The Last of Us is one of the biggest franchises in video game history, and in addition to the engaging and surprising storytelling, the visual aesthetics of the games have caught the attention of the industry. Many gamers admire the game for its notable violence, something protagonists Joel and Ellie have consistently experimented with in the storyline.
On the other hand, the HBO adaptation is expected to make some reformulations in this regard and will reduce the violence of the game. To say it is the director Neil Druckmann, who will be one of the screenwriters of the series, together with the director and screenwriter Craig Mazin.
“We needed a certain amount of action, or violence, that we could use to the mechanics, so that we could connect with Joel and go into a state of immersion,” Druckmann said in an interview with SFX Magazine. “So you would really feel connected to this character on screen and see the world through his eyes,” he added.
Druckmann reveals he spoke to HBO about the adaptation The Last of Us and decided to adopt some suggestions. According to him, questions about the game’s violence were also addressed with Craig Mazin.
“One of the things I loved hearing from Craig Mazin and HBO early on was, ‘We’re going to eliminate all but essential violence,’” Druckmann said. “It allowed the violence to have an even greater impact than the game, because when you keep showing the threat and seeing people’s reaction to that threat, it makes it scarier. And when we reveal the infected, you can see what has taken mankind down and why everyone is so scared.
The Last of Us on HBO will star Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsay, who will play Joel and Ellie, respectively, on the series. In addition to them, the cast of the adaptation also includes Gabriel Luna, Anna Torv and Merle Dandridge.
the plot of The Last of Us it shows a modern civilization that was destroyed after a mushroom appeared. 20 years after these events begin, survivor Joel is hired to smuggle a 14-year-old girl named Ellie out of a quarantine zone. As they journey through a post-apocalyptic world, they will depend on each other for survival.
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