Last of Us The TV adaptation is set to arrive on HBO in just over a week. hollywood reporter Explore long winding roads Leading up to the show’s January 15th premiere, some new trivia about the production and the show itself has been revealed.
Notice of Last of UsTelevision adaptation broke all the way back in 2020Since then, numerous trailers have come and gone and shown off A scene that looks surprisingly close First seen when the game hit the PlayStation 3 in 2013.The best story in video game historyAt last year’s Summer Game Fest, game director Neil Druckmann described HBO’s show as “the most authentic video game adaptation ever.” We’ll have to wait until January 15th to see if these claims are correct, but for now, some recent interviews have given some to those looking to deepen their claims. reveals tips. Truw knowledge.
in the meantime hollywood reporterThe work of covers quite a lot, but here are some of the most interesting facts Last of Us And the road to its HBO adaptation:
- Neil Druckmann once pitched Last of UsThe premise of George Romero (zombie night) as part of a university assignment in 2004.The acclaimed director ‘didn’t like it’, so he chose another student’s idea instead
- film adaptation of Last of Us I was working with Sam Raimi (evil dead2000s spiderman trilogy), but there is a request to make it more like world war zDruckmann lost interest in moving forward
- Mays Williams (Game of Thrones) and Kaitlyn Dever (book smart) was considered for Ellie’s role in the upcoming HBO adaptation
- With Pedro Pascal on board, TruwThe plots of mandalorian‘Mando and Baby Yoda’ vibe
- Pedro Pascal had to get permission mandalorianproducers working for Truw
- The HBO show will cover all the events of the first game, but expect some key changes
hollywood reporter, seems to have spilled some of the beans on some of these changes. While it hints at some “fundamental changes that will shock the game’s story and perhaps challenge fans,” it’s possible that Ellie will be introduced in a slightly different way than we’ve seen in the 2013 video game. While the original game introduces her with Tess, who hands her over to Joel, Ellie told viewers on the HBO show that she was “chained in a room for weeks and then He will be introduced as a prisoner who is worried about what will happen.
HBO’s Last of Us It arrives after years of troubled video game adaptations.That said, other productions like Netflix witcher When Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and not just as a video game adaptation per se, but a success.Recent sonic Like 2019, the movie also managed to live up to the expectations of many. detective pikachu. Truw.