The Last of Us remake? Don’t need one. How can a game not even a decade old, one that has already received a next-gen-aligning remaster, even be considered for a full remake treatment? This is how I felt when I first heard murmurings of a PS5 reimagining of Ellie and …
Read More »Neil Druckmann seemingly confirmed as one of The Last of Us HBO series directors
It looks like Neil Druckmann may direct at least one episode of The Last of Us TV show, on top of his co-writing credit. The potential new detail comes from a production list posted to the Director’s Guild of Canada website (opens in new tab), which cites Druckmann as one …
Read More »The Last of Us TV shows first season will have 10 episodes
The first season of HBO’s upcoming The Last of Us TV show will consist of 10 episodes, writer and producer Craig Mazin has confirmed. As flagged by Culture Crave (opens in new tab) on Twitter, Mazin broke the news during a recent appearance on the Scriptnotes (opens in new tab) …
Read More »The Last of Us director says the HBO series will “re-interpret” certain parts of the game
The Last of Us TV show will “re-interpret” some parts of the original game, according to Naughty Dog director (and HBO series producer) Neil Druckmann. Speaking on the Script Apart podcast (opens in new tab), Druckmann said “It’s a different creative group than the one that made the games. [Co-writer] …
Read More »The Last of Us fans are rediscovering the Clicker easter egg in Life is Strange 2
The Last of Us fans are rediscovering the Clicker Easter egg found in Life is Strange 2. As shared in The Last of Us Subreddit (opens in new tab), fans of the apocalyptic action game are being reminded of a pretty clear reference to the game in chapter 2 of …
Read More »The Last of Us HBO series will “enhance” the story, says Chernobyl creator
The Last of Us HBO series is in good hands that won’t “undo” the original story, co-writer Craig Mazin said in a BBC Radio interview (opens in new tab). “I think fans of something worry that, when the property gets licensed to someone else, those people don’t really understand it, …
Read More »Troy Baker says The Last of Us HBO series is coming at it “from a fans perspective”
We don’t know if The Last of Us HBO (opens in new tab) series will have a role for the actor who brought Joel’s in-game performance to life, but it does have his blessing. Troy Baker, who plays Joel in The Last of Us (opens in new tab) and The …
Read More »The Last of Us HBO series writer discusses why it “needs” to be a show and not a movie
The Last of Us HBO series writer Craig Mazin has explained why we’re getting a TV show adaptation of Naughty Dog’s PlayStation classic instead of the Sony movie that was previously in development. “It was going to be a movie for a long time,” Mazin said on his Scriptnotes (opens …
Read More »Should video games tackle natural disasters like movies? Or is that just really poor taste?
Between fires ravaging California, hurricanes decimating Caribbean islands, earthquakes rocking Mexico and countless other natural disasters, 2017 was one of the most destructive years on record. Art imitates life, so some of last year’s news reports are bound to inspire creatives in entertainment – or at least their financiers – …
Read More »Can we all agree that gamings evil post-apocalyptic cannibal trope has to stop?
There’s always two sides to every story. With post-apocalyptic cannibals, one half of that story is easy to tell. After all, we tend to assume that only evil people could eat their own kind. But that’s not entirely true. Under the right circumstances, anyone can become a cannibal. You just …
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