The first photos of Long Long Time are available online.
The third episode of The Last of Us which will be aired on Sunday in the United States. In Italy it will arrive on Monday 30 January on Sky and NOW .
Directed by Peter Hoar ( Da Vinci’s Demons, Daredevil, Altered Carbon, The Umbrella Academy ), the episode will see Joel ( Pedro Pascal ) and Ellie ( Bella Ramsey ) ask for the help of two characters that gamers of the video game know well, or at least one of them: Bill and Frank , played by Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett , respectively .
It seems that this is a very important episode, and in fact it will last 76 minutes. A few days ago we saw a trailer .
You will find the photos below.
The photos
New promo photos for episode 3
Sunday, Jan 29 on HBO and HBO Max pic.twitter.com/PMzjgLcOxO
— The Last of Us News (@TheLastofUsNews) January 26, 2023
The plot
The Last of Us takes place twenty years after the fall of modern civilization, when a fungal parasite infects humans and turns them into monsters. Joel , a man hardened by the will to survive, is hired to escort 14-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone. It should be an easy job, but it soon becomes a dangerous and brutal journey: together, Joel and Ellie will have to cross what is left of the United States and rely on each other to escape death.
The cast
Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey lend their faces to Joel and Ellie . Gabriel Luna is instead Tommy , brother of Joel . Merle Dandridge plays Marlene , as he has already done in the video game. Nico Parker plays Sarah , Joel ‘s daughter. Also starring Jeffrey Pierce ( Perry ), Murray Bartlett ( Frank ), Lamar Johnson ( Henry ), Nick Offerman ( Bill), Anna Torv ( Tess ), Storm Reid ( Riley ) and Rutina Wesley ( Maria ). Natasha Mumba as Kim Tembo , an original character.
The authors of the series
The series is created by Craig Mazin , creator of Chernobyl and screenwriter of various Hollywood comedies ( Superhero Movie, I am you, Scary Movie 3 and 4 , the sequels of The Hangover ). Mazin will write and produce The Last of Us with Neil Druckman , creator of the video game. The pilot episode will be directed by Kantemir Balagov , a filmmaker native of the Autonomous Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, winner of the FIPRESCI award in Cannes for his debut film, Closeness .
Directing
Among the directors there will be Jasmila Žbanić ( Esma’s secret, The path ), Ali Abbasi ( Shelley, Border ), Peter Hoar ( Daredevil ) and Neil Druckman himself , creator of the game. The pilot was directed by Kantemir Balagov ( Tesnota, The Autumn Girl ).