Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in HBO Max’s ‘The Last of Us’
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The Last of Us has already won the hearts of critics and gamers — and HBO’s TV adaptation of PlayStation’s popular post-apocalyptic video game is officially in the awards race with 24 Emmy nominations and three Golden Globes.
The second season of The Last of Us It is expected to arrive in 2025 (production will begin this spring). Meanwhile, the remastered version of The Last of Us: Part II The video game for PS5 will be released on January 19. Next, keep reading below to learn how to get award-nominated TV series and stream them without cable.
How to stream The Last of Us Online
A subscription to HBO’s Max (formerly HBO Max) is required to stream The Last of Us On-demand online.
Plans are $9.99 per month with ads, $15.99 per month for the ad-free tier, or $19.99 per month for the Ultimate Ad-Free package, and include two devices (four for the top-tier plan) and streaming at Full HD video quality. Annual plans are $99.99 to $199.99, or a 16 to 20 percent discount on monthly billing.
Cord-cutters who already have a preferred streaming service can add Max’s channel to existing subscriptions to DirecTV Stream (which is currently offering Max for free for a limited time), Hulu or Prime Video. Max add-ons are $9.99-$15.99 per month in addition to each platform’s base plan. Hulu starts at $7.99 per month, while Prime Video is $8.99 per month, or free for Prime members.
Max does not offer a free trial; However, you can see The Last of Us Free if you’re a subscriber to DirecTV, which offers two months of Max free. After the promo period, the maximum add-on rate is $15.99 per month in addition to the DirecTV subscription fee ($64.99 and up monthly). Learn more here.
Unfortunately, AT&T no longer offers Max for free with the new unlimited plans. Those with existing AT&T Unlimited plans with the “grandfathered” Free Max package can still access content streaming as long as they don’t make any changes to their AT&T plans.
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The Last of Us Season 2: Premiere Date
The exact premiere date for the second season of is yet to be announced The Last of UsBut it is expected to arrive sometime in 2025. Casting and production were delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes, and filming for season two will begin this spring.
The Last of Us: Cast, Plot, Award Nominations
20 years later a fungal infection turns people into zombies, The Last of Us Pedro Pascal stars as tough survivor and smuggler Joel, who is tasked with bringing a 14-year-old girl named Ellie (Bella Ramsay) to a research facility in the West in the former United States. The teenager is somehow immune after being bitten by an infected person, and may hold the secret to a cure for the virus that has wiped out most of humanity. The show also stars Murray Bartlett, Lamar Johnson, Gabriel Luna, Melanie Lynskey, Nick Offerman, Nico Parker, Jeffrey Pearce, Storm Reid, Anna Torv, Lamar Johnson, Kevon Woodard and more.
Game of Thrones Alums Pascal and Ramsey were both nominated for best acting Emmys and Golden Globes awards, while co-stars Bartlett, Lynskey, Offerman, Reid, Torv and Johnson also received Emmy recognition for outstanding guest performance in a drama series. Ramsay was also named as the 2023 BAFTA UK Breakthrough Artist.
Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) teamed up with Naughty Dog game creator Neil Druckman to adapt the PlayStation hit into a series, and a second season will begin filming this spring.
where to buy The Last of Us Video games and comic books online
The Last of Us First released as a video game for PlayStation in 2013. remake, The Last of Us: Part I Available for PS5 and PC via Steam, andThe Last of Us: Part II Remastered Available on January 19.
While surviving the action horror game isn’t necessary to understand the show, see below to find out where to buy The Last of Us Video games and comic book spinoffs online, plus the exact trucker jacket worn by Joel in the series.
‘The Last of Us Part I’ for PlayStation 5
‘The Last of Us Part II Remastered’ for PlayStation 5
Flint and tinder flannel-lined waxed trucker jacket
‘The Art of the Last of Us’
‘The Last of Us: American Dreams’ Paperback
‘The Last of Us: American Dreams #2’ for Kindle
‘The Last of Us: American Dreams #3’ for Kindle
‘The Last of Us: American Dreams #4’ for Kindle
