HBO continues to make quality series, maintaining the prestige it has been given for producing some of the best in history, such as The Sopranos, The cable Y game of Thronesor recent succession Y The Dragon Houseall recognized with awards and by critics.
The channel and studio’s latest major production is The Last of Usthe apocalyptic drama based on the video game of the same name which this Sunday premiered its first episode, maintaining the weekly launch dynamic from the previous era stream.
And, apparently, the strategy still works for him. When you’re lost in the darkthe title of the opening chapter, became the most viewed premiere in HBO Max history in Latin America in its first 24 hours of availability.
History beat two very strong corporate stocks: the first day of the debut episode of the dragon house and the second season premiere of Euphoria. It is clear that the fiction has aroused interest in more people than just fans of the video game.
From Craig Mazin, creator of Chernobyl -series with which he won the Emmi-, and Neil Druckmann, creator of the acclaimed video game, The HBO Original Series premieres its second episode this Sunday, January 22nd at 11pm on HBO Max and HBO.
The series which was also all the rage in the networks
The Last of Us tells what happens twenty years after modern civilization is destroyed by the spread of a virus. Joel (Peter Pascal), a seasoned survivor, is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone.
What starts out as a small job will quickly become one a brutal and harrowing journeyas both will have to cross the United States depending on each other to survive.
History comes first with “When You’re Lost in the Dark”, temporarily placed in 2003when an epidemic of parasitic fungi begins to ravage the country and the world.
Joel tries to escape the growing chaos with his daughter and brother. Twenty years later, the man is another: the world has turned him into a cynical and rude boy.
Together with his partner Tess, they fight to survive under a totalitarian regime, while the Fireflies, a group of rebels, host a teenager with a unique gift.
HBO’s newest premiere It was also a hit on social networks around the world. The series was like trend #1 around the world on Twitter on the night of Sunday 15.
Brazil was the market with the most conversations about the series on social networks worldwideadding over 50% of those mentions and dominating fifteen of the thirty top hashtags in the country during Sunday night on the bird’s social network.
Tank with Argentine presence
With a production budget of about one hundred million dollarsnetwork television tank expects to dominate conversations every week, with each new episode appearing.
The Last Of Us has an Argentinian as the creator of the music for the series. None other than Gustavo Santaolalla -paired with David Fleming-, Oscar winner for Babel Y Secret in the mountainsthat he had already created the songs for the video game and knew well the world his music was to have.
In addition to Pascal and Bella Ramsey, the cast is completed by Gabriel Luna as Tommy, Anna Torv as Tess, Nico Parker as Sarah, Murray Bartlett as Frank, Nick Offerman as Bill, Melanie Lynskey as as Kathleen, Storm Reid as Riley and Merle Dandridge. such as Marlene, among others.
Source: Clarin
