HBO has released a series of character posters for its upcoming TV series adaptation of the beloved PlayStation video game series “The Last of Us”.
The one-sheets showcase the game’s various memorable characters brought into live-action, including Pedro Pascal as Joel, Bella Ramsey as Ellie, Anna Torv as Tess, Gabriel Luna as Tommy, Nico Parker as Sarah, Nick Offerman as Bill, Murray Bartlett as Frank, Merle Dandridge as Marlene, Storm Reid as Riley, Lamar Johnson as Henry, and Keivonn Woodard as Sam. Graham Greene, Jeffrey Pierce, Elaine Miles, and Melanie Lynskey also co-star in the series.
The story takes place twenty years after the world has been overrun by a mutant outbreak of the Cordyceps fungus, which turns people into fungal zombie-like creatures known as Clickers. Joel, a weathered, hardened, and untrusting survivor with trauma is tasked with escorting teenage girl Ellie cross-country to the Fireflies in order to hopefully develop a vaccine.
The original game’s director Neil Druckmann is on board as a co-writer for the upcoming nine-episode adaptation, working alongside “Chernobyl “writer and creator Craig Mazin. “The Last of Us” premieres on January 15th.
Source: HBO
