After getting a bad reputation due to many critically panned adaptations, video game movies and TV shows have taken a step up in recent years. Joining the long list of game franchises being adapted is The Last of Us, the survival horror Playstation title that will come to HBO Max next year as a series starring Pedro Pascal in the lead role of Joel Miller and Bella Ramsey as his young companion Ellie. While the game series has already spawned a sequel, it is currently unknown how close to the game’s storyline the series will stick, but one person who has insight into that is Pascal.

The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal recently appeared at the premiere of the Nicolas Cage movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, in which he also stars, and he discussed the upcoming horror series with Comicbook.com. Suggesting that the show will take in many of the aspects of the game that made it a bit hit in its console form, Pascal said:

"It is covered in clickers and spores, and the elements of Alberta, and we're having an amazing time. It's totally harrowing. And I don't know if we'll make it, but it'll be completely worth it. It is amazing. And I'm having an amazing time. I don't know if I'll make it."

When asked about the fate of his character in the series compared to that of his video game counterpart, he added, "I do know what happens to him. I may not even make it to that."

The Last Of Us Will Bring a New Love of The Game Franchise for Fans

The HBO Max series has been developed by game creator Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, who was responsible for bringing the award-winning Chernobyl to screens and Mazin previously talked about how he expects the show to not only appeal to fans of the games but also make them “fall in love” with it again. He said, "It's not to keep you in love with The Last of Us, it's to make you fall in love again with The Last of Us in a different way. It's a passive way, in the sense that you're taking it in, you're not playing it. But you're experiencing more with more characters in more ways. And I think we've got something good going."

Of course, The Last of Us will join a growing list of a new wave of game-based adaptations that have started hitting streaming and cinemas to big box office results. Earlier this year, Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg starred in Uncharted, which seems to have been popular enough to warrant a sequel, and in the sequel line, Sonic The Hedgehog 2 will soon be looking to capitalize on the pre-pandemic original which surpassed all expectations with both audiences and critics. In addition to The Last of Us, other titles heading into development are an Anthony Mackie-starring Twisted Metal and the long-in-development screen version of American McGee’s Alice. How these fare with audiences when they finally arrive is something we can only wait to find out.