Naughty Dog developed The Last of Us game and Sony Computer Entertainment published it. It is an action-adventure game where the player controls a smuggler – Joel who has been tasked with escorting Ellie, a teenage girl. The setting of the game is a post-apocalyptic United States of America and is supposed to be played from a third-person perspective. The Last of Us was a huge success, to the point where there were quite a few sequels and spin-offs made and those too were highly successful. And now, we’re also getting a remake of The Last of Us for the next gen console – PS5. Considering the success of the game and the engaging story, HBO have taken up the job of developing a live action series based on this game. Fan are worried whether the adaptation properly honors the source material?
This is risky business to be honest, when you touch something too valuable you often get burned. Just look at Amazon Prime’s LOTR Prequel. Although, that show got criticized for good reasons. Considering that HBO is making the adaptation, I was not worried. I have faith in HBO’s creative team that they’ll only ruin the last season of the show. Jokes apart, but HBO really is one of the better networks for such a show and they proved it by releasing a trailer for the show that looks absolutely gripping. Along with the trailer, now we even have character posters for every pivotal characters that will appear in the first season. Let’s take a look at them.
The Last of Us Introduces New Characters!
We have gotten a total of 11 posters that means 11 characters officially introduced. While the trailer might’ve showed all of these characters many people might not know them as they were show so briefly. The fans of the game might pick up on that but not the general audience. We already knew about Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie but now along with these characters we know nine other characters who will appear in Season 1:
Marlene played Merle Dandridge, Tommy played by Gabriel Luna, Tess played by Anna Torv, Bill played by Nick Offerman, Sam played by Keivonn Woodard, Frank played by Murray Bartlett, Henry played by Lamar Johnson, Riley played by Storm Reid and Sarah played by Nico Parker. Here are the all the character posters that were revealed.
Craig Mazin who made Chernobyl and won multiple Emmys for it is the co-creator of the series. Seeing that Chernobyl also had outbreak of sorts at its center the series can be similar to it in treatment. Honestly, if the series is anything like Chernobyl, I’m already in love with it. The co-creator of the series as well is the game creator Neil Druckmann. In honor of the franchise’s annual celebration, HBO has released the official The Last of Us trailer. The trailer acts as a confirmation that the adaptation is faithful to the source material just like HBO promised and was suggested by the set photos that were leaked.
Many of the game’s moments would be recreated including the devastating ones as well. Pedro Pascal leads the cast of The Last of Us as Joel, a smuggler hired to deliver Bella Ramsey’s Ellie, a teenager immune to the Cordyceps brain infection that has wiped out the world, to a group of survivors working to manufacture a cure. Alongside Pascal and Ramsey, the cast for HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation includes Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, Jeffrey Pierce, Anna Torv, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman and Storm Reid.
Check out the full Trailer of The Last of Us on YouTube:
The Last of Us will start streaming on HBO Max from January 15th 2023, each new episode would release every week.
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