The Last of Us season 2’s stunt ensemble is nominated for an Actor Award for astonishing stunts like the massive horde of Infected which attacked fortified Jackson in a snowstorm .
It didn’t seem possible that the HBO adaption could top season one’s award-winning stunts but the siege of Jackson and other season two stunts were even more epic.
Related: The Last of Us Wins Best TV Stunt Ensemble at SAG Awards
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Tommy blasts the Bloater with a flame thrower on Main Street.
How The Battle of Jackson Was Filmed :
Episode 2, directed by Emmy-winning Mark Mylod., took more than a month and a half to shoot in February , March and April 2024.
Related: The Last of Us Season 2 Filming Location: Massive Jackson Set in British Columbia
The battle sequence itself needed nearly four weeks of filming — broken into chunks — on the big Jackson set built on a gravel pit off the Sea to Sky Highway north of Vancouver.
Dozens of stunt performers, 100 Extras with prosthetics and 100s of digitally-added .Infected made up the horde of 1000 on screen, reports Vulture..
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.
Alberta filming dates March 05 2024 – March 06 2024.
Alberta filming dates: March 18, 2024 – March 23, 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, Joe Pantoliano, Alanna Ubach, Ben Ahlers, Hettienne Park, Robert John Burke, Noah Lamanna.
Production Designer: Don Macaulay.
Art Director: Callum Webster.
Sound stages: The Bridge Studios.