She will join Pedro Pascal, star of “Star Wars” spinoff “The Mandalorian”, in the adaptation of the hit video game.
Craig Mazin, the creator of HBO’s award-winning limited series “Chernobyl”, is adapting the game with the help of Neil Druckmann, writer and executive producer for Naughty Dog, who developed the game.
The show follows the plot of the original game.
The story takes place 20 years after the end of modern civilization by a deadly pandemic.
Pascal will play Joel, a smuggler paid to get 14-year-old Ellie – played by Ramsey – from an oppressive quarantine zone.
“What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and painful journey, as both must cross the United States and depend on each other to survive,” said the WarnerMedia press release. CNN and HBO share the same parent company, WarnerMedia.
Pascal is also a “Game of Thrones” veteran, playing Oberyn Martell – a member of Casa Martell, the ruling family of the fictional kingdom Dorne.
Although both actors got their ticket to stardom on the show, their characters did not intersect.
Ramsey and Pascal shared the news of the announcement on their social media accounts on Thursday.
Kantemir Balagov, the Russian director best known for his 2019 historical drama “Varapau”, is expected to direct the series.
It is not yet clear how many episodes will occur and when they will air.