The look ahead to HBO’s extremely anticipated “The Last of Us” collection is nearly over. On Sept. 26, HBO Max launched the terrifying teaser trailer for the brand new apocalyptic journey, and on Nov. 2, the streamer lastly introduced the present’s premiere date.
“The Last of Us,” primarily based on the bestselling, award-winning video-game collection of the identical identify, stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, each “Game of Thrones” alums (although their characters, Oberyn Martell and Lyanna Mormont, by no means interacted). Pascal’s Joel is tasked with smuggling Ramsey’s Ellie by a postapocalyptic, zombie-infected United States. In the trailer, they face many risks — and never simply zombies -like contaminated people.
In an interview with GQ in April, Pascal revealed that, although he loves the collection, he wasn’t excellent at enjoying the online game. “It’s so unhappy, I have never any talent,” the actor mentioned. “I attempted, you understand. And then it was solely a matter of minutes earlier than I needed to hand it over to my nephew. It actually takes a selected sort of talent, and I haven’t got it.”
Even although Pascal admires the sport, he knew he did not wish to completely imitate it, both. “I discovered Joel so spectacular — I discovered the entire of it such a visually spectacular expertise,” he mentioned. “And then I acquired frightened that I’d wish to imitate an excessive amount of, which I believe might be proper in some circumstances, after which a mistake in others. So I simply wished to create a wholesome distance, and for that to be extra within the fingers of [show co-writer] Craig Mazin and [game writer and show co-writer] Neil Druckmann.”
“The Last of Us” was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, in 2021, and HBO is planning to launch it in early 2023. Keep studying forward for all the things we learn about “The Last of Us,” together with the trailer and forged.