The 2013 zombie game “The Last of Us” is getting a series adaptation over at HBO, THR reports today, with game creator/writer Neil Druckmann on board to co-write and produce.
Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) is developing the planned series for HBO, and he’ll be working with Druckmann to write and executive produce the adaptation of Naughty Dog’s game.
THR notes, “The HBO series will cover the events of the original game.”
In the award-winning game, “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.”
Naughty Dog president Evan Wells will exec produce, as will Carolyn Strauss.
The series comes from PlayStation Productions and Sony Pictures Television.