The Last of Us Trailer: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey Journey Into the Post-Apocalyptic, Hostile West

There are brief glimpses of original voice actors, Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker, too.

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 5 December 2022 12:05 IST

The Last of Us Trailer: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey Journey Into the Post-Apocalyptic, Hostile West

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Pedro Pascal as Joel in The Last of Us TV series

Highlights

The first season of The Last of Us TV series will have 9 episodes
The Last of Us series premieres January 16 on Disney+ Hotstar in India
It also stars Anna Torv, Merle Dandridge, Troy Baker, Ashley Johnson

The Last of Us TV series trailer is out. Ahead of its debut next month, HBO Max has unveiled the trailer for its highly-anticipated, live-action adaptation of the zombie-killing survivor game, offering fresh glimpses at our leads Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), as they cautiously head out into the heavily-infected west coast. Neil Druckmann, the game's original writer is attached to direct one episode of the HBO series, and collaborates with Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) as co-scribe. The Last of Us TV series premieres January 16 on Disney+ Hotstar in India.

The trailer for The Last of Us TV series opens with a voiceover, as our leads venture towards a golden building in the distance, presumably representing the Massachusetts State House, where the teenage girl Ellie (Ramsey) must be delivered. “If you don't think there's hope for the world, why bother going on?”, she asks the hardened survivor Joel (Pascal), who is tasked with smuggling her to the Fireflies, a resistance movement aiming to fight back the oppressive military. “You haven't seen the world, so you don't know,” he replies, while we're treated to visuals of him stealthily navigating past a clicker. “You keep going for family.” After having lost his daughter during the outbreak in Texas, Joel has grown into a depressed, untrusting person, who for the time being, simply considers Ellie as “cargo.”

The next segment in The Last of Us TV series trailer dumps exposition, revealing that there was something in Ellie's blood that prevented her from turning into a “monster,” despite getting bit. “Somewhere out west, they're working on a cure,” she tells Tess (Anna Torv), Joel's partner in crime, who accompanies them on the mission. In a montage of shots, we're then shown the overgrown streets, militants breaking into settlements, an armoured vehicle, and piles of dead bodies, all of which resonate with the visuals presented in the original 2013 video game. A couple of new characters suggest that heading into the west is a bad idea, causing Joel to contemplate the worst outcomes, albeit for a brief moment.

“You have a greater purpose than any of us could've ever imagined,” Marlene (Merle Dandridge), the leader of the rebel Fireflies reassures Ellie, instilling in her mind the idea that the world's future rests in the young girl's hands. As The Last of Us TV Series trailer continues to a melancholic rendition of A-Ha's “Take on Me,” there's a blink-and-you-miss-it visual of Ellie's mother, being played by Ashley Johnson. She served as the voice actress for the character in-game — across the original PS3 version, the remaster, and the newly-released “remake.” Look closely enough, and you might be able to spot Troy Baker — original voice actor of Joel — as a member of David's gang, the cannibalistic survivor group.

The Last of Us TV series trailer then cuts to a montage of numerous characters coping with the outbreak, including Nick Offerman's greasy-haired Bill, the unlikely ally who's seen sniping down incoming enemies. After the title card rolls in, we get a look at the terrifying Bloater, the fourth and final evolutionary stage, which comes after years of exposure to the Cordyceps brain infection.

The Last of Us TV series premieres January 16, 2023, on Disney+ Hotstar in India. Regions with HBO/ HBO Max available can stream the show on January 15, 2023, starting at 6pm PT/ 9pm ET.

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The Last of Us Season 1

Release Date 16 January 2023
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
Cast
Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Nick Offerman, Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett, Storm Reid, Jeffrey Pierce, Lamar Johnson, Keivonn Woodard, Graham Greene, Elaine Miles, Melanie Lynskey
Director
Kantemir Balagov
Producer
Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann, Carolyn Strauss, Rose Lam, Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan

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