(SPOT.ph) HBO is roaring to life with the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon breathing new fires onto their streaming services HBO Max and HBO Go. While definitely exciting—and we can't wait to spend the next few Mondays discussing the latest morbid developments from the land of Westeros—like Pedro Pascal's Oberyn Martell, we have our eyes set somewhere else in the middle of all this excitement. Namely, on HBO's live-action adaptation of The Last of Us.
Starring Pascal and his fellow Thrones actor Bella Ramsey, who debuted as the sassy Lyanna Mormont on the series, HBO's The Last of Us is adapting the critically-acclaimed video game of the same name, and we finally got our first look at the series. Spoilers ahead for those who haven't played the game.
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Here's the first look at Game of Thrones' Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie in HBO's The Last of Us series:
The first look confirms that the HBO Original will premiere next year on their streaming services, while also giving us glimpses of Pascal and Ramsey as the series protagonists, Joel and Ellie.
The Last of Us, both the series and the video game, is set in a world that's been overrun by fungi-infected "zombies" that hunt living creatures via sound. About a decade after the worldwide outbreak, a few humans discover that a young girl, Ellie, has in her genes what could possibly be the cure to the infection.
A reluctant and world-weary Joel is tasked with escorting Ellie across country to scientists who can work on making it a cure, but Joel—ever the hard-ass—refuses to emotionally connect with the kid, as she reminds him of his daughter, whom a scared soldier killed on the first night of the outbreak.
We actually catch a small glimpse of Joel carrying his daughter that night of the outbreak in the trailer, before Pascal's Joel utters his line from the video games, "You have no idea what loss is..." to Ellie. The night of the outbreak will most likely be the first scene of the series, just as it was in the video game, so streaming audiences will now be able to relate to all gamers who picked up the 2013 game expecting an action RPG but ended up in a pool of tears in the first 15 minutes. Good times.
A couple other notable reveals from the trailer include a shot of Joel and Ellie exploring a forest during winter. This shows a difference from the games, as Joel was incapacitated during the winter setting of the game, which allowed players to take control of Ellie for that segment.
We also see Parks and Recreation's Nick Offerman as the paranoid and reclusive Bill. Bill appears in the story only near the start of the game, during the summer setting, so we could be seeing the first season adapt the whole first game.
We could see the winter setting and it's, uh, heartbreaking climax working as the season finale, but we don't see the spring setting (i.e. the first game's final chapter) working as the opening for a second season, unless they add more original content. Only time will tell!
The Last of Us streams on HBO in 2023.
Also read: Here's When Each Episode of House of the Dragon Will Be on HBO Go
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