'Chernobyl' creator Craig Mazin and series co-creator and director Neil Druckmann will team up to write and produce a series adaptation of the celebrated game 'The Last of Us' for HBO by MattRyanPerez
is a brutal survival-horror story that takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States ravaged over the years by a fungal virus that essentially turns the infected into violent zombies.
The adaptation will focus primarily on the first and only released game in the series, which is led by Joel, a smuggler distraught over a tragedy that occurs at the outset of the outbreak, and his relationship with Ellie, a 14-year-old girl he's tasked with escorting across the country.on May 29, which places Ellie as the lead character years after the events of the first game.originally launched in 2013 and was met with widespread acclaim, resulting in 17 million copies sold.
This will be the first television series from PlayStation Productions, the first of apparently many it intends to develop, according to the co-president of Sony Pictures Television Studios, which is also helping produce the series.garnered an Emmy for outstanding limited series, and Mazin earned himself an outstanding writing trophy.Craig Mazin talking with the Hollywood Reporter: “Neil Druckmann is without question the finest storyteller working in the video game medium, andis his magnum opus.
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