[UPDATE] HBO has now confirmed what is rumored: their Last of Us TV series will premiere on January 15. A flashy new poster has also been revealed. Check it out below.
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HBO’s series The Last of Us will premiere in January, according to a leaked release date. People on Twitter noticed that the show’s landing page in the HBO Max app revealed a January 15, 2023 release date for the show. The show was previously only confirmed to launch sometime in 2023.
GameSpot and VGC also verified this. A source told VGC the date is real and was likely posted by accident. The source said HBO will officially announce the release date this week.
The TV series The Last of Us follows the events of the first game, which takes place 20 years after civilization was destroyed by a virus. Joel (Pedro Pascal) is hired to sneak Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of quarantine and to safety. “What started out as a small job soon turns into a brutal and heartbreaking journey, as both must cross the US and depend on each other for survival,” HBO said.
In addition to Pascal and Ramsey, the show stars Gabriel Luna as Tommy, Murray Bartlett as Frank, and Nick Offerman as Bill. Storm Reid plays Riley. The show also featured a star of the original game, Merle Dandridge, reprising the role of Marlene.
Craig Mazin, who wrote the sequels to The Hangover and Chernobyl, is writing the TV show The Last of Us with Neil Druckmann from game developer Naughty Dog. Mazin too wrote the upcoming Borderlands movie.
For the Last of Us game franchise, a A new indie multiplayer game is in development and it could be a free-to-play title.
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