First Footage From HBO Max's THE LAST OF US with Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey
HBO Max has released the very first footage from its upcoming series adaptation of The Last of Us in a new HBO Max promo teasing their upcoming slate of projects. The footage features Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) as Joel, and Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) as Ellie and they find themselves on a harrowing journey.
The Last of Us takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed by a deadly virus. Joel (Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone to the Fireflies, a cure-searching organization. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
The series also stars Gabriel Luna, Anna Torv, Merle Dandrige, Nick Offerman, Storm Reid, Nico Parker, Gabriel Luna, Jeffrey Pierce, and Murray Bartlett.
Luna plays Tommy, Joel’s younger brother, “a former soldier who hasn’t lost his sense of idealism and hope for a better world.” Dandridge is set to take on the role of Marlene in the series, the head of the Fireflies, “a resistance movement struggling for freedom against an oppressive military regime.” Offerman will take on the role of the character Bill and star alongside Murray Bartlett as Frank, two post-pandemic survivalists living alone in their own isolated town.
The Last of Us is set to be released in early 2023. I’m looking forward to this series and I can’t wait to see more.