Stunning ‘The Last of Us’ trailer puts Joel and Ellie’s relationship in the spotlight

If the wait to look at HBO’s adaptation of The Final of Us wasn’t lengthy sufficient already, the community has shared a brand new trailer for the upcoming sequence forward of its January fifteenth launch date. Clocking in at virtually two-and-a-half minutes lengthy, the clip presents our greatest look but on the Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) manufacturing. And for individuals who might have anxious that the sequence would hew too carefully to Naughty Canine’s supply materials, it exhibits the difference’s creators weren’t afraid to deliver one thing new to the franchise. 

That is on show early on when there is a quick scene of Ellie pretending to be a clicker. The trade that follows is likely one of the few light-hearted moments within the trailer. Later within the clip, eagle-eyed followers will spot Ashley Johnson, the actor who voiced Ellie within the video video games.  

In the event you’re unfamiliar with The Final of Us, the trailer serves as an honest overview of the primary recreation’s story. On the middle of the narrative are Joel and Ellie, performed by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey within the upcoming HBO sequence. Joel should escort Ellie throughout a post-apocalyptic model of the US within the hopes that she often is the key to defending what’s left of the world’s inhabitants from a fungal an infection that turns its victims into aggressive, zombie-like creatures generally known as the Contaminated.    

From all of the advertising and marketing materials HBO has shared to advertise The Final of Us, it is clear the community has excessive hopes for the sequence. Footage from the present capped off a sizzle reel HBO uploaded earlier this 12 months to hype its 2023 slate.