It's unknown if this will cover the entirety of the events in the first game. This season is set to last for 10 episodes. An intense, harrowing and emotional adventure awaits Ellie and Joel return for an epic journey in the sequel to the critically acclaimed game by Naughty Dog.19.99 to 29. Production for the series kicked off this month and is set to last into 2022. Nico Parker will play Sarah, Joel's daughter. Its thanks to Marlene that Joel and Ellie meet each other. Merle Dandridge, who played Marlene the leader of the Fireflies, will be reprising her role in the show. Meanwhile, Merle Dandridge will play The Fireflies leader Marlene Dandridge also played the role in the video game. 'What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heart-breaking journey, as they both must traverse across the US and depend on each other for survival,' HBO revealed about the show. The player can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of. The player traverses post-apocalyptic environments such as buildings and forests to advance the story.

Can't wait for you to show me a side of Joel I never knew Pedro,' he wrote on Instagram.Īlongside Pascal will be a fellow Game of Thrones colleague, Bella Ramsey, as Ellie. The Last of Us Part II is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective featuring elements of the survival horror genre. Troy Baker, Joel's original video game actor, has given his approval of the casting. Joel is hired to smuggle Ellie out of a quarantine zone to the Fireflies, an organisation looking for a cure.Īs previously announced, Pedro Pascal will be taking on the role of Joel. The show is based on Naughty Dog's video game version of The Last of Us, which takes place 20 years after a deadly virus decimated civilisation. In the game he lives alone, but he speaks about Frank, a partner of his.

As fans of the game will know, Bill is a character Joel and Ellie meet along their journey.

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