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The new poster and release date revealed for the series ‘The Last of Us’

by Arti Rathore
The Last of Us

The new poster shows Joel in a state of anguish and despair. His back is forced to carry a little girl, who is his charge in this harsh and brutal World. Joel’s burden intersects with Ellie, the other main protagonist, who appears as a tough young woman who has survived for years on her own. Both have their faces hidden from the lens. The movie is an adaptation of the first video game by Naughty Dog, with a runtime of two hours. This will include the extra downloadable content “Left Behind”. 

The storyline of the series

20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal heartbreaking journey in which Ellie will find herself working together with Joel for the first time ever.

The release date

The series is set to premiere on January 15, 2023

The cast is revealed till now and their characters

Pedro Pascal as Joel, a hardened survivor who is tormented by the trauma of his past. Joel is tasked with smuggling a young girl out of a quarantine zone and eventually across the United States Bella Ramsey as Ellie, a 14-year-old girl who displays defiance and anger but has a private need for kinship and belonging. She is immune to the Cordyceps brain infection and may be the key to creating a vaccine

The background of the story

The Last of Us is a third-person action video game that was developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was released in June 2013, with multiplayer components later added in December. The Last of Us has sold over 8 million copies worldwide with a substantial part of those sales coming from digital distribution, becoming one of the best-selling PlayStation 3 games.

The storyline of the series

The Last of Us takes place twenty years after a Cordyceps brain infection pandemic, which resulted in the collapse of civilization. The few survivors led by Joel and Ellie attempt to create a sustainable community in the new world. With the advent of Winter comes Bill, who has been scavenging for supplies across the hostile territory for months with his brother Henry. After finding a compatible donor for their sick daughter Sarah, they are ambushed by men intent on stealing their supplies and kidnapping Sarah.

Who can watch this series

The series is rated mature (MA) with a very high potential for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, intimacy Themes, and Strong Language The fans of the first game have been waiting for this ever since it has come out and with E3 being held in a few weeks, we may be getting new announcements in the future. 

What can we accept from the series

This series has a ton of gore, violence, and intensity. This series is also open to interpretation in the form of theories and what characters may do in this story, it will be interesting to see how fans accept this new change. Joel & Ellie’s relationship has been broken before when Naughty Dog decided to cut off Joel from Ellie, but now we have hope of seeing some sort of a family dynamic between these two characters.

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