After revealing a slew of character posters earlier this week for their upcoming adaptation of The Last of Us, HBO has dropped the big one with the official trailer. Featuring a-ha’s “Take On Me” (seriously), the new trailer features almost entirely new visuals, as well as recreating some iconic scenes from the first game.
Co-written and produced by Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog VP Neil Druckmann, the series will cover the events of the first game, twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed by the Cordyceps infection. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl who has the cure for the infection, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon turns into a brutal and heartbreaking journey as the two must cross the United States and depend on each other to survive.
HBO’s “The Last of Us” will premiere on January 15, 2023 on HBO Max and stars Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) as Joel and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) as Ellie. Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) plays Tommy, the brother of Joel de Pascal. Storm Reid, Anna Torv, Jeffrey Pierce, Nick Offerman, Merle Dandridge, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett and Con O’Neil will also star in the series.
Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole) directed the pilot episode of the series, with Jasmila Žbanić (Quo vadis, Aida) and Ali Abbasi (Border) also directing episodes.