Principal photography for HBO’s television adaptation of The Last of Us will begin in Calgary, Canada this coming July, reports CBC. The news comes courtesy of the Director’s Guild of Canada, with production to begin on 5th July and wrap on 8th June, 2022. That seems like an extraordinarily long span of time to us, but we can’t imagine stars like Pedro Pascal (Joel) and Bella Ramsey (Ellie) will be on set for the entirety of the duration – perhaps additional time has been registered for potential reshoots?
Calgary has been a popular destination for Hollywood since the turn of the millennium, with noteworthy films like Interstellar being shot in the province. Of course, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has only heightened this by impacting what major production companies can do, and many have been looking north of the US border to get back on track.
The show is set to follow the events of the first game, although there will be some deviations according to creator Neil Druckmann. “In the game, there’s so much action you have to train the player about mechanics. You have to have more violence and more spectacle to some degree than you would need on a TV show because you don’t need to train people on how to use a gun. So that’s something that’s been really different, and HBO’s been great in pushing us to move away from hardcore action and focus more on the drama of the character,” he told IGN earlier in the year.
[source cbc.ca]
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This show will have a 3rd season before the uncharted movie releases.
It’ll start shooting but they’ll have to raid cupboards to find more than 10 bullets.
It warms my heart to see one of my favourite franchises brought to life so close to home. Welcome 🇨🇦
“That seems like an extraordinarily long span of time to us, but we can’t imagine stars like Pedro Pascal (Joel) and Bella Ramsey (Ellie) will be on set for the entirety of the duration – perhaps additional time has been registered for potential reshoots?”
The game moves through multiple seasons so makes sense, versus shipping them around the world, perhaps.
@kyleforrester87 my thoughts exactly. Plus if they were planning to use a "season" per season of the first game, they could film 4 seasons during that stretch and release them all to minimize Bella Ramsey drastically aging each season.
@kyleforrester87 Calgary and area really is perfect for this. We get just about every type of weather imaginable over the course of a year.
I’m looking forwards to watching this. Season 2 can do one!
@Boxmonkey grow up
@Jimmer-jammer Canada is my favourite place to visit, the landscape is amazing. Wanted to get back last year, but going to wait until next year now 😭, going to travel from Vancouver to Calgary through the Rockies again it's such a great place and people, if I could live anywhere it would definitely be Canada.
Ellie on the tele.
@Daleaf it’s so nice to hear you had a good experience. I lived in Vancouver for a few years and have made that trip many times. It really is beautiful! If/when you make it to the Calgary area, I can buy you a coffee or beer 🍻 Cheers!
@Jimmer-jammer Yea was one of the best holiday I had, think Banff was one of the highlights for sure, lake Louise and moraine were stunning. Will definitely take u up on the beer 🍻. Going to do a different route this time stop in a few places I missed last time but ultimately finish in Banff and Calgary.
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