Don’t anticipate to observe HBO’s The Last of Us collection any time quickly. Channel programming president Casey Bloys informed The Hollywood Reporter in an interview that the variation of Naughty Dog’s apocalyptic video games will not air in 2022. Bloys did not decide to a launch date, however he famous filming was nonetheless underway within the western Canadian metropolis of Calgary.

The collection stars The Mandalorian and Narcos veteran Pedro Pascal because the grizzled survivor Joel, whereas Game of Thrones‘ Bella Ramsey performs the teenager Ellie. The video games’ Merle Dandridge performs the resistance chief Marlene, whereas Gabriel Luna (True Detective) and Anna Torv (Fringe) respectively play Joel’s brother Tommy and the smuggler Tess. Nick Offerman additionally has a visitor position. The high-level plot largely mimics that of the primary sport — Joel is tasked with escorting Ellie to a company looking for a remedy to the mind an infection that ravaged humanity, however the journey turns into way more difficult.

The timing may have HBO’s The Last of Us debut lengthy after the sport’s sequel. Expectations are already using excessive, although. On prime of the solid, the present is written and government produced by Chernobyl‘s Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann. In principle, the collection will each buck the pattern of so-so sport variations and provides Sony’s PlayStation Productions studio some further credibility.