Neil Druckmann, the creative director behind 'The Last of Us Part II,' previews the next videogame and addresses the planned TV series.
A film version was once in the works, but plans fell through. Now the hoped-for show will adapt the events of the first game — and if successful, the second game., Druckmann found "something intriguing about the passing of a graphic novel, how you're trying to get a cliffhanger on every page turn," in how he structured the story.
. "Likewise with TV," he says, "you have to figure out how it communicates ideas or tells stories. In removing the interactivity of the story, how do you make it unique for this other medium? It's an interesting challenge, and I think there's a lot to learn from it. More specifically with the show, I got to meet Craig Mazin. I'm a huge fan of, and to find someone who's equally a fan of the work we've done… Craig had ideas about how to adapt the show, it became intriguing to work with another creative who I admire. It just became a no-brainer — and to do it under the umbrella of HBO and all their content.". Johnson and Baker returned to both voice their characters in the new game and record motion-capture performances. Now that the photo-real technology is more advanced than when Naughty Dog made the first game, Druckmann says he can "better capture the nuances of the actors, which means we don't have to rely on dialogue as much. So much can be said with a look or a squint in a way that is pretty new for videogames, even for us. You just get more confidence in writing less of what might not be seen on the page." That element to the performances, and those for characters still to be met, lends weight to every choice made in. As there are humans behind the enemies, there are actual humans behind the lead roles. "The pursuit of justice, even when we feel righteous, there's often collateral damage," Druckmann muses. Morally, you might feel okay about engaging with different characters, he adds, "but it feels messy, it feels dirty, it feels miserable, and evocative." Those are now the cornerstones of a good
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