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Wednesday, 18 January 2023

HBO’s The Last of Us sets a new standard for TV adaptations of a video game

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The Last of Us: Finally, a TV adaptation of a video game that gets it right: The HBO series sticks close to the source material — the hit 2013 PlayStation video game developed by Naughty Dog — and is set in a post-apocalyptic America ravaged by a zombie outbreak. The story kicks off 20 years after an outbreak of a fungal infection that turns infected humans into monsters, and follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler, as he tries to get 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of a military quarantine zone. They embark on the brutal journey across the country in hopes that Ellie, who is seemingly immune to the infection, could be instrumental to the development of a cure or vaccine that humans have been holding out for. You can catch the show on OSN — new episodes come out every Sunday.

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