The HBO live action adaptation of The Last of Us will premier on January 15 . Sky Atlantic ’s carry the series in the UK with a simulcast in the early hours of January 16 .
Skysaysall nine episodes of series one will air alongside the American broadcast each week , imply diehards can stay up late ( or get up early ) to watch without risking spoiler . The 9:00pm ET airtime in the United States means a 2:00am start time for Brits on Sky Atlantic . It ’ll also be available on - requirement thereafter .
Sky Atlantic is useable via a Sky subscription , Sky Glass , Sky Stream , or via a NOW subscription on a range of devices , so there ’ll be plenty of opportunity to watch .
The long - awaited goggle box serial will see the effort of Joel and Ellie brought to life by Game of Thrones veterans Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey . The serial is also being co - write and bring forth by Naughty Dog ’s Neil Druckmann who point the well - selling , critically - acclaimed PlayStation - exclusive serial of games .
HBO ’s star - studded version appear to come after the plot of the first secret plan , for the most part talk , and admit many of the characters we meet via the DualShock and DualSense controller . Gabriel Luna plays Tommy , Nick Offerman play Bill , while Sarah will be portrayed by Nico Parker . Anna Torv will take on the character of Tess .
The series precis say : “ The Last of Us adopt post 20 eld after modern civilization has been destroy . Joel , a hardened subsister , is employ to smuggle Ellie , a 14 - year - old girl , out of an oppressive quarantine zona . What starts as a small line presently becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journeying as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival . ”
It ’s the late Naughty Dog property to be dramatised , as Uncharted recently came to living on the big screen with Tom Holland playing Nathan Drake .
Meanwhile , Amazon Prime is developing a Fallout series , Halo was adapted by Paramount Plus and The Witcher has been a hit for Netflix . Video game adaptations are en vogue at the here and now and , with storytellers like Druckmann around , it ’s well-heeled to see why . Arecent prevue for the seriessuggests TLoU has quite a passel of hope . We ’re hopeful it can subsist up to the games , which are among the fine of the last decade on PS3 , PS4 and PS5 .
