

Rose Lam was added as executive producer in February 2021. However, by October 2022, Balagov said he left the project a year prior due to creative differences. He had been interested in adapting the game for years and was set to direct several opening episodes. In January 2021, the Mighty Mint joined production, and Kantemir Balagov was announced as the pilot episode's director. On March 12, 2020, Druckmann announced on Twitter that The Last of Us veteran Gustavo Santaolalla will return to write the music for the series. Īfter the initial attempt at a film adaptation was dropped, the possibility of adapting the story as an animated series was considered. Sony Pictures Television will co-produce the series in association with PlayStation Productions. Evan Wells, president of Naughty Dog, and Carolyn Strauss will also be executive producers. Craig Mazin, the creator of acclaimed HBO limited series Chernobyl, and Neil Druckmann, writer and creative director of the game, will executive produce the series. Melanie Lynskey as Kathleen Coghlan Īfter the film adaptation for The Last of Us entered development hell for six years and subsequently cancelled, a new television series for HBO was announced on March 6, 2020.Nico Parker as Sarah Miller (season 1).Keivonn Woodard as Sam Burrell (season 1).Lamar Johnson as Henry Burrell (season 1).On January 27, 2023, it was announced that HBO has renewed the series for a second season. Gustavo Santaolalla returned to compose the score, reprising his role from the game.Īn official companion podcast hosted by Troy Baker aired alongside the series. Some dialogue was lifted directly, but some episodes "deviate greatly" from the game. The first season adapts the events of the first game and premiered on January 15, 2023. Based on the 2013 video game of the same name, developed by Naughty Dog, the series follows Joel ( Pedro Pascal), a smuggler tasked with escorting Ellie ( Bella Ramsey), a teenage girl, across a post-apocalyptic United States, and Joel's younger brother and former militiaman, Tommy ( Gabriel Luna).Ī joint production by Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, The Mighty Mint, and Word Games, the series was filmed from July 2021 to June 2022 throughout Alberta.

The Last of Us is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created and written by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO.
