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  • HBO series adaptation of The Last of Us game adds Nico Parker 

    By Express News Service
    Actor Nico Parker is all set to join HBO’s series adaptation of the popular game The Last of Us. The actor will join the previously announced cast that includes Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey and Gabriel Luna.The series hails from creators Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann.

    Set in a distant future 20 years after the destruction of modern civilization, the story follows a hardened survivor named Joel, who is hired to smuggle a 14-year-old Ellie out of the heavily guarded oppressive quarantine zone. The journey soon becomes brutal and heartbreaking as they have to travel across the States and depend on each other for survival.

    While Pascal, Ramsey, and Luna are set to play Joel, Ellie, and Tommy, respectively, Parker is set to play the role of Joel’s daughter. Jasmila Žbanić and Ali Abbas are set to direct the series, while the pilot episode will be directed by Kantemir Balagov.

    Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Doga are set to produce the TV series. The original video game was developed exclusively for Playstation by Naughty Dog.

    Carolyn Strauss also executive produces along with Naughty Dog president Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan of PlayStation Productions as well as Rose Lam. Druckmann and Mazin will also executive produce the series apart from writing the script.

    Parker’s breakout role came as in Disney’s live-action adaptation of Dumbo, in which she played Colin Farrell’s daughter. The actor will be seen next in Reminiscence, in which she appears opposite her real-life mother, Thandiwe Newton. 

  • Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey to headline HBO’s ‘Last of Us’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: “The Mandalorian” star Pedro Pascal and teen actor Bella Ramsey will play the lead roles in HBO’s adaptation of popular video game “The Last of Us”.

    HBO had given a series order to the project, which hails from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and game’s writer Neil Druckmann, in November 2020, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    “The Last of Us”, which was launched in 2013, takes place 20 years after modern civilisation has been destroyed.

    Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone.

    What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the US and depend on each other for survival.

    Pascal will be playing the role of Joel in the show, while Ramsey will star as Ellie.

    With the new project, the two actors will reunite with the premium cable TV network after they starred in epic fantasy series “Game of Thrones”.

    However, Pascal and Ramsey, who essayed the roles of Oberyn Martell and Lyanna Mormont, respectively, never shared the screen space in the hit series.

    Filmmaker Kantemir Balagov will helm the pilot episode of “Last of Us” with Mazin and Druckmann serving as executive producers.

    The show will be produced by HBO and Sony Pictures TV along with PlayStation Productions, Word Games and game developer Naughty Dog.