The look ahead to HBO’s extremely anticipated “The Final of Us” collection is sort of over. On Sept. 26, HBO Max launched the terrifying teaser trailer for the brand new apocalyptic journey, and on Nov. 2, the streamer lastly introduced the present’s premiere date.

“The Final of Us,” primarily based on the bestselling, award-winning video-game collection of the identical identify, stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, each “Recreation of Thrones” alums (although their characters, Oberyn Martell and Lyanna Mormont, by no means interacted). Pascal’s Joel is tasked with smuggling Ramsey’s Ellie by means of a postapocalyptic, zombie-infected United States. Within the trailer, they face many risks — and never simply zombies -like contaminated people.

In an interview with GQ in April, Pascal revealed that, although he loves the collection, he wasn’t superb at enjoying the online game. “It is so unhappy, I have never any talent,” the actor stated. “I attempted, you realize. After which it was solely a matter of minutes earlier than I needed to hand it over to my nephew. It actually takes a selected form of talent, and I haven’t got it.”

Despite the fact that Pascal admires the sport, he knew he did not need to completely imitate it, both. “I discovered Joel so spectacular — I discovered the entire of it such a visually spectacular expertise,” he stated. “After which I acquired apprehensive that I’d need to imitate an excessive amount of, which I believe could possibly be proper in some circumstances, after which a mistake in others. So I simply needed to create a wholesome distance, and for that to be extra within the arms of [show co-writer] Craig Mazin and [game writer and show co-writer] Neil Druckmann.”

“The Final of Us” was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, in 2021, and HBO is planning to launch it in early 2023. Maintain studying forward for every thing we learn about “The Final of Us,” together with the trailer and solid.