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One of the most anticipated series for early next year is the adaptation of the game The Last of Us, which will arrive as a series exclusively for HBO Max on January 15.
For the same reason and to increase your hype, in this note, we will tell you everything we know about this series so that you feel completely ready to see it on its premiere day.
FIRST, LETS TALK ABOUT THE VIDEO GAME
The Last of Us was released in June 2013 for PlayStation 3, followed by its brilliant prequel The Last of Us: Left Behind, in which we discovered that Ellie, the protagonist of the story, had had a beautiful relationship with another survivor. The wonderful The Last of Us Part II was released in June 2020 in the PlayStation 4 catalog.
The official synopsis for the game is as follows:
The story of The Last of Us takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a strong-willed survivor, is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and harrowing journey as both must traverse the US and depend on each other for survival.
WHAT IS THE CAST FOR THE SERIES?
Joel will be starring Pedro Pascal.
He is known for playing Prince Oberyn Martell in the television series Game of Thrones, Javier Peña in the Netflix series Narcos and later, for the Disney + series, The Mandalorian, where he plays the protagonist, The Mandalorian.
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Ellie will be starring Bella Ramsey.
In 2016, and at just 12 years old, Bella Ramsey joined the HBO project in the role of the outspoken Lyanna Mormont. The first appearance of her on the screen of her was in the seventh episode called "The Broken Man", belonging to the sixth season of the series.
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-Gabriel Luna as Tommy Miller
-Nick Offerman as Bill
-Merle Dandridge as Marlene (she also played Marlene within the game)
-Anna Torv as Tess Servopouls
-Storm Reid as Riley Abel
-Nico Parker as Sarah Miller
-Lamar Johnson as Henry
-Keivonn Woodard as Sam
-Ashley Johnson, the original actress of Ellie in the video game, is in an unconfirmed role but apparently appearing in two episodes.
-Troy Baker, the original actor of Joel in the video game, in a role without confirm, but apparently, he will appear in two episodes.
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DIRECTORS AND SCREENWRITERS
Craig Mazin, the creator of Chernobyl, is the screenwriter and producer of the project, along with Neil Druckmann, screenwriter and creative director of the magnificent Naughty Dog video game.
“I think fans of something worry that when ownership passes to someone else, those people dont really understand it, or they end up changing it,” Mazin explained in a talk on BBC Radio 5. “In this case, Im doing it. with the guy who did it, our changes are designed to complete and expand, not undo, but improve."
OFFICIAL TRAILER BY HBO MAX
OFFICIAL POSTERS OF THE CHARACTERS
Click here to go see them.
RELEASE DATE
The premiere day of the series will be January 15; the time is yet to be confirmed.
The series will be exclusive to HBO Max. Remember that the streaming service, which is also the cheapest, offers different promotions and allows you to share your account with your family and friends through profiles.
HOW MANY EPISODES WILL THE SERIES HAVE?
Everything indicates that the first season will have a total of 10 episodes, which will be written by Craig Mazin, creator of the series Chernobyl and Neil Druckmann, father of the video game The Last of Us.
HOW FAITHFUL WILL THE SERIES BE TO THE VIDEO GAME?
As far as we know, the series will be a faithful adaptation of the video game, clearly, there will be variations, such as the decrease in violence or the hero archetype that Joel will be.
But in addition to that, we show you this comparison of images between the series and the video game:
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On the other hand, the live-action is understood as an adaptation that will take some creative licenses and not as a faithful replica of the video game narrative. Something that also opens up a huge range of possibilities.
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