The Last of Us TV Series on HBO Gets a Premiere Date
The Last of Us
By Adam Bankhurst
Updated: Nov 2, 2022 4:24 pm
Posted: Nov 2, 2022 4:06 pm
Naughty Dog and HBO have confirmed that the TV show adaptation of The Last Of Us will premiere on January 15, 2023.
The news was shared alongside a new poster showing Pedro Pascal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie walking in a ruined city in the post-apocalyptic world of The Last of Us.
The January 15 premiere date was leaked yesterday, November 1, via the HBO Max app and website and promotional materials in the UK, but now it is official.
The first season of HBO’s The Last of Us will consist of 10 episodes and it looks to cover the events of the first game from 2013. However, some of the episodes will feature events that «deviate greatly» from the game.
The Last of Us’ first trailer was released in September, and it gave us our first look at the Clickers, a post-apocalyptic U.S., and even what appeared to be the heartbreaking opening scene from the game.
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For more, check out why Bella Ramsey was «encouraged not to» play The Last of Us ahead of filming and the rest of the cast that will be joining Joel and Ellie.
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HBO’s The Last of Us TV Series Will Premiere January 15, 2023
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“This is entertainment, honey.”
There’s some natural level of understanding and showmanship when it comes to psychics and tarot readers. By and large, customers understand that these practices aren’t genuinely supernatural, but they continue to engage with them because of the implicit relationship of entertainment. This whole routine isn’t dissimilar to the song and dance that’s perpetually put on by American Horror Story and Ryan Murphy productions for their audiences. They’re meant to be frivolous larks and playful entertainment, but anyone who expects to witness true magic is destined to be disappointed.
And yet, very carefully, AHS: NYC has pulled off an impossible magic trick that’s once again turned skeptics into believers. “Bad Fortune” and “The Body” are two excellent installments that paint an even better picture of what this season hopes to say and do.
It’s truly remarkable that American Horror Story: NYC remains engaging television after six episodes. No season since Asylum has been this consistent past the half-way mark. It honestly feels like Ryan Murphy and the American Horror Story writers’ room must have collectively binged on the potential-unlocking black pills from AHS: Red Tide. Not only is AHS: NYC legitimately good, but it’s on track to end this year as one of the series’ best seasons yet.
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| Release date | n/a |
| Country | US |
| Genre | Drama, Fantasy |
| Number of series | 10 |
| Studios/TV stations | HBO |
| Director | Renk Johan, Balagov Kantemir, Abbasi Ali, Jbanich Yasmila |
| Scenario | Mazin Craig, Druckmann Neil |
| Actors | Pascal Pedro, Ramsay Bella, Luna Gabriel, Parker Nico, Dandridge Merle |
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The Last of Us season 1 is a series based on the cult zombie apocalypse game from Chernobyl screenwriter Craig Mazin.
America never left after a pandemic caused by a mutated Cordyceps fungus. People who inhale his spores lose control of themselves and behave like zombies. 20 years after the pandemic, the once most powerful state is scattered throughout the enclaves of survivors. Where order is kept by the military, somewhere cannibals atrocities, in some places expanse for marauders. The Cicadas group (in the original «fireflies», which can also be translated as «fireflies») is another force that everyone has to reckon with. Its representatives oppose the fact that only the military controlled those settlements where the survivors concentrated. The leaders of the Cicadas are confident that the consequences of the pandemic must be fought, and a vaccine, which has yet to be developed, should help in this.
Cicadas has Ellie, a girl who has been found to be immune to fungus spores. However, it is located in Boston, and the universities that have the equipment for the research and production of the vaccine are based in the center of America.
To find daredevils who are ready to risk everything in order for humanity to have a ghostly hope for survival is not observed. However, a chain of tragic coincidences leads smuggler Joel Miller to agree to deliver 13-year-old Ellie Johnson to the University of Colorado at Boulder. On the way to him, Joel and Ellie are waiting for dozens of unpleasant encounters, dozens of villains and hordes of zombies.
A game with this story was released on the Sony Playstation 3 in June 2013. The Last of Us sold over 1.3 million copies in its first week of release alone. In July 2014, it was re-released for the Sony Playstation 4. In April 2018, the number of copies sold of the game exceeded 17 million.
Recorded this colossal success in Hollywood. On March 6, 2014, it was announced that The Last of Us would be distributed by Sony Pictures and written by Nick Druckmann, who worked on the game’s story. After one and a half years, during which only constant disagreements remained stable, the filmmakers and Naughty Dog, which developed the game, abandoned the idea of making a film.
Neil Druckmann described what happened during this time as hell.
On March 5, 2020, the HBO television network announced that it would produce a TV series based on the game with Sony. Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog, who suffered at the time, will be helped with the script of the show by Craig Mazin, screenwriter of the award-winning Chernobyl mini-series.
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“Fans of the series are afraid that people who have received a license to adapt something do not understand the original source, that is, it will either be greatly changed or simplified. We are working on the script with the person who created the universe of The Last of Us game (Neil Druckmann. — Ed). We will not rewrite everything, but create something new. We need to figure out how to replicate the immersive experience of the game and at the same time separate the series from how The Last of Us universe is remembered by its fans.
It is not possible to recreate it exactly in the series.
Screenwriter Craig MAZIN in an interview with BBC Radio 5
Actors and roles of The Last of Us: Who will play the main characters in the series
My attempt at drawing what I think Pedro Pascal would look like as Joel from “The Last of Us” pic.twitter.com/MdK04HRrRp
— Shoop (@Shuploc) February 28, 2021
An experienced smuggler named Joel Miller will be played by Pedro Pascal. The stately Chilean is very well known to fans of the series. Neil Druckman, the creative director, executive producer and screenwriter of the show, confirmed that he will play a major role in the film adaptation of the popular game.
Fans of TV series Pascal is well known. He played the bounty hunter Din Djarin, who could not resist the cute baby Yoda, in the TV series The Mandalorian, the audience of the Game of Thrones turned away from the abomination that was embodied by his Oberyn Martell, nicknamed the «Red Serpent».
The prince, who liked to smear poisons on his weapons, has something in common with a drug enforcement agent, but if the character of Pascal in the «Game of Thrones» poisoned the lives of mostly people who can hardly be called good, then Peña in the series «Narco» tried to ruin the life of the villains who put the production of a deadly potion on a grand scale.
Pascal could meet his future partner Bella Ramsey on the set. A young Englishwoman fans of «Game of Thrones». is remembered as the Lady of Bear Island by Lyanna Mormont. In the fifth season, this sweet girl, without hesitation, refused Stannis Baratheon when he demanded that all the noble houses of the North join his army. Now the grown-up Ramsey (at the time of the announcement that she would play Ellie in February 2021, she was 17. — Ed.)
The younger brother of the smuggler Jol Tommy will be played by Gabriel Luna, known for his role in the movie Terminator. Dark Fate. Luna also played the Ghost Rider in the series Agents of S.
H.I.E.L.D. Played the role of Tony Bravo in the series «Matador»
The leader of the «Cicadas» Marlin, the antagonist of the main characters in the first part of the game, will be played by Merle Dandridge, who voiced this character. This character appeared in some scenes of the second part of the game. This one also has a fairly rich experience in filming TV shows. She played in shows such as 24, Criminal Minds, Sons of Anarchy. Western fans of computer games, her voice is also well known. She voiced Alyx Vance in cult projects for the gaming industry such as «Half-Life 2», «Half-Life 2. Episode 1», «Half-Life 2. Episode 2».
Murray Bartlett gave an interview to The Guardian in which he revealed one detail of The Last of Us series. The show was played by actor Nick Offerman, who gained fame thanks to the TV series Parks and Recreation.
Offerman’s role remained undisclosed, but Bartlett noted that it was with his character that the most scenes were filmed.
Murray himself played in the series Frank, who lived in the city and was in constant contact with Bill.
The protagonists of the game were written off from the American actors Troy Baker («Real Steel», «Strike Zone») and Ashley Johnson (TV series «Murder», web series «Critical Role», «What Women Want»). Baker gave his face and voice to smuggler Joel Miller, while Johnson gave his companion Ellie. It should be noted that both Baker and Johnson mostly work as actors who have given voices to the heroes of many animated series and computer games, and if they starred in TV shows, then for the most part in episodic roles.
January 16, 2021 Russian director Kantemir Balagov, who won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January 2020 for his film Dylda (2019). announced that he would direct the debut episode of The Last of Us.
In his message, noting screenwriter Craig Mazin, Balagov wrote «that he is a big fan of the game» and does not believe that this happened to him.
Shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Film, the director of «Dylda» wished his subscribers to dream and added that «the series will be ******** (amazing. — Ed.)». Balagov noted that he did not fully believe that such a thing would become possible.
On September 1, 2021, The Last of Us director Kantemir Balagov confirmed that the filming of the first episode was completed:
“My work here is done. I’m really grateful for the opportunity. It was a great experience with ups and downs. A lot of love for the team and especially for these people.”
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One of us (TV series 2023) release date for all episodes in Russia
The official release date for The Last of Us in Russia is scheduled for January 15, 2023.
According to the Directors Guild of Canada, filming of the series based on the famous game will begin on July 5, 2021. The first season will have ten episodes.
The release date of the series «The Last of Us» season 1 in Russia and the trailer, see below.
In June 2022, the filming of a new tape from HBO was successfully completed.
Plot
After the release of the game of the same name, two attempts were made to launch a feature film on its basis, but both ended unsuccessfully. The first time the project simply “frozen”, the second time it was cancelled. Only in March 2020, a possible release date for all episodes in Russia of the series “One of Us” was again discussed. At the moment, there is no exact information about the premiere of the show, but there is great hope for a successful outcome.
The upcoming film is based on the plot of another zombie apocalypse. Inhaling the spores of a mutated fungus, Americans turn into dangerous creatures. After 20 years, a strong state is a sad sight.
Looting and cannibalism flourish in the country.
Various groups arise, one of which is the Cicada, which does not want to obey the military. This strong organization is relying on the help of a girl named Ellie, who is immune to the virus. A chain of random events forces smuggler Joel to deliver a teenager to a science university, but the strange couple’s path together will not be easy.
In 2013, a game was born that showed impressive success in the first seven days. Over 1.3 million copies have been sold. A year later, the game was re-released, and after some time it sold 17 million copies. Such a colossal success could not be overlooked in the film industry. Fans began to wonder when The Last of Us tape would be released, and they were not mistaken.
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Characters
- Joel. (Pedro Pascal). Smuggler.
- Ellie (Bella Ramsay). An orphan who is immune to the virus.
- Tommy (Gabriel Luna).
Joel’s younger brother. - Marlin. (Merle Dandridge). Leader of the Cicada.
- Perry (Geoffrey Pierce). Rebel.
- Tess (Anna Torv). Joel’s partner.
Interesting facts
- It is noteworthy that the two main roles — a smuggler and a girl with immunity to the virus — will be played by the stars of the Game of Thrones. Bella Ramsay played Liana Mormont in the famous fantasy, and Pascal played Oberyn Martell. In addition, the actor became famous for participating in the Mandalorian project, trying on the image of Dean Djarin.
- Many critics consider the presented game one of the best. For example, on the Metacritic website, she received a 95% approval. By the way, this is the first project from HBO based on the game.
- According to the Hollywood Reporter, the show will cover the entire first season of action and possibly a few episodes from the second.
- The screenwriter and showrunner of the film will be Craig Mazin, the author of the sensational «Chernobyl».
He will be working with the game’s original developer, Neil Druckmann. - With some good news about the upcoming release date for the new The Last of Us series, fans began to worry that the writers would be limited to a mini-reel. However, the creators have repeatedly hinted at the further development of the plot.
- According to Craig Mazin, he and Druckmann are planning to include scenes that are not in the game. Moreover, he is going to act in such a way that the jaws of some viewers will simply drop.
The Last of Us — exact release date of the series and episodes:
| Title: | One of us (The Last of US) |
|---|---|
| Release date: | |
| 9000 9000 9000 9000 HBO | |
| Genre: | Action, Drama, horrors |
| Episode | January 15, 2023 |
| 2 series | January 22, 2023 9000 |
| January 29 2023 | |
| 5 February 523 | |
| 5 episode | February 12, 200007 |
| 6 series | 19000 9000 |
| Series 8 | March 5, 2023 |
| Series 9 | March 12, 2023 |
Release dates for new episodes of The Last of Us are subject to change or clarification.
