The Last Of Us TV Series Adds Three New Cast Members, Including Tommy’s Voice Actor

Extra faces are becoming a member of HBO’s The Final of Us TV collection, this time with the inclusion of a model new character that we will solely assume is supposed to assist bridge the hole between the difference and the primary sport of the Naughty Canine franchise. Becoming a member of Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) and Bella Ramsey (Sport of Thrones) are Jeffrey Pierce (Citadel Rock and the Final of Us video video games), Murray Bartlett (Nashville), and Con O’Neill (Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King).

The affirmation of the newest casting information comes through Deadline for the HBO TV take that’s set to happen inside the timeline of the primary sport. Kantemir Balagov is scheduled to direct the pilot episode for the co-production between PlayStation Productions, Sony Photos Tv, Phrase Video games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Canine itself. The Final of Us TV collection additionally has two new administrators with Jasmila Žbanić (Aida) and Ali Abbasi (Border), which had been each revealed again in Could. The pair joins Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin because the group works alongside Naughty Canine for inventive course. 

The casting of Jeffrey Pierce is thrilling as a fan of the primary sport, as a result of he performed Joel’s brother Tommy in each titles. He isn’t the primary voice actor taking to the HBO set both, Merle Dandridge can be within the upcoming TV collection reprising her position as Marlene. Pierce will not be taking part in Tommy, that position has already been forged, however he might be taking part in a “insurgent in a quarantine zone” by the identify of Perry. If the character identify would not sound acquainted, that is as a result of he wasn’t within the video games, which implies he greater than probably is an addition meant to assist bridge the hole between the TV collection and the narrative we all know from the video games themselves. 

Talking of the video games and the tales they inform, Naughty Canine’s Neil Druckmann has mentioned previously that the TV collection will function unique content material to boost the storyline from the primary Final of Us. The primary sport’s narrative was immensely highly effective and one which took gamers on a large journey that exhibits what it means to be human, even the not-so-pretty components.

“We talked at size that season 1 of The Final of Us collection goes to be the primary sport,” Druckmann mentioned in a earlier interview when speaking in regards to the philosophy this collection is taking. “So far as the superficial issues, like ought to a personality put on the identical plaid shirt or the identical pink shirt? They may or won’t seem in it; that’s manner much less necessary to us than getting the core of who these individuals are and the core of their journey. Issues typically keep fairly shut. It’s humorous to see my dialogue there from the video games in HBO scripts. And typically they deviate drastically to a lot better impact as a result of we’re coping with a special medium.”

It will likely be fascinating to see the place the TV adaptation takes followers. It is also good to see that this story is being unfold out in episodic type versus a film, giving the group extra freedom to inform their story at their very own tempo reasonably than making an attempt to cram all of it into one singular movie. 

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