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To say that HBO's third episode of The Last of Us was a masterpiece would be an understatement It's thanks to the efforts of creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann; actors Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett, who played Bill and Frank, respectively; and director Peter Hoar, who's worked on critically-acclaimed LGBTQ series HBO Max's It's a[...]

On the third episode of HBO's The Last of Us "Long, Long Time," his star shined brightest alongside Murray Bartlett as Frank and Bill as survivors who find each other The actor and comedian appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to break down how Megan Mullally helped land him the role, the reactions, and if he's[...]

With The Last of Us franchise's unique approach to the zombie apocalypse genre and the emergence of the popular HBO series adaptation of the Naughty Dog PlayStation games, Stamets took the time on social media to stave off any concerns the fictional Cordyceps plague have on public perception of fungi. Image: HBO Max Screencap Paul Stamets Addresses[...]

If you had a chance to check out this week's midweek sketch from NBC's Saturday Night Live, then you know that Sarah Sherman and Molly Kearney saved the newest SNL cast member/clicker "Matt" from a hammer-beating from host Pedro Pascal, who was clearly channeling his time playing Joel from HBO's The Last of Us[...]

Like Netflix's Stranger Things before it for Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill and Metallica's Master of Puppets, HBO's The Last of Us is helping audiences find along beloved hit this time in Linda Ronstadt's 1979 hit Long, Long Time, which was also the title of the series' third episode that explores the unexpected love[...]

When it comes to the third episode of Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us, we have what might be the best single episode of any series this year And it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that "Long Long Time" should earn Nick Offerman and[...]

When HBO announced the renewal of their latest biggest hit in The Last of Us, questions naturally turned to who can play Part II's Abby Anderson, voiced by Laura Bailey in the 2020 Naughty Dog PlayStation game Abby is the secondary protagonist after Ellie, played by Ashley Johnson in the game and Bella Ramsey in[...]

To say that Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett stole the show on HBO's The Last of Us would be an understatement Offerman played lone wolf survivalist Bill, who finds unexpected love in Frank (Murray) as the two share a life together in the Cordyceps apocalypse in the mostly standalone episode "Long Long Time." The following[...]

Her more recent major roles include The CW's The Vampire Diaries, NBC's Timeless, Hulu's Marvel's Runaways, Amazon Prime Video's Bosch, and her final as Rosalind Dyer on ABC's The Rookie. TIMELESS — "The Miracle of Christmas Part II" Episode 212 — Pictured: Annie Wersching as Emma Whitmore — (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC) While Wersching wasn't involved in[...]

It's been a pretty good couple of days for Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us. As if getting a Season 2 green light wouldn't have been reason enough to celebrate, the live-action adaptation of the popular video game decided to show folks the true beauty, tragedy[...]

Jordan, Lil Baby & a new wave of weirdness to win the weekend, the entertainment industry mourning the passing of Annie Wersching (The Rookie, Star Trek: Picard & more), DC-Loving Congressman Robert Garcia "threatening" Congressional hearings if DC Studios co-head James Gunn & Peter Safran don't produce DCU news by February 1st, and HBO's The[...]

When The Last of Us creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann boldly announced they wanted to go above and beyond and transcend the PlayStation games for the HBO series, they weren't messing around This couldn't be made more abundantly clear than in the episode "Long Long Time," which focuses on Bill (Nick Offerman) The following[...]

Some heartbreaking news to report, with word that actress Annie Wersching (Bosch, Timeless, Star Trek: Picard, The Rookie, The Last of Us) has passed away of cancer With the 45-year-old actress' passing confirmed by her publicist, Wersching was first diagnosed in 2020 but continued to work for the next three years The actress is survived[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes the WWE holding an uneven & question-raising Royal Rumble, Sarah Michelle Gellar sharing the one "Buffy" reminder that she doesn't need to keep hearing, The Last of Us' Craig Mazin explaining why "Part II" will need more than Season 2, Arrowverse star Jon Cryer (Lex Luthor) revealing that he[...]

While creators Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog visionary Neil Druckmann made it abundantly clear that season one of HBO's The Last of Us will cover the story of the first game while expanding its mythos in the process, the 2020 follow-up in Part II will be a whole other can of worms That's how Mazin[...]

And that's exactly what happened today, with the cable giant green-lighting a second season of Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us. Image: HBO "Craig and Neil, alongside EP Carolyn Strauss, and the rest of our phenomenal cast and crew, have defined a genre with their masterful debut[...]

Any time a popular IP gets adapted to another medium, it's natural to expect changes to properly fit the format, and HBO's The Last of Us is no exception It's something that creators Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog game visionary Neil Druckmann are painfully aware of Following the release of episode two, "Infected," the two[...]

When Craig Mazin signed on to co-create The Last of Us for HBO alongside Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann, they tackled the Herculean task of compressing 15 hours' worth of content into a nine-episode season while expanding the PlayStation game's mythos Among the missed opportunities the duo had to scale back was Tess, played by Anna[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Aubrey Plaza & Sam Smith doing right by NBC's Saturday Night Live, the comics creators behind Amazon's Invincible breaking down the Season 2 teaser, Paramount+ revealing that a Star Trek: Picard Season 3 trailer is dropping next Sunday during CBS & NFL's AFC Championship Game, Paul Lazenby (Atom-Man) confirming[...]

Merle Dandridge earns the distinction as the only actress in HBO's The Last of Us to reprise her role as Firefly leader Marlene from the Sony & Naughty Dog video games Why is that? Let's break down a few things First, the original game was released in 2013, and Dandridge's character is already an adult,[...]

So it's pretty safe to say, based on the numbers released by HBO/HBO Max this, that a lot of us were curious to see if Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us lived up to its hype When the smoke settled on Sunday night's debut, the series[...]

While you never want to jump the gun on these sorts of things, after one episode, it would appear that HBO has a serious awards season contender in Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us. And based on what critics & viewers are saying, it would appear[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes The CW dropping an attention-grabbing season trailer for Superman & Lois, HBO's The Last of Us starting off impressively strong, us sharing our thoughts on the first episode of the live-action Three-Body Problem series adaptation, NBC's Night Court revealing who's guest starring (and who offered their blessing), Amazon's The[...]

When Neil Druckmann recruited Craig Mazin to adapt Sony and Naughty Dog's The Last of Us to an HBO series, there were some obvious questions on how it would differentiate itself from its other zombie apocalypse contemporaries At the heart of the series are Joel and Ellie, played by Game of Thrones alum Pedro Pascal[...]

The first thing I need you to know is that this isn't a review of Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring adaptation of The Last of Us that's debuting tonight We have someone else running point on the HBO/HBO Max series, so their thoughts will be going live after the[...]

In three days, viewers will finally get their chance to feast on Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us. To keep the excitement levels going for the highly-anticipated HBO series, the cast has been hitting the late-night circuit to promote the series… and they brought preview clips[...]

When HBO decided to adapt Sony and Naughty Dog's videogame franchise The Last of Us as a TV series, there were obvious creative challenges on how it would translate on the small screen Would it be more action-oriented like the games, or would it expand more on the universe providing more character exposition? At the[...]

HBO Max is launching The Last of Us Podcast, the series' official companion podcast hosted by Troy Baker (who voiced Joel in the video game) Premiering in tandem with the show on Sunday, January 15, the podcast will release new episodes each Sunday (nine episodes in total.) Source: HBO In The Last of Us Podcast, Baker sits down with series[...]

If there's one thing the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us is able to expand upon the original 2013 Naughty Dog video game is the Cordyceps fungal infection that caused the apocalypse Given the game's original popularity on Sony's PlayStation 3, ND not only remastered the game for PlayStation 4 in 2014 but also[...]

While The Last of Us creators Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann have no intentions of doing the ambitious world-building that George R R Martin's Game of Thrones or AMC's The Walking Dead franchise, the duo wanted to take the opportunity to tell a more complete story regarding the Cordyceps fungal plague from the original Naughty[...]