The Last Of Us Creator Gives First Look At Joel And Ellie In HBO TV Show

The Past of Us Day (also acknowledged as Outbreak Day) kicked off above the weekend. Like celebrations from past yrs, enthusiasts of the acclaimed Naughty Canine franchise were anticipating interesting new bulletins. For that reason, The Very last of Us inventive director/writer Neil Druckmann took to Twitter to speak about the forthcoming HBO adaptation of the sport(s). And, in performing so, he’s given us our to start with on-established search at the Tv show. 

Druckmann’s tweet reads as follows: “When I very first noticed them on set in total costume, I was like: ‘Hooooooly sh*t! It is Joel and Ellie!’ The HBO adaptation of Naughty Dog’s The Very last of Us is entire steam ahead! Cannot wait to display you far more (from all of our projects!)!”

The teaser picture demonstrates Joel and Ellie on the lookout out at the stays of a crashed aircraft in an open up subject. Joel dons his traditional button-up while Ellie trades her in-activity t-shirt for a purple hoodie. Wait awaits them outside of their vantage stage of relative security stays to be observed, but it is safe and sound to suppose that the airplane will be crawling with infected. God of War: Ragnarok author Alanah Pearce flawlessly voiced the excitement bordering the pic in the tweet’s replies, “I have never ever been so hyped to see the backs of two people just before in my everyday living.” 

In an job interview earlier this year, Druckmann described that the HBO team is far more interested in staying legitimate to the core of the recreation sequence as opposed to concentrating on minor specifics like character attire:

“We talked at duration that season 1 of The Past of Us series is going to be the initial sport,” Druckmann said. “As significantly as the superficial items, like really should a character wear the exact same plaid shirt or the very same crimson shirt? They may possibly or might not show up in it which is way significantly less important to us than obtaining the main of who these individuals are and the core of their journey. Items in some cases remain really close. It’s amusing to see my dialogue there from the game titles in HBO scripts. And at times they deviate considerably to a great deal far better impact due to the fact we are working with a diverse medium.”

HBO’s The Past of Us is bolstered by a star-studded solid and crew, which include Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones), Anna Torv (Mindhunter), Nico Parker (Dumbo), Merle Dandridge (The Last Of Us video game titles), and Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dim Fate). Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann are helming the display.


Are you fired up to finally see Joel and Ellie’s real-lifetime counterparts?