Alberta-Shot THE LAST OF US With Pedro Pascal & Bella Ramsey Scores 24 Emmy Noms
HBO phenom The Last of Us has racked up 24 Emmy nominations for its first season, including ultra-competitive nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Performances by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey..
The Alberta-shot dystopian video game adaption is recognized in most categories, but with some surprising omissions: no nominations for cinematography or stunt coordination.
The Last of Us takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed by a fungal pandemic. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone.
What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
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The Last of Us’s first season coming out of the gate, as strong as it did is, is huge. A really, really big deal. Chairman and CEO, HBO & Max Content Casey Bloys to Deadline: Hollywood.
Outstanding drama series.
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series – Pedro Pascal as Joel.
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series – Bella Ramsey as Ellie.
Outstanding writing in a drama series – Craig Mazin.
Outstanding directing in a drama series – Peter Hoar.
Outstanding guest actor in a drama series (4) – Murray Bartlett as Frank, Lamar Johnson as Henry Burrell, Nick Offerman as Bill, Keivonn Montreal Woodard as Sam Burrell.
Outstanding guest actresses in a drama series (3) – Melanie Lynskey as Kathleen, Storm Reid as Riley Abel, Anna Torv as Theresa “Tess” Servopoulos
Outstanding editing in a drama series – Timothy A. Good, Emily Mendez
Outstanding VFX in a drama series- Alex Wang, Sean Nowlan, Joel Whist, Stephen James, Nick Marshall, Simon Ju, Dennis Yoo, Espen Nordahl, Jonathan Mitchell.
Outstanding casting in a drama series – Victoria Thomas, Corrine Clark, Jennifer Page.
Outstanding costume design in a drama series – Cynthia Ann Summers, Kelsey Chobotar,
Outstanding non-fiction series – The Last Of Us: Inside The Episode: Executive Producers Emily Giannussa, Julio Cabral, Badger Denehy, Eddie Maldonado, Kathy Rocklein Sontag.
Outstanding main title design in a drama series – Andy Hall, Nadia Tzuo, Gryun Kim, Min Shi, Jun Kim, Xiaolin (Mike) Zeng.
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Separately, Pedro Pascal is nominated for guest hosting Saturday Night Live and the show’s Last of Us parody segment HBO Mario Kart trailer is nominated.
Pedro Pascal is also nominated for narrating CNN’s Patagonia: Life On The Edge Of The World • Mountains.
The Last of Us season 2 is expected to film in British Columbia next year. The Writers Room and pre-production are on hold until the WGA Writers and SAG-AFTRA strikes are settled.
