Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) and RTS award-winner Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) are back as Joel and Ellie. Though they ended series one as friends, five years on, things have deteriorated.
With both of them looking noticeably more weathered in the trailer, Ellie snarls at Joel:
“You swore.”
Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) and RTS award-winner Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) will both reprise their roles in the hit video game adaptation. In series one, broadcast in 2023, Joel (Pascal) was tasked with taking Ellie (Ramsey) across America after it had been ravaged by a zombie apocalypse. Ellie is immune to the ‘cordyceps’ disease, meaning she may be the secret to creating a vaccine that saves humanity.
The first series of the video game adaptation was broadcast in 2023, and followed Joel (Pedro Pascal, The Mandalorian) as he took teenager Ellie (Bella Ramsey, Game of Thrones) across a post-apocalyptic United States. Where most of humanity has fallen prey to a fungal infection, Ellie is immune to the ‘cordyceps’ disease. As such, the secret to creating a vaccine that could get the planet back to some semblance of normalcy may lie with her.
Fans celebrate 26 September as The Last of Us day, as the cordyceps virus infected their apocalyptic dystopian world on 26 September 2003 and kicked off the events of the series. To commemorate, Sky has released the trailer for The Last of Us series two, featuring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey reprising their roles as Joel and Ellie.
No phones. No credit cards. 15,000 kilometres. How hard can it be?
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Zai talks to TV and radio broadcaster Nikki Bedi about his extraordinary career and how he oversees Sky’s award-winning slate of original programming such as Chernobyl, Gangs of London and I Hate Suzie, as well as their US content, including recent big hitters The Last of Us and Succession.
If there was doubt before, there is none now: The Last of Us and The Super Mario Bros Movie have proved that games can transfer successfully to TV and film.
Audiences and box office have been astonishing: HBO’s post-apocalyptic series The Last of Us pulled in 30 million viewers per episode, while Super Mario – despite a critical lashing – is closing in on $1bn in ticket sales.
The Last of Us was a breakthrough moment in video game adaptations for TV, proving that a game could be developed into a critically acclaimed and popular TV series.
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