The Last of Us' television adaptation found its Ellie.
Bella Ramsey, known as Lyanna Mormont in HBO's Game of Thrones, will star as the wayward Ellie in a post-apocalyptic world, as reported by THR. Ramsey is reuniting with showrunner Carolyn Strauss who she previously worked with on Game of Thrones as well.
The Last of Us television series is adapted from the acclaimed 2013 Naughty Dog game that tells the story of a destroyed world overrun by zombie-like creatures who've fallen ill from a global sickness infecting them. Ellie, a teenager living in the post-apocalyptic universe, might hold the key in her blood to the pandemic's cure. As she struggles to find her way in this shattered world, she meets Joel, a smuggler who's lost his daughter due to the global sickness, and the two decide to protect each other on their way to presumed safety.
Ramsey's character description for the role reads similarly to the game, saying, "Ramsey will play Ellie, a 14-year-old orphan who has never known anything but a ravaged planet who struggles to balance her instinct for anger and defiance with her need for connection and belonging … as well as the newfound reality that she may be the key to saving the world."
In November 2020, HBO gave a series order to The Last of Us television series, with Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Carolyn Strauss (Game of Thrones) serving as executive producers. Druckmann, who is now co-president of Naughty Dog, will also produce along with Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan.
The official synopsis for the television adaptation of The Last of Us reads,
Based on the critically acclaimed video game The Last of Us, developed by Naughty Dog exclusively for the PlayStation® platforms, the story takes place twenty 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, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
Written by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, HBO's The Last of Us is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television. Director Kantemir Balagov will be helming the series' pilot episode.
Source: THR
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