It appears that The Last of Us television programme will be arriving on our screens sooner than we had anticipated. It was previously believed that the HBO series will premiere sometime during the next year; however, it now appears that this implies sooner rather than later.
Casey Bloys, the head of HBO, was asked by The Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab) when we might anticipate the programme to come, and he responded by saying, “It’s closer to early 2023.” In the planned film version of the video game, Pedro Pascal will portray Joel, who will be paired with Bella Ramsey as Ellie. Gabriel Luna will take on the role of Tommy, who is Joel’s brother.
In addition, the cast included names such as Merle Dandridge, Nick Offerman, Murray Bartlett, and Storm Reid. Both the creator of Chernobyl, Craig Mazin, and the head of Naughty Dog, Neil Druckmann, are working behind the scenes on the series. The two men are responsible for producing and scripting the programme. Two of the directors who will be helming parts of the 10-part series are the Russian director Kantemir Balagov, who has won several awards in his career, and the Ukrainian filmmaker Jasmila bani, who was nominated for an Oscar.
Bloys also stated, elsewhere in his interview with The Hollywood Reporter, that fresh seasons of The White Lotus, Succession, Barry, and Hacks will likely all debut within the next year’s Emmy qualifying window – that is, before May 31, 2023. This information was provided by Bloys. When the nominees for the Emmy Awards 2022 were revealed yesterday, HBO programmes received a total of 140 nominations, with the popular drama Succession leading the pack with 25 nominations.