From the mind behindChernobyl and some of the folks at game
developer Naughty Dog, The Last of Us,
the hit PlayStation series about a fungus-based zombie apocalypse, is
officially making its way to television.
As shared by HBO
yesterday in a press release, the The Last of
Us series, which has been in development since at least earlier this
year, is moving forward with a series order. The show will be written by Craig
Mazin alongside Neil Druckmann, the director at Naughty Dog who played a
significant role in writing and creating the game series. Mazin and Druckmann
will also executive produce the series alongside Carolyn Strauss (Chernobyl, Game of Thrones).
“Craig and Neil are
visionaries in a league of their own,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice
President at HBO Programming. “With them at the helm alongside the incomparable
Carolyn Strauss, this series is sure to resonate with both die-hard fans of ‘The
Last of Us’ games and newcomers to this genre-defining saga. We’re delighted to
partner with Naughty Dog, Word Games, Sony and PlayStation to adapt this epic,
powerfully immersive story.”
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The show is being
created by HBO in conjunction with Sony, with it aimed for streaming on HBO Max
and airing on HBO. It’ll be interesting to see how the series varies up the
content of the games, which are already deliberately cinematic in presentation
and storytelling. In a way, the games are perfectly set up for adaptation, but
that in and of itself could be a problem. How do you differentiate the series
from the original without straying too much?
Guess we’ll find out
when The Last of Us hits HBO, sometime
in the future.
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