HBO’s The Last of Us Might Cost More Than Game of Thrones: Report

HBO’s The Last of Us collection prices over 100 million {dollars} for its first season, in response to a brand new report. An particular person concerned with the TV present’s manufacturing known as it “likely the largest” movie manufacturing ever arrange in Canada, noting that each episode “well exceeds the eight figure per episode mark”. That means every episode prices tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}, and since The Last of Us season 1 can have 10 episodes, you are taking a look at a $100 million+ funds. There’s no readability on whether or not the supply is speaking in USD or CAD although, so The Last of Us funds may vary from Rs. 587–749 crores.

In an e mail interview with CTV News final week, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees 212 union president Damian Petti stated: “The Last of Us which commences photography this week is indeed a monster. It has five art directors and employs an army of hundreds of technicians. It has had six months of prep and shoots [in Alberta] for 12 months. I cannot confirm the official budget numbers but will say it is likely the largest project shooting in Canada. This project well exceeds the eight figure per episode mark, so there is a multiplier effect on our economy in terms of its impact. There are hundreds of related businesses benefitting from the plethora of work.”

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For HBO, that is big. The Game of Thrones studio spent over $10 million (about Rs. 75 crores) per episode beginning with the fantasy collection’ sixth season, and the quantity climbed as much as $15 million (about Rs. 112 crores) per episode by the eighth and closing season. But in its early years, Game of Thrones value $6 million (about Rs. 45 crores) per episode. With The Last of Us, HBO is spending a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} on a collection’ debut season. That stated, HBO shouldn’t be an outlier today, with the likes of Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video additionally forking comparable (or extra) quantities on collection similar to The Crown, Loki, and The Lord of the Rings.

Based on the best-selling and critically-acclaimed PlayStation recreation franchise, HBO’s The Last of Us collection stars Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian, Narcos) because the hardened smuggler Joel, Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones, His Dark Materials) because the teenage immune survivor Ellie, Gabriel Luna (Agents of SHIELD) as former soldier and Joel’s youthful brother Tommy, Merle Dandridge (The Last of Us) as resistance motion Fireflies chief Marlene, Jeffrey Pierce (The Last of Us) because the insurgent Perry, Nico Parker (Dumbo) as Joel’s daughter Sarah, Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) as remoted survivalist Frank, and theatre actor Con O’Neill as Frank’s fellow survivalist Bill.

Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and The Last of Us recreation director Neil Druckmann are the creators, head writers, and govt producers on HBO’s The Last of Us, with Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole) directing the pilot episode. The Last of Us recreation composer Gustavo Santaolalla returns for the HBO collection. Executive producers on The Last of Us collection additionally embody Carolyn Strauss, Rose Lam, Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash, and Carter Swan. HBO’s The Last of Us is a manufacturing of Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, The Mighty Mint, and Word Games.

The Last of Us will air on HBO and HBO Max within the US, and Disney+ Hotstar in India. Production on season 1 started earlier in July and is predicted to run till June 2022.