After being announced in March last year, HBO’s The Last of Us TV series has found its director. The series, which is based on the original game, will be written and produced by Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog’s own Neil Druckmann. Now, it’s been announced that Russian filmmaker Kantemir Balagov will join the
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As you have probably already seen, earlier this year it was announced that a TV series based on The Last of Us was in the works at HBO with writers Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin jumping on board the project. With very little news to go on since, the showrunner and writer for the upcoming show,
In a video for Sony’s CES 2021 showcase, PlayStation’s Jim Ryan says the upcoming Uncharted movie and The Last of Us TV show are “just the beginning.” “We’re also really thrilled to bring some of the best PlayStation IP to new media like film and television,” said Ryan. “You’ll see this year the upcoming Tom
Yesterday, Naughty Dog released an announcement on its website with news of a few major promotions within the company. Neil Druckmann is joining Evan Wells as Co-President of Naughty Dog. Druckmann has previously been vice-president for the company for almost three years now. Druckmann was also the director of The Last of Us Part II,
Earlier this year, it was announced that a TV series based on The Last of Us was in the works at HBO with writers Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin being tied to the project. As of today, a substantial new development in the show’s creation has now come about. HBO and Warner Media released a press
For those of you who have been left with a gaping hole in your heart after completing The Last of Us Part 2, thankfully you have the TV adaptation of The Last of Us to look forward to. The award-winning historical drama Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin has given fans a few tidbits during an interview
During his appearance on BBC Radio’s Must Watch special, Chernobyl showrunner Craig Mazin said his upcoming The Last of Us adaptation will enhance the original game. “I think fans of something worry that, when the property gets licensed to someone else, those people don’t really understand it, or are going to change it,” said Mazin.
The official The Last Of Us podcast, hosted by writer and comedian Christian Spicer, has been running for a few weeks now and is, as of today’s episode, transitioning into talking about Naughty Dog’s second game in the series. The first four episodes of the weekly podcast focused on different seasons and sections of the
If you somehow thought that Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II would only end up doing quite well for itself in terms of sales in western markets, well, think again. Earlier today, the initial launch week sales for The Last of Us Part II in Japan emerged, and they ended up being quite high. In total,
In the lead up to The Last of Us Part II’s June release date, Naughty Dog and Sony are releasing a new video about the game every week leading up to launch. For this week’s edition, Naughty Dog has decided to hone-in on the gameplay that is featured in the upcoming sequel. For the most part, The
If you’re on the lookout for some of The Last of Us Part 2 fan art, you’ll be spoiled for choice. The internet is buzzing with Ellie sketches, especially, and who could blame them given that we see the revenge stricken young woman in so many expressive sequences. This time though, we have an expressionless
As The Last of Us Part II’s long-awaited release continues to draw closer, Sony and Naughty Dog continue to try to build hype towards launch. As of today, that hype has taken the form of a new video that explains more of what fans can expect to see in the sequel. Following the release of a
Back in early March, Sony and Naughty Dog revealed that The Last of Us would be adapted into a HBO television series written by the award-winning Chernobyl writer Craig Mazin. And although Troy Baker — who lends his voice and motion capturing to protagonist Joel — has little involvement in the series as of now,
It’s been a whirlwind past day or so if you’re a fan of The Last of Us. Over the weekend, a massive slate of spoilers for The Last of Us Part II started appearing online. The source of the leak isn’t known specifically right now, but rumors suggest that someone internally who had worked on the game
It seems like such a long time ago since we first saw The Last of Us Part 2 during the December 2016 PlayStation Experience keynote presentation hosted by Sony Interactive Entertainment in Anaheim, California, where Naughty Dog finally announced the sequel to the much-beloved The Last of Us. It’s been a long road since for The
It seems that without a specific date to release on, Sony isn’t allowing pre-orders for Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated release of The Last of Us Part II any longer. In the fallout of the game’s delay just last week, Sony has now removed The Last of Us Part II from the official PlayStation Store. If you end
Development on The Last of Us Part II is “at the one-yard line,” Neil Druckmann, the game’s creative director, said. Following Thursday’s news that Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated sequel had been delayed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, Druckmann joined the latest episode of the PlayStation Blogcast to discuss the circumstances of the delay and the
Naughty Dog and Sony unfortunately announced this afternoon that they would be needing to delay The Last of Us Part II from its planned May 29 release date as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was one that many seemed to expect coming miles away, even if that didn’t make its announcement any
As one of the most anticipated games set to release in 2020, The Last of Us Part II has been inspiring tons of creations and projects from fans that are eager to see what the next chapter of Joel and Ellie’s story holds. Fan art and illustrations especially have been prevalent in the months leading up
With The Last of Us Part II on its way in just over two months, fans of the series were in for another surprise when Naughty Dog announced that it was collaborating with HBO for a TV adaptation of the first game. While naturally that sparked conversations around who should play the game’s iconic main characters,
This year is already an exciting time for fans of Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic series with the upcoming release of The Last of Us Part II this May. However, the studio also had some surprises in store with the reveal last week that HBO and producer/writer Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) will be adapting the original game to a
Since 2013, The Last of Us has become a video game phenomenon with acclaim from both critics and fans. For years after, we knew that Sony and Naughty Dog were trying to develop the IP into a movie, but the project never gained any significant traction. After waiting for any updates regarding the film, we
2020 is already set to be an exciting year for fans of Naughty Dog’s acclaimed series The Last of Us with the upcoming and highly-anticipated release of The Last of Us Part II in May. However, Sony and Naughty Dog had another exciting announcement in store for fans this week with the reveal that the
After the ball finally got rolling on the Uncharted movie, it was announced Thursday that Naughty Dog’s other hit franchise is due up for an adaptation. Via the Hollywood Reporter, The Last of Us will be receiving an HBO series, with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann teaming up to write and
No one is doubting that the highly anticipated PS4 exclusive The Last of Us: Part 2 will be impressing fans of the series — including Naughty Dog’s Director, Neil Druckmann. With reports that the original The Last of Us won PlayStation’s Game of the Decade, Druckmann took the news in stride letting gamers know that the quality will
Troy Baker and Nolan North’s YouTube channel Retro Replay has started a new series centered around yet another game that both actors played a role in. This time around, The Last of Us is getting the “Definitive Playthrough” treatment from the duo prior to the launch of The Last of Us Part II in 2020. The
Here’s a sentence that I didn’t expect to write when I woke up this morning: Logic is going to be involved with The Last of Us Part II in some way, shape, or form. The Grammy Award-nominated rapper and recent New York Times Best-Selling author for the novel Supermarket, Logic appeared in a tweet from The Last of Us
The Last of Us director and Naughty Dog Vice President Neil Druckmann has responded to claims that a Netflix film titled What Still Remains has marketed itself with posters almost exactly like the promotional material and box art for the critically acclaimed The Last of Us. Twitter user Rob Trench took to the social media
Developer Naughty Dog may be heading home for the holidays, but both developers and voice actors are mulling over the latest-recorded scene of The Last of Us Part II. While the game’s Director Neil Druckmann already chimed in on the scene, we now have some feedback from Ellie’s voice actress Ashley Johnson on the scene. Earlier
Today, Naughty Dog Vice President Neil Druckmann gave a small behind the scenes update regarding the highly anticipated The Last of Us Part II on Twitter. While this tweet’s main purpose was to celebrate the fact that the studio is taking a break for the holidays, Neil Druckmann did give us an idea of what