HBO’s The Last of Us TV show is currently set

The upcoming HBO TV adaptation of The last of us has just taken a big step forward: The network gave the order to the series, with series creator Neil Druckmann working as both screenwriter and executive producer alongside Craig Mazin (Chernobyl). HBO’s Carolyn Strauss, who produced both The iron Throne and Chernobyl, will also serve as executive producer on The last of us.

According to the official synopsis, the television series appears to adapt the first game in the series: “The story takes place twenty years after the destruction of modern civilization. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts out as a small job soon turns into a brutal, heart-wrenching journey, as they both have to cross the United States and depend on each other for survival.

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While the world of video game adaptations is littered with chess, a grand HBO adaptation of one of the most acclaimed video game stories in recent memory – with the original game’s writer and creative director on board – appears to have a chance to succeed. successfully translate the game to television.

All that said, The last of us It’s still in its early stages, with no casting details or a release window, so it will likely be some time before the Joe and Ellie story turns into live action.

The last of us isn’t the only big-budget Sony game adaptation in the works. Sony’s PlayStation Productions studio is also in the midst of production on its long-awaited adaptation of the Unexplored series, which will star Tom Holland and is set to hit theaters in 2021.