Suck it Pedro . . . it’s mine — Succession’s Kieran Culkin to The Last of Us’s Pedro Pascal at the Golden Globes.
The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, lost out to Succession in the major categories at the Golden Globes. Succession won Best Drama Series, Kieran Culkin won Best Actor in a Drama Series and Sarah Snook took Best Actress in a Drama Series.
Update: Pedro Pascal’s shoulder injury is not expected to delay The Last of Us season 2’s February start of production in British Columbia.
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.
The Emmys:
The good-natured rivalry between HBO’s The Last of Us and Succession continues at the Emmys on January 15th.
The Alberta-filmed season one of the dystopian video game adaption got 24 Emmy nominations.
While there was recognition in most categories, there were some surprising omissions: no nominations for cinematography or stunt coordination.
On the weekend, The Last of Us won eight Emmys at Night One of the Creative Arts Emmys.
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series – Nick Offerman as Bill. Winner.
Outstanding guest actresses in a drama series –Storm Reid as Riley Abel. Winner.
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series – Timothy A. Good, Emily Mendez, Winner.
Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie — Alex Wang, Sean Nowlan, Joel Whist, Stephen James, Nick Marshall, Simon Jung, Dennis Yoo, Espen Nordahl, Jonathan Mitchel., Winner.
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup – Barrie Gower Sarah Gower, Paul Spateri, Nelly Guimaras Sanjuan, Johnny Murphy, Joel Hall, Lucy Pittard. Winner.
Outstanding Sound Editing -Michael J. Benavente, Joe Schiff, Christopher Battaglia, Chris Terhune, Mitchell Lestner, Jacob Flack, Matt Yocum, Maarten Hofmeijer, Randy Wilson, Justin Hele, David Aquino, Stefan Fraticelli, Jason Charbonneau, William Kellerman, Maarten Hofmeijer, Randy Wilson, Justin Hele, David Aquino, Foley, Stefan Fraticelli, Foley Jason Charbonneau, William Kellerman. Winner.
Outstanding Sound Mixing – Marc Fishman, Kevin Roache, Michael Playfair. Winner.
Outstanding Main Title Design – Andy Hall, Nadia Tzuo, Gryun Kim, Min Shi, Jun Kim, Xiaolin (Mike) Zeng. Winner.
That leaves five categories for the big night..
Nominated for Outstanding drama series.
Nominated for Outstanding lead actor in a drama series – Pedro Pascal as Joel.
Nominated for Outstanding lead actress in a drama series – Bella Ramsey as Ellie.
Nominatied for Outstanding writing in a drama series – Craig Mazin.
Nominated for Outstanding directing in a drama series – Peter Hoar.
Season 2 of The Last of Us, which moved production from Alberta to British Columbia, starts filming this February.
