From games to TV, 'The Last of Us' boss expands saga into new territory

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From games to TV, 'The Last of Us' boss expands saga into new territory
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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.

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.

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