The Last of US Series by HBO: Start, Cast, Story - All information

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The most important facts about The Last of US Series

Start / Release : TBA Sender: HBO Genre: Adventure, Horror, Action Director : Kantemir Balagow (Pilot), Ali Abbasi, Jasmila Žbanic Writer : Neil Printant, Craig Mazin Number of consequences : 10 (Season 1) Possible number of seasons : 8

Start / Release The Last of US series is still out

An official start date is not yet available. However, we probably still have to wait for a while, as the production of the TV show has only received green light from HBO in November 2020.

Currently we expect a start of the series at the very at the end of 2021, more realistic but only 2022 .

Confirmed performer: inside The LAST OF US series

Pedro Pascal as Joel

Pedro Pascal will embody the smugglers Joel. We already know Pascal from the Star Wars series The Mandalorian. In Game of Thrones we were able to see him as Oberyn Martell.

In both series, Pascal already demonstrated that he can play stounious but at the same time very lovable characters and should therefore be very good to Joel.

Bella Ramsey as Ellie

To Pascal Bella Ramsey will join Ellie as a teenager. The 17-year-old British actress also celebrated her debut in Game of Thrones as Lyanna Mormont. Thanks to its wonderfully dry species, she immediately established itself as a crowd pleasure with her first appearance in the fantasy series.

Gabriel Luna as Tommy

Tommy is Joels Brother and thus in a way a kind of uncle for Ellie. He stands in the stark contrast to his brother, as he still believes in humanity and a reconstruction of society. As we know, Joel was far less idealistic to do so.

He is played by Gabriel Luna, probably most likely to participate in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is known. In the Marvel series Luna embodies the Ghost Rider.

Merle Dandridge as Marlene

Marlene is a leader of Fireflies and a friend of Ellis mother. After their death, they familiarize them the little Ellie until Marlene turns them to Joel and Tess, so they bring them from the city and a hospital of the revoluzers.

Marlene is embodied by Merle Dandridge and is likely to highlight a smile especially fans of the game. Because Merle has already lent her voice in the Games Marlene. This is the first cast, which was used as well as from the games.

Nico Parker as Sarah

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The figure of Sarah is associated with great emotions for many. The daughter of Joel is the pivot point of the prologue of the first game. Therefore, it should also take a major role in the beginning in the series.

Nico Parker will embody Sarah for the filming. It is known from Real Filming of Dumbo and played a child there, which meets the flying elephant.

con o'Neill as Bill

Players * meet relatively early on Bill in The Last of Us. The bread roll lives in Jackson's overflowing city and is an expert for falling. He has a smuggler agreement with Joel and Tess, but is slightly suspicious of the two.

The actor con o'Neill is known mainly by the HBO series Chernobyl. There he played the director of the disaster system.

Anna Torv as a Tess

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Tess works together with Joel as smuggler. The two obtained from Marlene mission to bring Ellie from the city and smuggle into a hospital of the revoluzer.

The actress Anna Torv know most probably from the Series Mindhunter or Fringe.

How could the actors look like in the series?

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Fans have already made the faces of Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey diligently on poster and game scene, which then looks like this as on the picture above. With character portraits, a fan shows the potential look of the actors in the series.

More fan regions to the The Last of US series can be found in a separate HBO article.

For comparison - see Ellie and Joel in the game

More figures from the game that are casted:

• Perry, a new rebel embodying by Jeffrey Pierce (Tommy's voice from The Last of Us)
• Frank, the alleged love partner of Bill (Murray Bartlett)

Important characters from the game that were not yet crafted:

• Henry
• Sam
• David
• Maria
• Riley

It's about the LAST OF US series (spoiler free)

The HBO show is intended to retire the events of the first The Last of Us , with possible accessories from the second part of the video game range, The Last of Us: Part 2.

The premise: A devastating mushroom (Cordyceps) has wiped out the world almost completely and either killed a majority of humanity or transformed into no-mushroom mutations.

In the game as well as in the series, we accompany the Mittienziger Joel and Teenager Ellie in 2033 on their journey through the United States and experience how their initial mistrust converts into a confidential father-daughter relationship, while over all the Search for a remedy for the devastating cordyceps mushroom floats.

Story should be expanded : In an interview with BBC Radio Special emphasized Producer and Script Writer Craig Mazin, but that the series will not add 100% to the game. Rather, the Story of The Last of Us is to be extended. He emphasizes that the show further fill in certain scenes or events from the video game template, but do not undo events or essentially change.

In addition, there is an indication that the The Last of US DLC Left Behind could be picked up in the series: Neil Printant Teaste a few months ago that also Riley, Ellieies girlfriend from Left Behind will have an appearance in the show .

Less action, more drama: In contrast to the game, the focus in the series should not be on the action. In the game, that, according to the pressure man, be an important element to teach the player's playing mechanics. This is not necessary in the series, which is why you want to concentrate here on the relationship between Joel and Ellie.

First set images showed up

On his Instagram account, actor Gabriel Luna has shown a picture of his serial family. It falls on that this scene comes from the beginning of The Last of US 1 and fans know exactly what emotional moment immoting, to be rotated:

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During a walk through the Canadian City Calgary, the Twitter user came across the set of The Last of Us. Of course she has used the chance and documented as much as she could.

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Screenplay, production and soundtrack

Screenplay: For the script, Neil Druckmann (Director of the Last of Us and The Last of US Part 2) and Craig Mazin Responsible. The latter was already in charge of the HBO series Chernobyl involved, so has experience when it comes to postalapocalyptic worlds.

Director: For the direction of the pilot episode Kantemir Bagalov (known for beanphole) is confirmed. The Russian filmmaker takes over the direction of the Chernobyl Directors Johan Renck, which should actually steer the very first episode, but due to scheduling difficulties had to cancel.

Production companies : The series is developed in collaboration with Sony Pictures, Playstation Studios and Naughty Dog.

Soundtrack: As a composer, the Argentine musician Gustavo SantaLalla could be won for the series. He was already responsible for the Soundtrack of the Last of Us and The Last of US 2.

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