Pedro Pascal To Star As Joel In ‘The Last Of Us’ HBO Series Based On Video Game

[Scarlett Johansson]

Mega; Sony

EXCLUSIVE: In one of the biggest TV castings of the year, The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal is set to headline The Last Of Us, HBO’s high-profile series adaptation of the Sony Playstation franchise from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann.




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Based on the critically acclaimed video game The Last of Us, developed by Naughty Dog exclusively for the PlayStation platforms, the story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Game of Thrones‘ Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.


Pascal’s Joel, tormented by past trauma and failure, must trek across a pandemic-ravaged America, all the while protecting a girl who represents the last hope of humanity.


This marks a homecoming for Pascal who became a household name with his role as Oberyn Martell on HBO’s mega hit Game Of Thrones.


Pascal currently stars in Disney+’s hugely popular and acclaimed series The Mandalorian, which recently received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Drama Series. I hear he is expected to continue on the Star Wars series, where he is used sparingly because of the premise of his character, though The Last Of Us has him in first position.


The actor recently became available for a new series, attracting multiple big offers from top premium networks and streamers, opting to do The Last Of Us.


Pascal is coming off starring as the villain, Max Lord, in Wonder Woman 1984. The Narcos and Kingsman: The Golden Circle star is currently in production on Judd Apatow’s The Bubble for Netflix. He is repped by WME, Anonymous Content and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.


Kantemir Balagov is directing the pilot episode of The Last Of Us, a co-production with with Sony Pictures Television. PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog.


Druckmann and Mazin write and executive produce; Carolyn Strauss (Game of Thrones, Chernobyl) also executive produces along with Naughty Dog president Evan Wells alongside Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan of PlayStation Productions.

https://deadline.com/2021/02/pedro-pascal-star-joel-the-last-of-us-hbo-series-video-game-playstation-1234691935/

nobody wants a series tho lol

 

[LargeChoonger]

Literally who asked for this

 

[frozenrunner]

So how will they shoot the Joel In One scene?

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

They better cast a genuine transwoman as Abby

 

[Tookie]

Costarring Elliot Page as Ellie and Stone Cold Steve Austin as Abby.

 

[Bland Crumbs]

This will surely be a great rebound after Wonder Woman 1984...

 

[Thumb Butler]

I wonder what fat black character they will include?

 

[hasbinot]

I wonder what fat black character they will include?

They have to cast Abby as a black tranny that's the only non-offensive move they can make.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Based on the critically acclaimed video game The Last of Us, developed by Naughty Dog exclusively for the PlayStation platforms, the story takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Game of Thrones‘ Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

Soooooo, literally the exact same plot as the 1st game? Why not do a spin-off series that focuses on other people's experiences during the Outbreak? Or better yet, why not just watch a playthrough of the 1st game instead? You'll have a much better experience, and you'll have the added benefit of not having to wait however long for the next episode of the TV show to come out. These niggas don't know WTF they're doing.

 

[MediocreMilt]

Costarring Elliot Page as Ellie and Stone Cold Steve Austin as Abby.

nah, cast Elliot Page as Abby.

#transrepresentation

 

[AMHOLIO]

Literally who asked for this

Neil Druckman himself, probably. He's always wanted to write movies and tv but was stuck in the video game playpen (because he's a hack).

Hope he doesn't get more writing jobs, and if he does, hope he moves out of video games so he can stop shitting them up.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Lol Neil is on a mad power trip. He must be stopped

 

[Red Hood]

This will surely be a great rebound after Wonder Woman 1984...

He was pretty much the best thing about that movie. He seems to be the only one that realized what a POS it was and just went for broke. The Jeremy Irons in Dungeons & Dragons approach.


He's a weird, kinda dopey lookin' dude though. He should enjoy this ride while it lasts.

 

[James Roancrest]

Lol Neil is on a mad power trip. He must be stopped

Best way to stop him is to not watch the show.

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

Best way to stop him is to not watch the show.

The network higher ups will deem the show "Too important to fail" and push it anyway, even if less than a dozen people watch it. That awful Batwoman show got a second season, and as far as I know, the only people who watch it are those making funny Youtube takedowns of it.

 

[Bland Crumbs]

nah, cast Elliot Page as Abby.

#transrepresentation

She is not butch enough.

 

[starborn427614]

Can't be doing with TLOU in general, but glad Pedro continues to get role after role and stay in the spotlight.

 

[Ruin]

I'm actually kind of ok with this. His goofy manic energy was the only good thing about the burning shitpile that was WW1984.

 

[Din Djarin]

As a huge fan of Pedro, I'm happy to see him cast in anything. I don't know much about TLOU though. And like others said, he was the only good part of WW1984 because he's just fucking goofy all the time.

 

[UnKillFill]

lol no.