We got to know the name of another cast member of the series The Last of Us! The role of Marlene will be played by Merle Dandrige – the actress who voiced the same character in the first part of the game.
In the first installment of The Last of Us , Marlene leads Fireflies, an anti-government resistance group working to create a vaccine for the spreading CBI disease. It set the story of the other heroes in motion, first by commissioning Joel to smuggle Ellie through the United States, and then trying at all costs to create an antidote to the plague. It is thanks to her that the two main characters get to know each other and then attach to each other.
Dandridge is the first, but probably the only actor to be involved in the development of the original game, and now its series adaptation. So far, we have known such names from the production as Pedro Pascal ( Narcos) as Joel, Bella Ramsey ( Game of Thrones) and Gabriel Luna as Tommy – Joel’s brother. We don’t know the other cast members yet, although that is probably a matter of the coming weeks as there are still many important roles to be cast.
Craig Mazin ( Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann, creative director of the first installment of The Last of Us, will be responsible for the script . The Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić and Ali Abbasi will be directing, although they will not participate in the pilot episode. This is what Kantemir Balagov will take care of
Druckmann has previously admitted that the first season of the series will present the complete story of The Last of Us I, but the production will also feature scenes that deviate from the plot of the game. The creators will also put more emphasis on the presentation of the story, not the action itself.
The events of the game take place in 2033, in the post-apocalyptic United States, whose inhabitants have to deal with the effects of the outbreak of the mysterious fungus and its further spread. 20 years earlier it had brought about the collapse of the world. Among the survivors of this event is Joel, an arms smuggler. He gets an offer completely different from the ones he got before – he has to escort 14-year-old Ellie. However, this task soon becomes a struggle for survival.
At the moment, HBO and Sony have still not revealed when The Last of Us is due to debut. According to reports, shooting for the series will start this summer. Therefore, 2022 seems to be the likely release date.