The original actors who voiced Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us video games have reprised their roles with newly recorded voice lines for Halloween Horror Nights 2023 at Universal Orlando Resort.
This year's Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida will feature a brand new house based on Naughty Dog’s video game The Last of Us.
Guests will step into the world of Joel and Ellie, where terrified guests will encounter a haunting and overgrown Pittsburgh in a brand-new, terrifying way, as you fight to survive and navigate your way through this new house.
Stay as silent as you can if you want to survive a multitude of Clickers, Hunters and more!
According to Games Radar, the original actors who portrayed Joel and Ellie in the video games have reprised the roles of Joel and Ellie for this year's Halloween Horror Nights haunted house at Universal Studios Orlando, and Hollywood.
Universal Orlando's Lora Sauls has spoken to Games Radar sister publication SFX Magazine, and revealed that the Last Of Us House will feature the original performers. Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson have voiced lines for the attraction.
"We got to use the voiceover actors from the video game," Sauls said. "We did voiceover recordings with them and they re-recorded our entire dialogue for our haunted house. So we were very, very excited to work with both Troy and Ashley on the re-recording of our haunted house dialogue."
In addition to getting Baker and Johnson to record dialogue, Universal have worked directly with Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann, who directed both The Last of Us games and is a co-creator and co-writer on The Last of Us TVadaptation. Sauls went on to explain that Druckmann specifically requested a popular location from the first game to be used as a setting for the haunted house.
"When working with Neil and team, they actually said to us, 'can we lean into the Pittsburgh part of the first video game?' And we were like, 'sure.' We later found out that that graphic in the Pittsburgh area got so many accolades online, [and] we understood why Neil wanted us to lean into Pittsburgh."
Fans of The Last of Us heading to Universal Studios this Halloween can also expect neat little details like a "weapons table" that looks like where you'd pick up gear in the games, and masks for Clickers and Bloaters "that are absolutely beautiful and identical to what you saw in that video game."
Halloween Horror Nights 32 will take place at Universal Studios Florida on select nights from September 1 through October 31, 2023.
HHN 32 will feature 10 terrifying haunted houses, 5 sinister scare zones and live entertainment, and this year expect high-scoring scares when the iconic video game The Last of Us comes to life as part of this year's Halloween Horror Nights.
“The Last of Us” haunted house will propel guests into a world of carnage and mayhem as they follow in the footsteps of the game’s protagonists, Joel and Ellie, who endure a brutal journey in a world overtaken by a fungal virus that turns humans into various forms of a new threat known as the Infected.
As guests encounter the Infected – Runners, Stalkers and Clickers – along with The Hunters, a band of hostile humans, they will need to navigate the Pittsburgh Quarantine Zone, including iconic locations from the video game such as the creepy and desolate The Hotel Grand and a labyrinth of dark and dank tunnels, in a desperate attempt to escape and survive.
Naughty Dog Co-President Neil Druckmann said “As a massive fan – and frequent attendee of Halloween Horror Nights, we are honored to have ‘The Last of Us’ included in this year’s lineup. It has been an incredible thrill for us at Naughty Dog to collaborate with Universal, bringing the world of the game to life, focusing on even the tiniest details that our fans know so well.”
The Last of Us will be a massive crowd-puller at HHN 32, for our complete guide to this years Halloween Horror Nights click here.
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