Uh-Oh, Neil Druckmann Just Quit The Last Of Us TV Show | PopGeeks.com Forum | Indie Games, Movies, TV, Tabletop & Comics
Until now, HBO’s adaption of The Last Of Us has received direct guidance from its creator, Neil Druckmann. That will change starting with Season 3 as Naughty Dog’s star developer exits the series to focus full-time on his next game project. From Druckmann’s Instagram:
“I’ve made the difficult decision to step away from my creative involvement in The Last of Us on HBO. With work completed on season 2 and before any meaningful work starts on season 3, now is the right time for me to transition my complete focus to Naughty Dog and its future projects, including writing and directing our exciting next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, along with my responsibilities as Studio Head and Head of Creative. Co-creating the show has been a career highlight. It’s been an honor to work alongside Craig Mazin to executive produce, direct and write on the last two seasons. I’m deeply thankful for the thoughtful approach and dedication the talented cast and crew took to adapting The Last of Us Part I and the continued adaptation of The Last of Us Part II.”
One wonders how much involvement from Druckmann has been needed in the first place, given how close the TV adaption has been to the game’s plot. There have been new scenes here and there, but overall the plot arc has been completely unchanged, for better and worse. Those of you who didn’t like how Season 2 turned out but never played the games — welcome to our world. Those story choices were controversial there too.
But it’s rarely a good thing when a series loses the source of its vision. The show will probably never top Season 1, especially with the remaining material it has to work with, but…at least we have that season. The third season of The Last Of Us is currently unscheduled on HBO’s calendar.
