The Last Of Us HBO Series Greenlit, Production To Shortly Follow Announcement

While many are still conflicted by how The Last of Us Part II was delivered back in June of this year, millions are certainly not opinionated on its predecessor, The Last of Us. So when it was revealed that the titular video game series will be receiving a HBO television series, fans gathered in excitement for what is to be the next chapter for Naughty Dog’s crowned jewel.

More excitingly, it wasn’t until a following update that truly grabbed fans on the coming project. It was revealed that John Renck, Director for Netflix’s Chernobyl, will be involved in directing the pilot for the coming HBO television series. Now in a new report this week, HBO has officially greenlit the show and production is expected to follow soon after.

In a press release, HBO tells that Naughty Dog Vice President/The Last of Us writer Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl Writer Craig Mazin to officially write and produce The Last of Us HBO series.

We’re thrilled to be working with HBO and this fantastic creative team to bring ‘The Last of Us’ series to life. PlayStation’s innovative storytelling and ingenuity is a natural complement to SPT’s creative focus. Our collaboration is a great example of our ‘One Sony’ philosophy at work. We look forward to developing even more iconic game IP in the future.

Jeff Frost & Asab Quizilbash, President of Sony Pictures Television Studios and Head of PlayStation Productions

Reiterating on the project finally being greenlit, this also suggests that we will hear more about production for the coming television show. Even more, details on which actors will be casted for respected rolls from The Last of Us are also anticipated to be revealed in the coming future as well.

In relevance to productions for Sony Interactive Entertainment-publisher properties, PlayStation Pictures revealed recently that Tom Holland’s Uncharted had officially concluded production for the motion picture. You can read the full report by heading here.

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Source: HBO