Pedro Pascal shares first look at The Last of Us series on HBO

HBO has teamed with Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann on a TV adaptation of the company’s The Last of Us video game series, about a middle-aged man who must smuggle a young girl across a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested America wasteland in hopes of finding a cure for a plague that has devastated the world. HBO is putting a lot of resources into the series, including by hiring a pair of Game of Thrones veteran in the lead roles: magawatt star Pedro Pascal (Oberyn Martell) will play Joel while Bella Ramsey (Lyanna Mormont) is Ellie.

Although there are other characters, the relationship between Joel and Ellie is absolutely at the core of The Last of Us, so both actors will be doing a lot of heavy lifting. And now we have the first look at the show, courtesy of Pascal himself:

Joel and Ellie look at the downed wreckage of a plane as they make their way across the country. A shame we don’t see their faces; gotta leave something for the trailer, right?

The Last of Us is coming to HBO. “Look for the light.”

Pascal tweeted the photo minutes after it was revealed on Naughty Dog’s Twitter account, complete with the caption, “Look for the light,” a reference to the Fireflies organization.

The Last of Us is coming to HBO and HBO Max sometime next year, probably. Before that, we’re gearing up for fall TV in a big way:

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h/t The A.V. Club