

Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across a post-apocalyptic United States.

He is writing all 10 episodes alongside the director of the original games, Neil Druckmann, who will also be helming at least one instalment.The Last of Us is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. He will be playing an original character known as Perry.Įmmy-winner Craig Mazin (creator of Chernobyl) will be serving as showrunner for The Last of Us. Jeffery Pierce, who provided the motion capture and voice for Tommy in the games, will also have a role in the show. In addition to Pascal and Ramsey, the show will also star Gabriel Luna (from Terminator: Dark Fate) as Joel's brother Tommy, Anna Torv (of Mindhunter fame) as Tess, and Nico Parke, who was last seen alongside her mother Thandie Newton in this year's Reminiscence. The debut season of HBO's The Last of Us will adapt the first game in the series, in which a bereaved father - named Joel - must reluctantly escort a young girl - named Ellie - across a post-apocalyptic version of America. She is also sporting a red hoodie which might not be featured in any of the source material, but is the same color as her iconic jet-ski T-shirt. Meanwhile, Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey, who you might recognize as the defiant Lyanna Mormont from the later seasons of Game of Thornes) is carrying around her backpack too, which is decorated with all the pins and badges that you see in the games. Joel (played by The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal) is lugging around a taped-up backpack – which you use to store all your items in the game – and is also carrying his signature leather jacket. Naughty DogĪs for the depictions of the characters themselves, while we cannot see their faces in the new photo their costumes look to be incredibly authentic here. One of the most famous moments from "The Last of Us" sees Joel and Ellie overlooking a tower of Giraffes walking through Salt Lake City. A production still was tweeted by the network on Sunday, accompanied by the caption "Look for the light", which is a reference to a slogan used by the in-game faction, The Fireflies.
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Instead, it was HBO that had to save the day, giving us our first proper look at the in-development The Last of Us TV adaptation. Fans were basically only really treated to the announcement of new merchandise - like a limited-edition statue manufactured by Dark Horse and a vinyl album featuring Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker performing songs featured in The Last of Us Part II – as well as a photo mode competition. While the celebration is usually focussed on the video games themselves, this year's event was a little light on major reveals. New Image From HBO's 'The Last of Us' Revealed
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It also happens to be the birthday of series protagonist, Joel Miller, as anybody who has played the first title's devastating cold-open will remember all too well.Ĭelebrating September 26 has become something of an annual tradition in The Last of Us community, with developer Naughty Dog often waiting until then to drop any surprise announcements and to release new content. The photo was uploaded to social media last night (Sunday, September 26), as part of the official The Last of Us Day 2021 celebration.įor those who do not know, this date commemorates the anniversary of when the Cordyceps infection reached critical mass in the universe of the popular video game franchise.

An image from HBO's The Last of Us TV show has been revealed online and teases a very faithful interpretation of the original games.
