As we head back to the Pinnacle Theater for The Last of Us season 2 finale, let’s look at how production turned Superman & Lois’s Smallville set in Cloverdale BC into an overgrown Seattle wasteland for exterior shoots of theater.
The game’s Pinnacle Theater (inspired by Seattle’s Paramount Theater) is the place that Bella Ramsey’s Ellie and Isabel Merced’s Dina hole up during their time in Seattle.
The Pinnacle lobby is a two-storey build in studio and the auditorium is played by Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre.
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At the end of episode 6, Ellie returns to the Pinnacle after brutally killing Nora.
The Last of Us on set at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.
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Superman & Lois’s Bitsie Tulloch knew The Last of Us would take over the Smallville set — built for four seasons of the CW series.
Related: Superman & Lois Says Goodbye to its Smallville Set in Cloverdale
There is a very prestigious show that is going to be taking it over. I don’t believe I can announce which one but that was kind of exciting to know that it will live on beyond us.- Bitsie Tulloch aka Lois Lane in an April 2024 Instagram story.
The Last of Us Season 2:
Episodes: 7.
Working title: MEGA SWORD
B.C. filming dates: February 12 2024 – August 23 2024.
Additional photography in September 2024 and January 2025.
Co-Creators/Writers: Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann (and Halley Gross).
Directors: Craig Mazin, Mark Mylod, Peter Hoar, Kate Herron, Stephen Williams, Neil Druckmann, Nina Lopez-Corrado.
Cast: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino, Kaitlyn Dever, Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer Lord.
Guest stars: Catherine O’Hara ,Robert John Burke, Jeffrey Wright, Alanna Ubach,, Ben Ahlers, Hettienne Park, Noah Lamanna, Joe Pantoliano.
Production designer: Don Macaulay.
Sound stages: The Bridge Studios.