In what may be a sign of things to come regarding the talent on board for The Last Of Us, Johan Renck, the Emmy-winning director behind miniseries Chernobyl is set to re-team with HBO and Craig Mazin to direct the pilot of the series adaptation of popular Naughty Dog video game adaptation.
Sony and Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, which was first released 2013, has garnered critical praise for its engrossing tale of the post-apocalypse, along with being hailed as one of the best video games of all time. The Last of Us, centers
“on the relationship between Joel, a smuggler in this new world, and Ellie, a teenager who may be key to a cure for a deadly pandemic. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle the 14-year-old girl out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey as they traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.”
The writer and creative director of the game, Neil Druckmann, is also on board for the series as he will work with Mazin to write and executive produce the series. Prior to Chernobyl, Renck was best known for directing episodes of Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Halt and Catch Fire, and Bates Motel.
