The trailer of the TV series The Last of Us is out now. After a short tease last month as part of an HBO Max sizzle reel, the studio has unveiled a nearly two-minute trailer for the live-action adaptation as part of Outbreak Day, the annual celebration of The Last of Us franchise. Developer Naughty Dog. Craig Mazin – Famous for Chernobyl – The series is co-written with Neil Druckman, the game’s original writer. The Last of Us TV series will be released on HBO Max in 2023.
The teaser for The Last of Us is designed like a music video, showing brief clips of the main characters trying to survive in Hank Williams’ “post-pandemic era.Alone and abandonedPlays in the background. Following the plot beats of the 2013 PlayStation game, it follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor who becomes a delivery specialist/smuggler, once a deadly virus nearly wipes out all of humanity. Tasked with taking Bella Ramsay’s Eli to a lab where scientists can study her blood – she is immune to the virus – he soon learns the value of human relationships and becomes a father figure to her.
In The Last of Us trailer, many scenes are ripped from the first game, including collapsed skyscrapers, stealth segments around infected clickers, and the chaotic opening segment, where Joel loses his blood daughter Sarah (Nico Parker). As the trio make their way through giant pipes, avoiding enemy attention, we also get a glimpse of Joel’s smuggler partner Ana Torv (Mindhunter) Tess. Nick Offerman’s scruffy, greasy-haired Bill is also seen pointing a gun at the enemy, first seen by Gabriel Luna (True Detective) as Tommy and Merle Dandridge (Station 19) as Marlene, head of the Fireflies, hoping to gain a resistance movement. Freedom from the military.
While there’s no shortage of zombie video games in this day and age, The Last of Us — and Telltale’s The Walking Dead — won the hearts of many, thanks to its emotional storytelling that focused on human bonds. It received critical acclaim upon launch, selling 1.3 million units in its first week on the PlayStation 3. The studio also released a remastered version for PS4 in 2014 and a “remake” for the current-gen PS5 earlier this month.
The Last of Us TV series will be released on HBO Max sometime in 2023. If HBO’s deal with Disney Star still holds, The Last of Us will air on Disney+ Hotstar in India.
