I’m going to pull the curtain back a little. This is the introduction to the Week 2 edition of “Freedman’s Favorites” … but I’m writing it on Saturday of Week 1, before we’ve seen any of these teams play (except .
For those unaware,
The Last Of Us is a gripping action-adventure by video game developer Naughty Dog for PlayStation consoles, and a game that you ve seen all of your fave streamers play and cry over. In it, a middle-aged man named Joel is hired to escort Ellie, a 14-year-old girl who they both quickly learn is immune to the virus that’s turned their world into a zombie apocalypse. Per
Deadline, it sounds like the HBO TV adaptation will follow a similar story.
“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,” the report reads. “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.”
Pedro Pascal to Play Joel in THE LAST OF US TV Series
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Many actors made an impression over
Game of Thrones‘ eight seasons. But maybe none so much as Bella Ramsey. The young talent portrayed the ferocious, no-nonsense Lyanna Mormont. She first appeared as the leader of House Mormont in season six and commanded any scene she appeared in. Her men followed her with reverence and Ramsey absolutely sold it. And now, according to
The Hollywood Reporter, she’s landed the lead in HBO’s
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The Last of Us video game nearly a year ago. Released in 2013,
The Last of Us is an action adventure following Joel and Ellie. The latter is a teenage orphan. Joel escorts the teen through a post-apocalyptic United States rife with hostiles human and otherwise. A deadly pandemic ravaged the country (too real) and Ellie may be the key to the cure. Intense is the word that comes to mind.