‘The Last of Us’ Trailer Teases Pedro Pascal As Everyone’s Favourite Apocalypse Dad
The series will come out in early 2023.
HBO’s long-anticipated series adaptation of The Last of Us finally has a trailer, and it looks heart-wrenchingly perfect.
In case you don’t know, Naughty Dog’s video game series, The Last of Us is one of the most popular and acclaimed video games in the medium’s history. Both The Last of Us and its successor, The Last of Us Part 2 won multiple Game of the Year awards in 2014 and 2021 respectively.
Set almost two decades post-zombie apocalypse, The Last of Us follows grieving father-turned-smuggler Joel Miller, and the mysterious teen girl in his care, Ellie Williams. When supplies in the totalitarian-run quarantine camps are running dangerously low, Joel agrees to smuggle Ellie across the country to a rebel group known as the Fireflies in exchange for a much-needed supply cache.
Like any zombie media worth its salt, Joel and Ellie’s adventure is one where the undead are sometimes the least of their worries. In a world ravaged by chaos and infection, people present an equal — if not greater — threat to their survival as the mutated Runners, Clickers, and Bloaters created by the virus. So, yes, you should be scared of that ominous clicking in the new trailer.
So, it was only a matter of time before the game would be snapped up for adaptation. And here we are, with our first look at none other than Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller, and Game of Throne‘s Bella Ramsay as Ellie in a fresh teaser for the series.
Other confirmed cast members include Parks and Recreation‘s Nick Offerman as the frightening Bill, Agents of SHIELD‘s Gabriel Luna as Joel’s brother Tommy, and Merle Dandridge — who will reprise her role from the original game as Marlene. All of whom you can catch a blink or you’ll miss it glimpse of in the exciting new teaser.
As someone who played the game multiple times, I won’t spoil any of the context for the excellent, harrowing imagery shown in the trailer. But the folks at HBO have perfectly nailed the bloody, overgrown, abandoned urban aesthetic of the game and I can’t wait to see the series in full.
The 10-episode series is set to premiere on HBO and Foxtel early next year. Watch the trailer below.