HBO - The Last of Us

[Sure-Oz]

@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.

[Kman34]

Triggered..

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by Kman34

Triggered..

Nah, he's just trolling now.

But he definitely does think that knowing 3 gay people makes him an authority on all things gay including the scene in Seattle circa 2003. And that's where his little incel bubble leads him astray.

[Hammock Parties]

I'm not trolling at all. This show is a farce. It's extremely disappointing.

It's The Walking Dead, but after his wife dies Rick discovers he's gay, learns to love Negan and becomes his bitch.

The show is NOTHING like Season 1. They butchered it. In the name of the alphabet mafia.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

Yeah and it's literally in just one little neighborhood.

Man, I ****ing despise these people. Just some of the biggest losers you'll ever run across.

BlackOps is legitimately insane and Clay certainly has some undiagnosed personality disorder lol

But, yeah, really weird dudes who enjoy being frazzled. It’s very strange to me.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

BlackOps is legitimately insane and Clay certainly has some undiagnosed personality disorder lol

But, yeah, really weird dudes who enjoy being frazzled. It’s very strange to me.

Also, a lot of us are anonymous. Not Clay. People know who he is, but he has no problem letting the world know that he's an incel(something I've never seen him deny). ****ing weirdos man lol

[Hammock Parties]

If hating the destruction of a show I was enjoying makes me an incel, so be it.

Lots of better shows I can spend my time on. Some of them even have gay characters! Gasp! How could I possibly sit through them.

[KCUnited]

It’s difficult for some to see a character who had the courage to come out and free themselves from the closet they’re living in

[TwistedChief]

We're debating this with Clay, Black Op, and Red Dawg.

Surely this is the sequel for Dinner with Schmucks?

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

We're debating this with Clay, Black Op, and Red Dawg.

Surely this is the sequel for Dinner with Schmucks?

Glad you're self aware enough to realize the farce here.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

Everything about it. It's a vastly inferior narrative to the first game that relies on lazy tropes and an overplayed central theme that I've read and watched literally dozens of times before. And no, it's not about THAT. the most offensive thing about THAT is wasting it on such a lousy story.

Again, we're not the only ones who have been shitting on this farce even long before it came out.

[Sassy Squatch]

As far as the show goes, this was about what I was expecting. The material for season 1 was near unanimously loved. The material for seasons 2 and 3 was polarizing, and that's a massive understatement.

Now granted, they've already made a couple significant narrative changes for the better, so going to give them a chance to see how they go about 'fixing' the other issues folks have and had

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

The way the show portrays it, Seattle was Gay Mecca in 2003.

I can tell you never watched Frasier. Seemingly the majority of the episodes of that show involved gay characters in 90s Seattle mistakenly thinking he or Niles were gay. One of them even involved your beloved Captain Picard.

[KC_Connection]

Frasier thinks that Roz's new boyfriend is gay. He follows him into a gay bar, which makes everyone think that Frasier is gay. Alistair Burke, a high-profile gay opera director (Patrick Stewart) then becomes interested in Frasier, who may be too enamored with the perks of a power-couple relationship to set Alistair straight.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0582524/

lol this episode actually was made in 2003

[notorious]

The torture scene, dude popping two grenade keys and tossing them in an armored car. Wolves being hung and their inside hanging out.

The beautiful scenery of green Seattle.

This was a damn good episode that was really marred by a really reeruned writer inserting the "I'm going to be a Dad" line. It was also odd that the pregnancy confession created an amazing amount of heat in Dora the Explorer's crotch, too. (that and being saved)

Very weird scenes, and honestly I don't get how it helps the show. Not a gay thing, just a really ****ing odd thing.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I can tell you never watched Frasier. Seemingly the majority of the episodes of that show involved gay characters in 90s Seattle mistakenly thinking he or Niles were gay. One of them even involved your beloved Captain Picard.

I've seen every episode. There weren't Pride flags hanging all over the place.