![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The HBO series will follow the story of the first game in the Last of Us series. "When I worked on the movie version," Druckmann said when discussing the project on the Script Apart podcast, "a lot of the thinking and notes were like ‘how do we make it bigger? How do we make the set pieces bigger?' I think that’s ultimately why the movie wasn’t made." This sort of disconnect on the story's scope ultimately led to the HBO series being greenlit, and by extension, it seems as though fans technically have overzealous producers to thank for the chance to now see The Mandalorian himself Pedro Pascal as co-lead character Joel in The Last of Us. RELATED: The Infamous Series Deserves a Remake Before The Last of Us Perhaps helping that revelation was the overarching theme coming down from the higher-ups, asking the team to keep increasing the scope of the film. But as planning progressed, it became more and more clear that the type of story they wanted to tell was far more suited to a series than a movie. ![]() The Last of Us is, after all, a heavily character-driven series, with the admittedly brutal combat scenes mainly serving to develop that end. Originally, Druckmann and his team wanted to handle the film indie style, cutting down on the action scenes in favor of a much more intimate feel and story. ![]()
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