Author Topic: The Last of Us (HBO) (Read 11083 times)

jas · « **on:** Feb 11, 2021 at 01:22 PM »

‘The Last of Us’ HBO Series Casts Pedro Pascal as Joel, ‘Game of Thrones’ Breakout Bella Ramsey as Ellie

The upcoming “The Last of Us” series adaptation at HBO has cast Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey in the role of Ellie, Variety has confirmed.

Neil Druckmann, a writer and creative director for “The Last of Us” video game and a co-creator of the series, confirmed the news about Pascal on Twitter.

Pascal has seen great success as the star of Disney Plus’ “The Mandalorian.” He also recently appeared alongside Gal Gadot and Kristen Wiig as the villainous Maxwell Lord in “Wonder Woman 1984.”

Ramsey is best known for her role as Lyanna Mormont in fellow HBO series “Game of Thrones.” The character Ellie is a 14-year old orphan who has never known anything but a ravaged planet. In the show, she struggles to balance her instinct for anger and defiance with her need for connection and belonging as well as the newfound reality that she may be the key to saving the world.

“The Last of Us” series was first announced as being in development at the premium cabler back in March, with the show landing a formal series order in November. Based on the video game of the same name, the series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone. 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.

“Chernobyl” creator Craig Mazin is attached to write and executive produce the series along with Druckmann. Kantemir Balagov is set to direct the pilot.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-last-of-us-hbo-series-cast-bella-ramsey-ellie-1234905508/

newwaveboy · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 11, 2021 at 02:47 PM »

Read this in my phone newsfeed earlier .......... as a huge fan of TLOU, I'm on the fence with their cast choices.

Both were great at their roles in GoT, but TLOU is a different animal.

I can somehow see Bella doing Ellie, though no accents please, Ellie was a smart-arse, foul-mouthed adult trapped in a kids body.

I like Pascal, but in TLOU Joel was about as an all-American dad as it gets.

I just hope they don't f__k this up and make a great one.

jas · « **Reply #2 on:** Apr 03, 2021 at 07:20 AM »

HBO is planning to start production on their highly-anticipated live-action series adaptation of The Last of Us this coming summer on July 5 in Calgary, Alberta. Filming is expected to be wrapped next year on June 8, 2022. This comes after Game of Thrones alums Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey were officially enlisted to portray the leading roles of Joel and Ellie, respectively.

jas · « **Reply #3 on:** Apr 16, 2021 at 10:35 AM »

‘Last of Us’ Series at HBO Casts Gabriel Luna

“The Last of Us” series adaptation at HBO has added Gabriel Luna to its cast, Variety has learned.

Luna joins previously announced series leads Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, who will star as Joel and Ellie respectively. Luna will star as Tommy, Joel’s younger brother, a former soldier who hasn’t lost his sense of idealism and hope for a better world.

Luna most recently starred in the 2019 film “Terminator: Dark Fate.” He is also known for his role in the Marvel-ABC series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” on which he played Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/last-of-us-series-gabriel-luna-tommy-hbo-1234952823/

jas · « **Reply #4 on:** Apr 24, 2021 at 08:11 AM »

HBO’s The Last of Us Hires Directors Jasmila Zbanic & Ali Abbasi

HBO has announced two of the directors that will helm episodes of the upcoming show based on gaming phenomenon The Last of Us. Oscar nominee Jasmila Zbanic and Ali Abbasi will help bring the PlayStation 3 game to the small screen alongside executive producers Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, who are writing the project.

Kantemir Balagov is already set to direct the pilot episode. Both he and recently hired director Ali Abbasi won the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard Award in recent years. Meanwhile, Jasmila Zbanic is nominated for Best International Film at this Sunday’s Academy Awards for her work on Quo Vadis, Aida.

https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1170766-jasmila-zbanic-ali-abbasi-lost-of-us-directors

jas · « **Reply #5 on:** Apr 29, 2021 at 07:30 AM »

The Last of Us Movie Fell Apart Due to Tacked-on Action Scenes

Famed PlayStation franchise The Last of Us was scheduled to hit the silver screen at one point not long after the first game’s release, but that project evolved into a television adaption for HBO. Original game director Neil Druckmann recently revealed why the team made the change, and it makes sense to anyone familiar with the source material. The studios behind The Last of Us movie wanted big set pieces and action, something that the creators at Naughty Dog felt wasn’t necessary to tell their story.

Originally in the works at Screen Gems and Sony in 2014, production issues were reported on widely in 2016 before the entire The Last of Us movie project fell apart. According to Druckmann on the Script Apart podcast, this was due to unnamed studio executives expecting more bombast from a video game property.

“When I worked on the movie version, a lot of the thinking and notes were like ‘how do we make it bigger? How do we make the set pieces bigger?’” Druckmann explained (transcription by IGN).

Both The Last of Us games have plenty of combat with both infected and other survivors. Still, Druckmann sees the numerous encounters as unnecessary to the story and a compromise for the sake of how games are made. In the TV world, he feels that he can still portray Joel and Ellie’s journey while dialing back on the action so it will be more like an “indie film.”

https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1171404-the-last-of-us-movie

jas · « **Reply #6 on:** May 28, 2021 at 07:42 AM »

‘The Last of Us’ HBO Series Casts Merle Dandridge to Reprise Video Game Role

HBO’s “The Last of Us” is bringing back a cast member from the video game to reprise her role in the TV series.

Merle Dandridge, who played Marlene in “The Last of Us” game, will return to portray her in HBO’s adaptation of the beloved title. Marlene is the head of the Fireflies, a resistance movement struggling for freedom against an oppressive military regime.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-last-of-us-merle-dandridge-marlene-hbo-1234983605/

jas · « **Reply #7 on:** Jul 01, 2021 at 07:23 AM »

‘Last of Us’ HBO Series Casts Nico Parker as Joel’s Daughter

“The Last of Us” series at HBO has added Nico Parker in a guest starring role, Variety has confirmed.

Parker will appear as Sarah, the daughter of Joel (Pedro Pascal).

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/last-of-us-hbo-series-nico-parker-sarah-1235009072/

jas · « **Reply #8 on:** Jul 03, 2021 at 07:09 AM »

Gabriel Luna announced in a new Instagram post that HBO’s The Last of Us live-action series adaptation has begun production in Canada.

jas · « **Reply #9 on:** Jul 20, 2021 at 12:07 PM »

From IGN:

HBO's The Last of Us series will allegedly have a budget that "well exceeds the eight-figure per episode mark." With a 10-episode order, it seems the season will cost well-over $100 million to produce.

jas · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 23, 2021 at 07:34 AM »

Game Creator Neil Druckmann Set to Direct HBO’s The Last of Us Series

As production continues on The Last of Us series in Calgary, it has been confirmed through an updated production list from the Director’s Guild of Canada that original game director and writer Neil Druckmann has also been set to serve as one of the upcoming HBO series’ five directors.

When HBO’s The Last of Us series adaptation was first announced, Druckmann was only involved in the project as a co-executive producer and co-writer along with Craig Mazin, who is also set to helm the series. The other three directors listed are Oscar nominee Jasmila Zbanic (Quo Vadis, Aida?), Kantermic Balagov (Beanpole), and Peter Hoar (Daredevil).

https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1195013-neil-druckmann-set-to-direct-hbos-the-last-of-us-series

jas · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 07, 2021 at 07:41 AM »

HBO’s The Last of Us Series Adds Nick Offerman

As production continues on The Last of Us, it looks like HBO hasn’t completely announced its full cast yet as it has been recently revealed that acclaimed actor Nick Offerman has seemingly joined Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in the upcoming live-action series.

Speaking with The Guardian, The White Lotus star Murray Bartlett confirmed the Parks and Recreation alum’s involvement by opening up about his experience working on the long-awaited project where he revealed that he has shot a lot of scenes with Offerman, whose role remains under wraps.

“It’s co-created by Craig Mazin, who did Chernobyl,” Bartlett shared. “The scripts he’s written blew my head off. It’s an epic show, but beautifully human and intimate. We filmed it in Calgary. A lot of my scenes are with Nick Offerman. Playing off him was awesome.”

https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1203713-hbo-last-of-us-series-nick-offerman-cast

newwaveboy · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 07, 2021 at 08:32 AM »

^ I see him playing Bill the gay loner. HBO is going all-out on this production, hope it doesn't disappoint.

Koolkat · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 08, 2021 at 06:16 AM »

^^It's been a while since I last payed TLOU1. Was he the guy whom Ellie got the dirty magazine from?

newwaveboy · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 08, 2021 at 08:39 AM »

Quote from: Koolkat on Dec 08, 2021 at 06:16 AM

^^It's been a while since I last payed TLOU1. Was he the guy whom Ellie got the dirty magazine from?

Yes, ninakaw ni Ellie.

jas · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 15, 2022 at 08:47 AM »

‘Euphoria’s Storm Reid Joins HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ Series Adaptation As Riley

Euphoria and A Wrinkle in Time actress Storm Reid will join HBO’s The Last of Us series adaptation, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, Deadline has learned. The series, based on the widely popular 2013 PlayStation game of the same name, hails from Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin and The Last Of Us creator Neil Druckmann.

Based on Naughty Dog’s award-winning video game, 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.

Reid will guest star as Riley Abel. She is an orphaned girl growing up in post-apocalyptic Boston. In The Last of Us: Left Behind, a DLC to the original video game Riley (originally voiced by Yaani King) accompanies and survives with best friend Ellie before she meets Joel.

https://deadline.com/2022/01/storm-reid-hbo-the-last-of-us-riley-1234912587/

newwaveboy · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 15, 2022 at 08:55 AM »

^ Bagay na bagay siya as Riley. Great casting.

jas · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 27, 2022 at 09:33 AM »

Teaser Trailer:

https://youtu.be/rBRRDpQ0yc0

jas · « **Reply #18 on:** Nov 01, 2022 at 10:29 PM »

Premieres on January 15, 2023.

jas · « **Reply #19 on:** Nov 03, 2022 at 07:23 AM »

jas · « **Reply #20 on:** Nov 24, 2022 at 04:35 PM »

jas · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 04, 2022 at 08:26 AM »

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/uLtkt8BonwM

jas · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 07, 2023 at 08:32 AM »

Invitation To Set

https://youtu.be/a7L8AGYAjrE

newwaveboy · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 10, 2023 at 05:33 PM »

Get hyped some more ........... IGN reviewed the 1st season already, 9/10 (Amazing).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS3ImpFTxIQ

Koolkat · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 11, 2023 at 03:24 AM »

Sa Monday na pala ito. Time to renew my HBO Go subscription.

jas · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 13, 2023 at 08:08 AM »

Currently rated 97% at Rotten Tomatoes with 74 critic reviews counted.

Critics Consensus: Retaining the most addictive aspects of its beloved source material while digging deeper into the story, The Last of Us is bingeworthy TV that ranks among the all-time greatest video game adaptations.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_last_of_us/s01

jjjeronimo · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 16, 2023 at 11:24 AM »

meron na sa suki.

jas · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 16, 2023 at 02:11 PM »

Inside the Episode - 1

https://youtu.be/NHEUXYgR7Zw

The Weeks Ahead Trailer

https://youtu.be/E5tSO9aR2Ds

jjjeronimo · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 16, 2023 at 04:52 PM »

running zombies > shambling zombies

JeromeA · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 18, 2023 at 05:30 AM »

what a start!!!!!