HBO’s THE LAST OF US Series Finds New Director
Johan Renck (Chernobyl) was set to direct HBO’s The Last of Us. But he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. And that’s all good. Today we hear the show has snagged a new director with Russian filmmaker Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole).
Craig Mazin, the creator of HBO’s killer limited series Chernobyl, is writing and executive producing with the game’s writer and creative director, Neil Druckmann.
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The post-apocalypse tale centers on the relationship between Joel, a smuggler in this new world, and Ellie, a teenager who may be key to a cure for the pandemic. Joel is hired to smuggle the 14-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. So fittingly, the game’s writer and creative director Neil Druckmann will work with Mazin to pen and executive produce. Carolyn Strauss will also executive produce along with Evan Wells. The project will be the first television series from PlayStation Productions and is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television.
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