The TV series ‘The Last of Us’ is another of the productions that to adapt a successful video game. The goal is to attract a large group of gamers to streaming platforms, not just to play (although some like Netflix put a lot of money into video games), but to take advantage of the appeal of big franchises.

And in the age of remakes, remakes, prequels, sequels and other monstrosities, the small screen adaptation of popular video games (Halo, Witcher, Arcane or the one at hand) continues to be a good escape route. Until inspiration strikes to open up to more original content.

What are we going to tell you that you don’t know about The Last of Us, one of the most awarded titles of all timewell-received by critics and the public, with excellent scores in sections such as narrative, game mechanics or visual and sound design, and became a total sales success, 17 million copies by 2018 on PS3 and PS4 and the like. Sony platform.

It is this attraction that HBO is relying on to create a successful TV adaptation in collaboration with PlayStation Productions. Since the script was co-written by Neil Druckmann (Vice President of Naughty Dog and writer and creative director of The Last Us game and sequel), it was certain that the series would capture a good part of the atmosphere of the video game. With their stark differences due to the different way of enjoying the entertainment medium and the necessary creative licenses in the adaptation.

The progress we’ve seen in the last few months of production has been going in that direction, and the first full trailer released confirms it. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in 2033, 20 years after an outbreak of a fungus (Cordyceps) turned people into terrifying zombies.

The main characters will have to escape from them in a cast in which Pedro Pascal plays Joel and Bella Ramsey plays Ellie, while Gabriel Luna plays the role of Tommy, Merle Dandridge is Marlene, Anna Torv plays the role of Tess and others. as Storm Reid will be Riley Abel.

The TV series ‘The Last of Us’ is one of the most expensive of which HBO has produced and is rumored to be in excess of $10 million per episode. It will premiere on HBO and HBO Max sometime in the first half of 2023. It looks good.