HBO Is Treating ‘The Last Of Us’ Like Its New Flagship Series

It's easy to be skeptical of other projects in the same genre after recent video game-to-TV adaptation mistakes. There has always been something about The Last of Us that has made it seem like it might work out very well.

• It’s an HBO original (not Max, even), which usually is some signal of quality, despite recent drama over there.
• It stars The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal and Game of Thrones’ Bella Ramsey, which feels like a solid cast.
• It’s being written by Craig Maizin, who did Chernobyl, and Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog is heavily involved in making sure it stays true to the game.

At long last, the first footage from the show has been shown, as so far it has only been behind-the-scenes pics taken by fans and photographers from far away. The Last of Us was given the premiere slot in the new trailer, which had a lot of new and returning shows, but only 30 seconds to itself.

In it, we get a glimpse of many major characters, and get to hear lines from the game itself, which is always a good sign, especially in this case where the game already played like a show or movie.

The Last of Us may be another mega-franchise under the banner of HBO, as they seem to have such confidence in this. The Last of Us has the potential to be another Next Big Thing for them, as evidenced by the fact that it is doing this with Game of thrones and House of the dragon.

We don't know how far into the first game The Last of Us season 1 will go, whether it's the entire thing or if there will be a break point and season 2 will finish the rest of it. If the show is popular, there is an entire sequel to cover, and that could be more than one season. I don't think the idea is for a one-off series about the first game in a few episodes. There are a lot of plans for The Last of us.

It's odd to be confident in a video game adaptation, given how much can go wrong. The cast, crew, and now this new footage are all aligning for where this is airing. Next year, we will find out how it all works.

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