The Last of Us TV show won’t air until 2023, says HBO’s Casey Bloys

The fans of Last of Us, Naughty Dog’s 2013 post-apocalyptic action-adventure game, will have to wait a bit longer than anticipated for the live-action TV series to premiere.

While the original series was to air in 2022, HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys stated in an interview that HBO and HBO Max had updated the story. She said that HBO Max will soon be adapting the highly-anticipated HBO drama starring Pedro Pascal.MandolorianBella Ramsey (Game of Thrones() is still being produced.

“It’s not going to air in 2022,” Bloys told Deadline. “They are still shooting in Canada. I imagine you will see it in ’23.”

Despite this delay, Bloys offered his impressions of what he had seen of the series so far, expressing excitement for showrunner Craig Mazin’s take on the series. “I have seen some early episodes and I’m very excited; Craig did ChernobylHe is an amazing writer and director for us. What I’ve seen looks amazing, so I’m excited for it, but it will not be in ’22.”

HBO’s Last of UsMazin, series creator Neil Druckmann are writing and producing the series. Along with Pascal and Ramsey, Anna Torv will be part of the cast.Fringe), Merle Dandrige (Last of Us, Half-Life 2Nick Offerman (Devs), Nico Parker (Dumbo), Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark FateJeffrey Pierce (Castle RockMurray Bartlett (The White Lotus). Gustavo Santaolalla composed the original score. Last of UsIts 2020 successor Part II: The Last of UsThe score will be composed by, who is also returning for the series’ live action.