. Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) will also write and executive produce. Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, and Naughty Dog are producing. The series, which is now in production, released its first look at Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey Joel and Ellie. Sure, we can’t see their faces. But the world Druckmann and Mazin are building looks incredible.
At the 2022 Summer Game Fest, Druckmann revealed he directed an episode of the series, which is set at a museum. Fans of The Last of Us will certainly recognize this as it’s from the game. HBO even released an image from Druckmann’s episode. The image is the classic HBO dark but it certainly looks like they’re hiding from someone—or something. Are those Clickers we see?
Gustavo Santaolalla, who composed both installments of The Last of Us video games, will bring his musical talents to the HBO series.
The Last of Us‘s Cast
HBO has already cast the two lead roles of Ellie and Joel. Pedro Pascal will portray Joel, which is perfect. And Bella Ramsey, perhaps best known for playing Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones, is set to play Ellie. That is also perfect. We can’t wait to see the duo together.
Additionally, Gabriel Luna, Anna Torv, Murray Bartlett, Nico Parker, and Nick Offerman will star, alongside a slew of actors from the games. Merle Dandridge, who voiced Marlene in the games, will play Marlene in the Series. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Pierce (Tommy in the games), Ashley Johnson (Ellie in the games), and and Troy Baker (Joel in the games) will appear in new roles, per HBO.
Among the guest stars is Storm Reid, who will play Riley, an orphan from post-apocalyptic Boston who survives alongside Ellie prior to the latter meeting Joel. Sounds like this cast really nails it.
The Last of Us‘s Release Date
Originally published on March 18, 2021.
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