Jeffrey Pierce, Murray Bartlett, and Con O’Neill will also be starring in the television series. Other cast members include Nico Parker ( Dumbo ) as Joel’s daughter, Merle Dandridge (The Last Of Us video game) as Marlene, and Gabriel Luna ( Terminator: Dark Fate ) as Joel’s brother, Tommy.

Tess will be a recurring character that will travel across a devastated America alongside Pedro Pascal’s ( The Mandalorian ) Joel and Bella Ramsey’s ( Game of Thrones ) Ellie. The HBO adaptation will follow the events from the first game, and Joel’s first battle buddy (and, perhaps, romantic interest at one point?), Tess, has finally been cast.Īnna Torv of Heavenly Sword (Nariko’s voice actress) and Fringe fame is joining an already growing family of talent, led by Chernobyl ’s Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, the mind behind both games. A definitive shift in video game storytelling, Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic journey about Joel and Ellie continues to resonate with people around the world almost a decade later. The Last Of Us took the industry by storm when it first released in 2013.

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