Actor Storm Reid has boarded the upcoming television series adaptation of the popular video game The Last of Us. The actor will star opposite Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Jeffrey Pierce, Anna Torv, Merle Dandridge, Nico Parker, and Murray Bartlett in the series
The series hails from creators Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann. Set in a distant future 20 years after the destruction of modern civilization, the story follows a hardened survivor named Joel (Pascal), who is hired to smuggle a 14-year-old Ellie (Ramsey) out of the heavily guarded oppressive quarantine zone. The journey soon becomes brutal and heartbreaking as they have to travel across the States and depend on each other for survival.
Jasmila Žbanić and Ali Abbas, Druckmann, and Mazin are set to direct the series, while the pilot episode will be directed by Kantemir Balagov.
Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Doga are set to produce the TV series. The original video game was developed exclusively for Playstation by Naughty Dog.
Carolyn Strauss also executive produces along with Naughty Dog president Evan Wells, Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan of PlayStation Productions as well as Rose Lam. Druckmann and Mazin will also executive produce the series apart from writing the script.
Reid's recent works include Euphoria, A Wrinkle In Time, and When They See Us.