The Last of Us: release date, story… We take stock of the HBO series

news culture The Last of Us: release date, story… We take stock of the HBO series

What is the release date of The Last of Us series?

There’s still a long way to go before the Last of Us series hits the small screen. If many fans were expecting a 2022 release to accompany the release of the remakes, it is in 2023

that it should point to the tip of the nose. Filming began in 2021 in Calgary, a city in the province of Alberta in Canada and recently ended. With a budget of around 200 million dollars, The Last of Us quickly became the most expensive series filmed in Canada.

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The series is an HBO production and will of course be available on the SVOD platform. HBO Max in addition to the company’s pay-TV channels. This platform is not yet available in France, although it is under development and is expected by the end of 2022 or early 2023. The French could see the series on OCS if HBO Max is slow to make itself available in France. In fact, OCS has been broadcasting exclusive HBO programs in France for a number of years. Season 1 of HBO’s The Last of Us will consist of 10 episodes. There is no information about the total number of squadrons.

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The story of the series is picking up speed the events of the first The Last of Us while adding some new passages. Customization is not a simple port. It is therefore normal that the series allows itself some changes in the scenario so that it adapts to the format. Nevertheless, the players find themselves on familiar ground very quickly. Neil Druckmann, the director behind the video game franchise, is working on the project to best transcribe the universe of the first game. One can well imagine a second season adapting the second work if success comes.

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What is the synopsis of The Last of Us series?

Just like in the video game The Last of Us The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by the arrival of a fungus called Cordyceps. It has parasitized men who have gradually transformed. Then they became violent, started killing indiscriminately, and lost their humanity. Joel and Ellie are among the few people trying to survive in this devastated world. The first is a 50-year-old father who saw his child die 20 years ago at the beginning of the epidemic. As for Ellie, she is an orphan and has a special feature that could save humanity.

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Who are the creative minds behind The Last of Us series?

Video game fans can rest assured that the series was written and produced by Craig Mazin

, an artist who worked on the sequels to Very Bad Trip and more recently the excellent series Chernobyl. He is accompanied by Neil Druckman, who is none other than the director of video games. On the production side we find Caroline Strauss (Game of Thrones, Chernobyl) and Evan Wells (Naughty Dog Studio Director). Johan Renck, director of Chernobyl and certain episodes of the series Vikings, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, was set to direct some episodes. However, it has been replaced by Kantemir Balagov to join Jeremy Webb, Ali Abbasi, Peter Hoar, Lisa Johnson etc Jasmila Zbani.

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What is the cast of The Last of Us series?

While Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, Joel and Ellie in the original games will not be reprising their roles on the show, Neil Druckmann has confirmed they will be starring. Our duo is instead embodied by Peter Pascal (Din Djarin in The Mandalorian) and Bella Ramsey (Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones). Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) was also announced as Joel’s brother, Tommy. Survivor Bill should be played With O’neilbut was replaced by Nick Offermanknown for his iconic role as Ron Swanson in Parks & Recreation.

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Would you like to know more?

• Naughty Dog has tried to adapt its mythical post-apocalyptic game in the past The last of us in the cinema. In 2016, we learned about the making of a movie based on this universe, but it was canceled because it was too ambitious. It was slated to be produced by Sam Raimi, director of the Evil Dead and Spider-Man trilogies and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

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