The Last of Us: Everything We Know About HBO Series Starring Pedro Pascal & Bella Ramsey

The Last of Us is just one of the great video games that are already preparing to have their own series, this will be developed by HBOand it was already revealed that among its main protagonists we will have Pedro Pascal, from The Mandalorian, alreadyBella Ramsey, the rookie actress who took the world by storm with her role as Lyanna Mormont on Game of Thrones.

Ramsey currently appeared on the second season of the His Dark Materials series, while Pedro Pascal is gearing up for the third season of The Mandalorian, but their schedule just got tighter because, according to The Hollywood Reporter, they were the ones. chosen to play Joel and Ellie in the new HBO series.

The video game has received great reviews and has a great story, which is a good starting point, but also the creator of Chernobyl (one of HBO’s best miniseries), Craig Mazin , is said to have teamed up with Neil Druckmann ( who is the creator of the original game) by Naughty Dog to make the adaptation and keep it true to the story of the game. Joining them is also the Oscar winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel, Brokeback Mountain) who will be in charge of the series’ music.

In addition, it is reported that this will be one of the most expensive series in history. According to IATSE 212 Director Damien Petti, ” This project far exceeds the eight-figure mark per episode, so there is a multiplier effect on our economy in terms of its impact. There are hundreds of related companies that benefit from the great amount of work”. Petti said that The Last of Us “has five art directors and employs an army of hundreds of technicians. It has had six months of preparation and shooting (in Alberta) for 12 months.”

The Last of Us Star Cast: Who is In It?

Pedro Pascal will play Joel, “a hardened survivor, haunted by the trauma and failure of the past, who must traverse an America devastated by a pandemic, while protecting a girl who represents humanity’s last hope.”

Bella Ramsey will play Ellie, “a 14-year-old orphan who has never known anything but a devastated planet, struggles to balance her instinct for anger and defiance with her need for connection and belonging … as well as the newfound reality that she may be the key to saving the world “

Gabriel Luna (from Terminator: Dark Fate) plays Tommy and Nico Parker plays a teenage girl named Sarah.

The Last of Us Story?

The story is based on the critically acclaimed video game, The Last of Us takes place 20 years after the destruction of modern civilization, where a man named Joel is hired to rescue Ellie from a quarantine zone in which humans they live oppressed and in extreme conditions. But what starts out as a seemingly simple job soon turns into a brutal and dangerous journey, as the pair must traverse the entire United States and learn to trust each other to survive all the obstacles that appear along the way.

The official synopsis says that: The story takes place twenty years after the destruction of modern civilization. Joel (played by Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (played by Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, from an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts out as a small job soon turns into a brutal and heartbreaking journey as both of them must traverse the US and depend on each other to survive.

When Does The Series Premiere?

HBO has not revealed too many details yet, an official synopsis is not known (although video game fans know very well what the story is about) and there is no exact date for its release, although we can be sure that we do not. to see in 2021.

“We can’t get started right away because they’re still finishing the second game. We’ve been talking about it for months, little plans and things. We’re going to dig deep, completely seriously once they finish their final work on the sequel,” Mazin said in his pre-release of the Scriptnotes podcast . That second game has already been released, so the project has likely been in development for a few months.

Pedro Pascal will supposedly return to work on The Mandalorian in April, so it is possible that the filming of The Last of Us starts until the end of the year, and we can see more details in early 2022.