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.

[Wallcrawler]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Don't have a problem with any of the casting in the show besides Ellie.

You don't think 5'2 90 pound Kaitlyn Dever was a massive miss to play Abby?

That's like casting Topher Grace to play Hulk Hogan.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

You don't think 5'2 90 pound Kaitlyn Dever was a massive miss to play Abby?

That's like casting Topher Grace to play Hulk Hogan.

Never played the game so doesn't really resonate with me. It's at least somewhat believable. So far.

[Wallcrawler]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Never played the game so doesn't really resonate with me. It's at least somewhat believable. So far.

They'll certainly have to abandon Abbys hulk smash combat style from the game. Throwing infected around and single boot Skull crushes and shit lol.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

They'll certainly have to abandon Abbys hulk smash combat style from the game. Throwing infected around and single boot Skull crushes and shit lol.

Sounds like this is going to go over as well as the 12-year old gymnast girl in Jurassic Park

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Wallcrawler

Jackman is the ONLY Wolverine portrayal we've seen, and by and large, the R rated character spent most of two and a half decades in pg 13 trash that watered him down.

Jackman wins by default.

Well, we do have decades worth of animated Wolverine depictions, but yeah, that’s due in major part to the fact that he’s been awesome in the role, despite not fitting the source material whatsoever.

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Don't have a problem with any of the casting in the show besides Ellie.

How did you feel about Joel’s biracial daughter from the pilot?

[ThaVirus]

I don’t hate the casting for Ellie. The actress is really ugly. I mean, there is no doubt about it lol it’s off putting for sure..

I just don’t like Ellie’s character in general. She’s an annoying little ****.

If your character is going to be cocky and/or annoying then they’d better be charming (Kilmer’s Doc Holiday) or hyper competent (RDJ’s Iron Man).

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I'm still trying to understand why literally anybody cares whether actors look like video game characters.

I'm still trying to understand why a story has to literally be the same as a video game.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

How did you feel about Joel’s biracial daughter from the pilot?

Didn't even occur to me what she was or wasn't.

Again, there's a right way to do things and a wrong way to do things.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I don’t hate the casting for Ellie. The actress is really ugly. I mean, there is no doubt about it lol it’s off putting for sure..

I just don’t like Ellie’s character in general. She’s an annoying little ****.

If your character is going to be cocky and/or annoying then they’d better be charming (Kilmer’s Doc Holiday) or hyper competent (RDJ’s Iron Man).

Right. I have no issues with anything politically in this show. Pedro Pascal may not be a "red blooded" American but he looks a bit like the character from the game and he did a great job. I just don't get it with the Ellie character. I thought she was pretty good in a supporting role last year but this season it's just not there. She just isn't a very likeable character. I think she was significantly miscast.

[Wallcrawler]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I'm still trying to understand why a story has to literally be the same as a video game.

That's on Druckmann.

Believe me, it would literally be impossible to not improve the story by deviating from the game.

They've already deviated from the game in one important scenario already, and it is drastically improved.

Spoiler!

In the game, Tommy and Joel enter the ski lodge with Abby's group, and then they both just casually introduce themselves, and say where they're from, like complete butt ****ing morons. This is how Abby discovers that the guy she's here to kill is right here in front of her. This makes Joel out to be a complete moron, and it is counter to everything that we knew about Joel and his behavior from the first game. It was just an unfathomably stupid betrayal of Joel's character, an illogical decision made simply to further the story, not because it's something that makes sense.

In the show, Tommy isn't even with Joel. Its Dina, and in looking for Joel, Dina is constantly shouting his name trying to find him, and Abby hears this and discovers Joel's identity this way.

It comes off far better than two veterans of the apocalypse just dropping their guard completely and vomiting crucial information about their identity and where they're living to an armed group of complete strangers.

[ThaVirus]

I finally watched the latest episode and I’ll say that I am excited to see the setting change from wilderness adjacent to apocalyptic city.

Seeing a rundown, overgrown Seattle is a reminder that the world has basically ended. I sometimes forget that when they’re spending extended periods of time away from what-used-to-be civilization.

Also, seeing all of the WLF jamokes who will no doubt become fodder was nice. I’m looking forward to the action.

[notorious]

2.4 was way better. All the way up to "I'm going to be a dad".

[dlphg9]

Another really good episode.

Good to see Wallcrawler is still doing meth and then coming into CP to infect different threads with his word vomit. This thread looks like a wall of text just from that ****ing idiot.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by notorious

2.4 was way better. All the way up to "I'm going to be a dad".

I could've not asked for a more satisfying episode that brought so much joy to some of the people in this thread only to end with that.

It's like a Chef's Kiss with Macho Man Randy Savage.

[Hammock Parties]

Yawn. What a terrible disappointment.