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HBO’s The Last of Us Series Pilot to Be Directed by Chernobyl Helmer

June 8, 2020 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
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HBO’s The Last of Us series is moving ahead, and Chernobyl director Johan Renck is set to direct the pilot. Renck spoke with Discussing Film for a new interview and talked about the series adaptation of the blockbuster video game, which will be written by game creator Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl head Craig Mazin.

“I’m an executive producer on it and attached to it,” Renck said. “It’s an ongoing TV series. So that’s not something that I will be able to take on to that extent, but I’m part of that series and I will be directing at least the pilot. Then we’ll see how it goes on further.”

The television series will follow the events of the original game, described as follows:

20 years after a pandemic has radically changed known civilization, infected humans run wild and survivors are killing each other for food, weapons; whatever they can get their hands on. Joel, a violent survivor, is hired to smuggle a 14 year-old girl, Ellie, out of an oppressive military quarantine zone, but what starts as a small job soon transforms into a brutal journey across the U.S.