Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are featured in a stunning poster for HBO The last of us.
HBO’s latest poster The last of us offers fans a new look at Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller and Bella Ramsey as Ellie Williams, the lead characters in the upcoming series, which premieres on January 15, 2023. The poster bears the tagline “when you’re lost in the dark, look for the light”, a popular quote from the The last of us series of video games. You can check out the poster below.
Developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, The last of us focuses on the relationship between a smuggler named Joel and 14-year-old Ellie, with the latter possibly holding the key to curing the deadly pandemic that has resulted in the game’s post-apocalypse world. Hired to smuggle Ellie out of an area of midlife, Joel finds himself depending on the teenager just as much as she relies on him as they fight to survive on their journey across the United States.
The HBO adaptation of The last of us should cover the events of the first game, with the second game potentially surviving as a base for additional content. The upcoming series is said to be one of the most expensive ever made, with each episode costing around $10 million with a total budget of around $200 million. In comparison, HBO game of thrones had a budget of $15 million per episode for its final season.
The The last of us the adaptation is being developed by Craig Mazin, the man behind the critically acclaimed HBO miniseries Chernobyl, as well as Neil Druckmann, the screenwriter and creative director of the Naughty Dog game. Its cast also includes Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, Anna Torv, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman, Storm Reid, Jeffrey Pierce, Lamar Johnson, Keivonn Woodard, Graham Greene, Elaine Miles, Melanie Lynskey, Rutina Wesley and Brad Leland.
Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, who played Joel and Ellie in both The last of us games, are also set to appear in the HBO adaptation. Their roles in the series are kept secret.
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