HBO has confirmed that The Last of Us TV series in production will not be released this year. The show isn’t going to air in 2022 — they’re still shooting in Canada. I think you’ll see the show in 2023, HBO and HBOMax programming director Kathy Alois told Deadline.
I watched some of the previous chapters and got excited, he joked. Craig did Chernobyl for us and he’s a fantastic writer and director. What I’ve seen looks great, so I’m excited, but it’s not going to come out in 2022.
The Last of Us adaptation is the first TV series for PlayStation Productions, the studio formed by Sony Interactive Entertainment SIE to adapt its original games for film and television. “Chernobyl” creator Craig Massing will write and produce the show with Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckman. Filming began in July 2021 and is expected to end in mid-2022.
This series is about to cover content from The Last of Us Part 1, which came out in 2013, and may of course also include content based on The Last of Us Part 2, which launched in 2020 and caused huge interest due to parts of its plot. dispute.
Game of Thrones actors Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay will play the show’s lead characters, Joel and Ellie. Actress Thandie Newton’s daughter Nicole Parker will play Joel’s daughter Sarah, and Gabriel Luna will play Joel’s brother Tommy.
The first film released by PlayStation Productions was “Uncharted” starring Tom Holland. The film was released this month and achieved acceptable box office results.
It has recently been reported that the PS5 remake of “The Last of Us Part 1” is about to be completed and may be launched in the second half of 2022, and the director’s cut of “The Last of Us Part 2” is also in production.
In January, Druckman said Naughty Dog was “eager to share with fans” the “multiple game projects” the studio was working on. The company is understood to be working on its “first indie multiplayer game,” which could be an indie expansion based on the delayed online mode in The Last of Us Part II.