This is for sure. In the series adaptation of the game “The Last of Us”, Joel will not be played by Mahershala Ali, but by Pedro Pascal, and by Bella Ramsey as Ellie.
The Deadline website reports that Pedro Pascal, known among others, was involved in the series adaptation of The Last of Us . from Game of Thrones , Wonder Woman 1984 , Narcos , and from the title role of Disney’s The Mandalorian . It is in connection with this last role that the news of Pascal as Joel is quite surprising. Work on the third season of the series from the world of Star Wars is to start at the beginning of April. The actor will have to reconcile work on two projects. On the other hand, the second, equally important character for the plot is Ellie, played by another star of the HBO series, Bella Ramsey, viewers of Game of Thrones known as Lyanna Mormont.
The series will be created in cooperation between Sony Pictures Television and HBO. Craig Mazin, the creator of Chernobyl , will be responsible for the script and production . In an interview with Must Watch, he expressed the seriousness with which he approaches the upcoming production:
We want the player, watching the series, to be able to say “nothing I love and have experienced thanks to this game has been desecrated by the series, and in addition, the adaptation will give me something more – amazing things that I have not known before”
The action of The Last of Us takes place in a post-apocalyptic world 20 years after the collapse of modern civilization, caused by the epidemic of a mutant mushroom. The main character is Joel, an arms smuggler, who is cheated by one of the local criminals. However, he is offered a profit proposition of twice as much weapon as the one he has lost. All he has to do is escort 14-year-old Ellie through what’s left of the United States. Soon the journey turns into a fight against both the infected and the survivors who, however, lost their humanity in order to survive.