Troy Baker, who voices Joel within the online game, will host the TV present’s companion podcast with the present’s creators.
We are approaching the arrival of The Last of Us on HBO, and forward of the TV present’s debut, it has been revealed {that a} companion podcast can even be launched. Better but, the podcast will function a voice that is very acquainted to those that’ve performed the unique online game. Troy Baker, the voiceover artist who performs the online game model of Pedro Pascal’s Joel, will reportedly host the brand new podcast alongside collection creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, providing a deep dive into every episode with a scene-by-scene evaluation.
A release date hasn’t been introduced for the companion podcast, although it is more likely to coincide with the debut of the TV collection. The Last of Us is ready to premiere on HBO on Jan. 15 following a prolonged, expensive manufacturing. It’s additionally not the one involvement Baker has with the collection, as he additionally has a role as a different character, and he has additionally teased an adaptation that may subvert expectations.
“I’ve seen up to episode five and, I can tell you right now, you get to episode three, you’re done,” he just lately stated on the Play Watch Listen podcast. “You are standing on your desk, ‘O, Captain! My Captain!’ What it sets up in the first two episodes, it introduces you to the world if you have no idea what it is. It takes all of your expectations and just gets rid of them.”
The Last of Us Takes Inspiration from the Video Games
The TV collection includes a story that is just like the online game, even when some modifications might be made as Baker suggests. It takes inspiration from the unique online game model of The Last of Us together with its downloadable content material chapter, The Last of Us: Left Behind. The present follows Pedro Pascal as Joel, a hardened smuggler employed to escort a teenage woman, Ellie (Bella Ramsey), throughout a treacherous wasteland in a post-apocalyptic United States. Murderous raiders and aggressive mutants referred to as “Clickers” are among the risks that await the 2 on their journey.
The forged additionally contains Gabriel Luna as Joel’s brother Tommy, Anna Torv as Joel’s accomplice Tess, and Merle Dandridge reprising her position from the online game as Marlene, the pinnacle of a resistance motion often known as the Fireflies. Troy Baker, Nico Parker, Storm Reid, Nick Offerman, Murray Bartlett, Jeffrey Pierce, and Melanie Lynskey are additionally featured.
The Last of Us will premiere on HBO on Jan. 15, 2023. You can take a look at the official trailer beneath.
