HBO - The Last of Us
 

@HBO: Look for the light.

@clmazin and @Neil_Druckmann to develop the series adaptation of #TheLastOfUs, coming soon to HBO: http://itsh.bo/thelastofus https://twitter.com/HBO/status/12356...572032/video/1

The Last of Us' Series in the Works at HBO From 'Chernobyl' Creator Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann (Exclusive)

MARCH 05, 2020 9:30AMby*Borys Kit, Patrick Shanley

Craig Mazin, the creator of the acclaimed limited series*Chernobyl,*is reteaming with HBO adapt*The Last of Us, the massive Sony PlayStation video game franchise.
In a rare development in the world of video game adaptations, the writer and creative director of the game, Neil Druckmann, is also involved, and will work with Mazin to pen and executive produce what is intended to be a series.

Carolyn Strauss will also executive produce along with Evan Wells, the president of Naughty Dog, the Santa Monica-based developer of the game. The project is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and in association with PlayStation Productions and it will be the first television series from PlayStation Productions.
Originally launched in 2013, Sony and Naughty Dog’s*The Last of Us*garnered critical praise for its engrossing tale of the post-apocalypse centered on the relationship between Joel, a smuggler in this new world, and Ellie, a teenager who may be a key to a cure for the deadly pandemic.
Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle the14-year-old girl out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival. The HBO series will cover the events of the original game, which was written by Druckmann, with the possibility of additional content based on the forthcoming game sequel,*The Last of Us Part II, which will release on May 29, 2020.
Mazin, who is said to be an avid player of the game, stated, “Neil Druckmann is without question the finest storyteller working in the video game medium, and*The Last of Us*is his magnum opus. Getting a chance to adapt this breathtaking work of art has been a dream of mine for years, and I’m so honored to do it in partnership with Neil.”
“From the first time I sat down to talk with Craig I was equally blown away by his approach to narrative and his love and deep understanding of*The Last of Us,” said Druckmann in a statement. “With*Chernobyl, Craig and HBO created a tense, harrowing, emotional masterpiece. I couldn’t think of better partners to bring the story of*The Last of Us*to life as a television show.”
Last of Us*won numerous “game of the year” awards and went on to sell more than 17 million copies across both its original release on the PlayStation 3 and a remastered version on the PlayStation 4.
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for us to partner with Craig, Neil, Carolyn and the teams at Sony, Naughty Dog and PlayStation to bring the virtual world of this acclaimed game to life,” stated HBO programming president Casey Bloys.
“This is the first of many shows we intend to develop with our friends at PlayStation Productions,” said Chris Parnell, co-president of Sony Pictures Television Studios.*The Last of Us*is a brilliant achievement in storytelling and character development, and we are lucky to have the opportunity to work with this team to adapt it.”
Druckmann is a longtime vet of Naughty Dog, starting as a programming intern in 2004. In 2007, he was given the role of game designer on*Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, the first installment in the action adventure series. In 2013, he created*The Last of Us, based on a concept he developed as a student at Carnegie Mellon University.
Mazin’s*Chernobyl*tackled a bleak and complex true-life event and became a must-see show for HBO. The show won an Emmy for outstanding limited series and landed one for Mazin for outstanding writing. Mazin also won a PGA and a WGA Award.


Holy shit this is gonna be awesome.

Daaaang dawg this is gonna be tizzite.

Never played the first game. I assume it's worth a look?

One of the best games ive ever played.

I also never finished it because i don't have the patience. I've heard nothing but great things about the ending though.

Go play it now. Easily a top 5 PS title.

Never played the game before(not much of a gamer at all really) but I'm familiar with the premise which was cool. BTW, some of my buddies are literally obsessed with it (I remember them playing it a lot and there is a sequel to the game coming out so thats cool)

If you don’t want to actually sit down and play the game....you can always go on YouTube and just search for a Let’s Play and watch someone go through the game.

Ha I've done that before and also smoked some good ass weed while watching one of my buddies play this. The game seems wild as hell and the graphics are out of this world (can't believe how far video games have come. I remember the days of just collecting coins and jumping on turtles! haha)

Could easily be a HUGE hit for HBO esp considering the talent backing this.

Have you seen gameplay footage of part 2? Looks unreal. The second half of this video, specifically.

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I actually tried to do this, since I don't have a Playstation. Started watching Christopher Odd's playthrough as I had liked some of his XCOM 2 series. I got a fair ways into it, but eventually quit watching. Was kinda captivating at first, but just kinda started dragging on after a while.

Dammit, now I'm going to have to get HBO again.

I think I played pretty much nothing but Skyrim during the time this came out.

Love the first one and can't wait to play #2. Fantastic story telling...Naughty Dog is fantastic. I hope some others give it a chance or watch the game. Can't wait to see what HBO does.

@Variety: ‘The Last of Us’ HBO Series Casts ‘Game of Thrones’ Breakout Bella Ramsey as*Ellie https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the...ie-1234905508/

That’s an interesting choice.

She was great in GoT but not so sure about this one.

**** yes

@DEADLINE: EXCLUSIVE: #TheMandalorian star Pedro Pascal is set to headline The Last Of Us, HBO’s high-profile series adaptation of the Sony Playstation franchise

#TheLastOfUs https://deadline.com/2021/02/pedro-p...on-1234691935/

Aside from not actually getting Josh Brolin to play Joel, they absolutely nailed the leads.

can't wait.

Best game I've probably ever played!

Absolutely would've been perfect. Pascal I def like too

Fun fact: Naughty Dog modeled several of their protagonists after real actors:

Joel = Josh Brolin

Ellie = Ellen Page

Nathan Drake = Nathan Fillion

Didn't know about drake or joel that's awesome

About 15-20 seconds of footage at the very end of this... definitely highlighting it.

@hbomax: The Last of Us, The Idol, Love and Death, Succession, The White Lotus, And Just Like That, Hacks, The White House Plumbers, Our Flag Means Death, and so much more are coming soon to HBO Max.

Now this is my kind of dream. https://twitter.com/hbomax/status/15...400384/video/1

THE VERY BEST game I have ever played and I loved BioShock 1 and Infinite.

Man, come on - you HAVE to know how it ends! Joel and Ellie for Gods sake!

To your AVI, Geaux Tigers! :thumb:

TLOU2 is the reason i didnt buy a ps5. I dont need to simulate bringing down the patriarchy. I think that is dumb. I will miss this production entirely, as tempting as it is to vicariously bring down the patriarchy. So tempting. But nah.

Can't wait for this. No doubt it will be great based on the terrific story and being on HBO.

No doubt, you say? No doubt at all, you declare?

https://youtu.be/iGtKUaPhdfk

Yep...can't wait as well. HBO is probably the only service that I think could do this right.

Pretty cool didn't know about brolin.

This looks good...

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Holy shit this gives me goosebumps...as a huge fan of the games this looks incredible.

Apparently some buildings were shot in KC
https://twitter.com/KansasCity/statu...QoslfBN0w&s=19

I just now figured out that Oberyn Martell and Lyanna Mormont are in this. Pretty awesome.

Is that Nick Offerman as Bill (1:00 mark)?? If so - holy shit, perfect casting.

The clicker looked good too.

Yes it is.

Yeah that's what stood out to me.

They are filming part of this in Kansas City right now. Parts of 435 were shut down yesterday for it. I have been trying to find out the casting situation around here. If I could be find a way to be an extra or a background zombie for this it would be awesome. One of my favorite video game series ever.

This looks incredible...I am so stoked.

@hbomax: The official #TheLastOfUs trailer is here.

From the Emmy-award winning creator of Chernobyl and the creator of the acclaimed video game, the new @hbo original series premieres January 15 on HBO Max. https://twitter.com/hbomax/status/15...528320/video/1


https://youtu.be/uLtkt8BonwM

Boo ya! Will be there with my popcorn. Best game I’ve ever played, hands-down.

Called it in back in August that this would be woke. Not the hardest thing to predict anymore, but y'all thought this would be like the first video game, and I knew it wouldn't. I knew this would be woke as hell. The race-swapping for the main characters is a pretty obvious giveaway about something going woke. There are other tells that some of you might PM me about and I'll tell you.

Here's a dude released a video about this propaganda.

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It sucks because I want to tell my wife about how good this show will likely be, but I can't give away the first fifteen minutes, I want to see her reaction in real time as it happens. The other sad part is where are they going to go after season 1? The time jump in the games between part 1 and 2 is pretty substantial, are they going to explore that time period that the games didn't? Are they going to follow the games closely? Because then that'll mean they're out of material by the end of Season 2 and have to make up the script based on where they want the story to go, which will have people up in arms saying, "That's not what would happen!" like GoT did with seasons 7 and 8 based on GRRM's "suggestions". The first season should be great if they follow the story points, but I would think they have to extend the first game into two seasons if they can, but since the trailers already show David, I would venture a guess that they'll end this season the way the first game ended. Looking forward to it either way.

There's nothing woke about the second game. A trans character exists and is central to the story being told. It doesn't steer you to be pro trans, or anti anything. It's a great story.

And to bitch about Pedro playing Joel is stupid. Look at side by sides from him as Joel in the game. He is pretty damn spot on for the look.

He's got to be trolling.

First of all, Pedro Pascal is a really good actor.

Second, this hardly even qualifies as a race swap. Like you say, he looks a lot like Joel anyway, but Pascal is Chilean-American. Check the demographics for the country- most of those people are descended from Europeans.

Being a white guy isn't central to Joel's character either.

This is nothing to get upset about.

He's a pseudo intellectual who quotes things/people and seems to live an opposing lifestyle. Either a troll supreme or a major hypocrite. Probably a bit of both.

That character in the 2nd game isn't even trans lol.

I find myself constantly arguing with both sides on shit like this.

Not everything is woke, but yes there's a lot of woke BS in movies/shows these days.

I have zero concerns with The Last of Us based on what I've seen thus far.

Pretty much. Is a girl, doesn't want to be forced into a girl's role in their version of a post apocalyptic society, cuts off her hair and changed to a boy's name. It never says trans but is highly implied.

Are you talking about Abby, the buff military trained girl? Or Lev the trans kid from the Seraphites?

Ahh yes, I'm talking about Abby, because many thought before the game came out that she was a trans character.

Completely forgot about that other side character because it's been a while since I played the game.

It's a bit cringe, but not enough to ruin the game or the show for me.

This show is gonna kick ass

100% on RT 29 reviews so far. Comes out Sunday night

Polygon said it's incredibly faithful to the video game, but when it does something new, they feel its at its best. With no Chiefs this weekend, this will be my highlight, looking forward to it. However they said that Season 2 will likely go right into the second game, and wouldn't make it's own material after that. But then Druckmann said that there's more story to tell from the games, so I guess this thing is just lasting 2 seasons unless Naughty Dog releases another game in the next three years.

Can't wait........here's hoping the start is as exciting as the start of the game.

I dont think I've played any game that had a more intense start to it.

I'm not telling my wife about it at all, I've laid out Ellie and Joel but haven't really mentioned anything about the first fifteen minutes. It won't be the Red Wedding, but it'll be fun to see her reaction.

Never played the game either but I saw the preview for this and yeah, it looks outstanding.

I think that blows if season 2 follows game 2.

The PC port of this game is coming out in March. I was really hoping to play the game before watching the series. But, I don't think I can hold out that long...

Not being familiar with the game I never engaged this thread because I was reading the thread title as This Is Us

LMAO

This looks great

Yeah didn't care for the second game much, just too bleak for my taste. Not much character building, brought down existing characters, stripped away everything the first game built, just dark, dreary and no joy in it what so ever. Not going to spoil anything, but I've not played that game since the first time I played it when it came out and have no intention to either.

97% on RT with 60 reviews. Wow.

84 on Metacritic which is obscenely high for a first season of TV.

I'm assuming this will be an episode drop per week? It's nice being able to just crank out a whole series in a week or two.

No kidding. Dang.

Yeah it'll probably be like a weekly thing like GOT

Super stoked for this! One of the best games I have ever played next to Uncharted series and God of War. Please do not **** this up! Reviews so far have been positive so crossing my fingers for all of us! Can't wait.

Let's ****ing goooo

Never played the game but love the cast, the genre and it's HBO. Can't wait!

100% agree.....additionally, I didnt have any problem with the 2nd game outside of SPOILER.

One of the best games I've ever played. This looks fantastic.

Played a little bit of the game, but it's been so long ago that I don't remember much of it. Looking forward to the show. Looks like it will be a good one.

Only a little bit? Dang ..hope you can revisit it after the series.

It's regrettable that Neil Druckman has turned out to be such a shithead post success of TLOU1. Reminds me of a much more aggressive and douchie version of Rian Johnson.

Had 3 young kids at home when it came out and just didn't have the time to put into it. Would like to sit back down and play it; wish it was cross platform.

My biggest gripe is that it wasn't cross platform. :cuss:

Since we're talking about the game a bit in here, how did you guys like the second game?

I think we can all agree the first game was a masterpiece. But to be truthful, I didn't really like the second one all that much. (No spoilers please)

I never played it, but after getting spoiled on it, I never will. Like I said, Druckman happily took a shit on all the fans with that one.