27/09/2022
HBOâs âThe Last of Usâ Gets Intense First Trailer of Video Game Adaptation
HBOâs highly anticipated âThe Last of Usâ TV series has released its first official trailer on Monday, giving fans their first look at the adaptation of the popular, post-apocalyptic video game. The show premieres in 2023.
Just like the PlayStation video game, âThe Last of Usâ series follows a hardened survivor named Joel, played by âThe Mandalorianâ star Pedro Pascal, as he journeys across a United States decimated by a deadly disease called the cordyceps fungus. Along the way, he travels with a young girl named Ellie, played by âGame of Thronesâ alum Bella Ramsey, who plays a crucial part is finding a cure for the zombie-like plague that has destroyed society.
The trailer reveal came on Sept. 26, which is nicknamed Outbreak Day in âThe Last of Usâ community. In the original video game, the cordyceps fungus first began spreading around the U.S. on Sept. 26. In the trailer, set to Hank Williamsâ âAlone and Forsaken,â fans will recognize key moments from âThe Last of Usâ video game, such as Joel and Ellie escaping a quarantine zone, two collapsing skyscrapers they must traverse, Ellie riding a merry-go-round with her childhood friend Riley and Joel running with his daughter Sarah at the onset of the pandemic.
People who are infected by the cordyceps fungus turn into shambling monsters called clickers. They have mushroom-like spores sprout from their faces and develop an insatiable taste for human flesh. Unable to see, the clickers use a spine-chilling form of echolocation to hunt their prey, which you can hear in HBOâs short teaser from this morning
In addition to Pascal and Ramsey, the cast includes Gabriel Luna as Joelâs brother Tommy; Merle Dandridge as Marlene, the leader of the rebel group the Fireflies; Nico Parker as Joelâs daughter Sarah, Murray Bartlett as Frank; Nick Offerman as Bill; Jeffrey Pierce as Perry; and Anna Torv as Tess. Voice actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, who played Joel and Ellie in the video games, will also appear in the show in undisclosed roles.
Neil Druckmann, co-president of video game studio Naughty Dog, serves as co-creator, executive producer alongside Craig Mazin, the Emmy-winning creator of âChernobyl.â Carolyn Strauss, Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan and Rose Lam are executive producers. Kantemir Balagov, Jasmila Ĺ˝baniÄ, Ali Abbasi, Peter Hoar, Jeremy Webb and Liza Johnson are directors. The series is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television, and PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint and Naughty Dog produce.