In an exciting and much-needed piece of update for fans who have been waiting for ‘The Last of Us’ small-screen adaptation, the HBO series is on the verge of wrapping up its year-long filming schedule. The highly anticipated adaptation of the superhit PlayStation game ‘The Last of Us’ has started filming from July 2021 in Calgary city of Canada. And now, just a day’s more work of filming is left.
Moreover, during the Summer Game Fest event, HBO had unveiled an intriguing first look image from the show. The new still features its lead actors Joel (played by Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey) in a desolated museum, a setting which reminds us of the popular game ‘The Last of Us’.
Look for the light.
From Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, #TheLastofUs is coming soon to HBO Max.
A new exclusive image was just released at #SummerGameFest. @Naughty_Dog@Playstation pic.twitter.com/AbMdypPHhr
— HBO Max (@hbomax) June 9, 2022
The first look pic was presented by the show’s co-creator and original game’s writer Neil Druckmann. He gave another update that Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker, the voice cast of ‘The Last of Us’ game, will also be a part of the HBO series, albeit in different capacities.
Besides Pedro Pascal, the post-apocalyptic horror-adventure television series ‘The Last of Us’ will also feature his ‘Game of Thrones’ co-star Bella Ramsey alongside Gabriel Luna as an ex-soldier and Joel’s younger brother Tommy.
The original survival-horror game ‘The Last of Us’, released in the year 2013, revolved around two principal characters: ‘Joel’ and ‘Ellie’, set in the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world full of infected creatures. The basic premise of the game was that Joel, a smuggler, is hired to transport a teenager Ellie across the country, while protecting her from omnipresent dangers.
Written and directed by Naughty Dog’s ‘Neil Druckmann’ (the man behind another blockbuster game ‘Uncharted’), ‘The Last of Us’ is regarded as one of the best games ever produced and boasts of a whopping Metacritic score of 95. The game has reportedly sold more than 20 million units by October 2019.
Coming back to the upcoming HBO series ‘The Last of Us’, it is also known that the opening episode of the ten-part show has been directed by Russian filmmaker Kantemir Balagov. The show is expected to be released sometime in the year 2023. Stay tuned to Binged for the latest updates on ‘The Last of Us’ series.
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