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The Alberta Legislature building is seen in this scene from "The Last of US." (Screengrab From Twitter/HBO)

HBO’s Alberta-shot ‘The Last of Us’ premieres Sunday

Jan 13, 2023 | 11:05 AM

Alberta’s film and television industry says the widely anticipated HBO adaptation of “The Last of Us” shows the province can handle any size of production.

The series, which premieres Sunday, was filmed in Alberta from July 2021 to June 2022.

The province’s film commission says the production is the largest to date in its history and one of the biggest in Canada.

The series takes place 20 years after a civilization-changing event where a hardened survivor is hired to smuggle a 14-year-old girl out of a city turned into a quarantine zone.