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Will there be “Clickers” aka Fungus Zombies in downtown Nanaimo?
Season 2 film crew for HBO’s smash hit The Last of Us, about the aftermath of a fungal pandemic, are in downtown Nanaimo building a set at the Phase One location at Wharf Street and the Diana Krall Plaza.
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Most Redditers expect this area to play a Seattle neighbourhood.
Related: The Last of Us Season 2 Filming in Nanaimo: Will There Be Clickers?
Phase One of the shoot begins on Wharf Street.
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And in the Diana Krall Plaza (named in honour of the BC-born jazz legend).
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Phase 2 happens on Skinner Street.
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And phase 3 encompasses two blocks of Commercial Street from the Island Highway to Bastion Street (expected to happen between May 10th and 15th)..
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Downtown Nanaimo Phases Map. Click for more information.
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What is The Last of Us?
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 teen 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.
Season one left us with Joel and Ellie headed back to Jackson, Wyoming, a walled community of survivors from the fungal pandemic led by Joel’s brother Tommy Miller (Gabriel Luna).
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Season 2 production built a massive Jackson set at Britannia Beach on the Sea to Sky Highway.
Related: The Last of Us Season 2’s New Jackson Under Construction in British Columbia?
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The logs piled up on the site now form a barricade at the Jackson set like the CGI-ed wall in season one.
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Co-creator Craig Mazin and lead Bella Ramsey arrived in Vancouver in January for pre-production, along with new cast members Isabela Merced (who plays Ellie’s new Jackson friend Dina) and Young Mazino (who plays Jackson scout Jesse).
Ellie’s Jackson crew (That’s co-creator Craig Mazin on the left).
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Gabriel Miller did some trail riding prep with local legend Danny Virtue of the Virtue Studio Ranch.
Pedro Pascal followed in February.
Then Abby’s Seattle militia crew:
Kaitlyn Dever as Abby Anderson; Danny Ramirez as Manny, a loyal soldier; Ariela Barer as Mel., a young doctor; Tati Gabrielle as Nora, a military medic; and Spencer Lord as Owen.
The Last of Us has been spotted around B.C. — from Squamish to Kamloops to North Vancouver to Langley to Mission to Whistler — and in Alberta.
Related: Young Mazino in Alberta for The Last of Us Season 2.
The Last of Us Season 2:
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Episodes:
Working title: MEGA SWORD
B.C. filming dates: February 12 2024 – August 21 2024.
Co-Creators/Writers: Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann.
Directors: Craig Mazin, Mark Mylod, Kate Herron, Peter Hoar, Stephen Williams, Nina Lopez-Corrado.
Cast: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Kaitlyn Dever, Young Mazino, Isabela Merced., Catherine O’Hara, Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley, Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer Lord.
Sound stages: Bridge Studios.
Season 2 of The Last of Us is expected to premiere on HBO in 2025.