The Big Scene in Chinatown.
Season 2 of HBO’s smash hit series The Last of Us turned Vancouver’s Chinatown into Seattle’s overgrown and abandoned post-apocalyptic Chinatown that we know from the video game.
After two days of prep, Bella Ramsey as Ellie and Isabela Merced as Dina walked down the street today with their guns drawn.
Xia Pia Betty Burra Burra (@xioumari) caught some of the action on the closed block of Columbia Street from above.
@yvrshootstweets #LastOfUs at Chinatown pic.twitter.com/cbBGq2ff9Z
— Xia Pia Betty Burra Burra (@xioumari) July 8, 2024
Related: The Last of Us Season 2 in Vancouver’s Chinatown As Post-Apocalyptic Seattle
Richard N. Liu, post.
#Chinatown has seen better days. LoL Amazing to see @thelastofus set walking through Vancouver Chinatown this morning.????Avoid the Pender and Columbia traffic, zero access along Columbia.???? pic.twitter.com/K15H9ue8Uv
— Richard N. Liu, MStJ | 劉念祖 | 리처드 리우 | リチャード・N・リュー (@richardliu18) July 8, 2024
Ed Chee post.
Ho hum – just another day walking to work in Vancouver and stumbling across the set of Last Of Us 2! Pender & Columbia – what a treat for the VFS (Van Film School) students whose building is right on that corner @yvrshootstweets pic.twitter.com/rMZ4MbMPtc
— Ed Chee (@cheechoo98) July 8, 2024
Xia Pia Betty Burra Burra post.
@yvrshootstweets #LastOfUs at Chinatown pic.twitter.com/cbBGq2ff9Z
— Xia Pia Betty Burra Burra (@xioumari) July 8, 2024
Vancouver Film School.
And much later, returning to position on a hot summer evening.
NewWestBoy video.
@yvrshootstweets #BellaRamsey & #IsabelaMerced getting into position for their next scene on a hot Monday evening #Chinatown #Vancouver #TheLastofUs pic.twitter.com/9jdg4VVhAJ
— NewWestBoyⓂ️ (@CaptCanuck66) July 9, 2024
It’s been a month and a half since Bella Ramsey’s Ellie and Isabela Merced’s Dina rode through downtown Nanaimo dressed as the overgrown and abandoned Seattle neighbourhood of Capitol Hill we know from the game.
Related: The Last of Us: Bella Ramsey & Isabela Merced in Nanaimo – Local Video
We don’t know how much time has passed on The Last of Us but at least they’ve changed their clothes (or removed their jackets?).
What is The Last of Us?
Season One of The Last of Us took place 20 years after modern civilization had been destroyed by a fungal pandemic. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, was hired to smuggle teen Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What started as a small job soon became a brutal, heartbreaking journey as they both traversed across the U.S. and depended on each other for survival.
At the end of season one, 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) and sister-in-law Maria (Rutina Wesley).
In season 2, we meet some new characters In Jackson like Ellie’s new friend Dina (Isabela Merced) and scout Jesse (Young Mazino).
We also meet a group of former Fireflies who join Isaac (Jeffrey Wright)’s Washington Liberation Front (WLF) in Seattle: soldier Abby Anderson (Kaitlyn Dever), who’s seeking vengeance for someone she loved; soldier Manny (Danny Ramirez), doctor Mel (Ariela Barer), military medic Nora (Tati Gabrielle) and Owen (Spencer Lord)
The Last of Us Season 2:
Episodes: 7.
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, 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, Jeffrey Wright.
Sound stages: Bridge Studios.
Season 2 of The Last of Us will premiere on HBO in 2025