If the HBO series intends to respect several passages of The Last of Us, some episodes will deviate from the main story.
It was during an interview with our colleagues at IGN that Neil Druckmann, Director of the franchise and co-president of Naughty Dog, revealed what awaits us in this adaptation on the small screen.
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A faithful adaptation of the games…
The very first television series produced by PlayStation Productions, created by Sony Interactive Entertainment, will for the most part be very faithful to the iconic franchise.
Neil Druckmann explained in more detail during an interview how he approached this adaptation, in collaboration with Craig Mazin (Chernobyl). We have thus received confirmation that the first season of the series should cover the entire story of the first opus.
According to its creators, the series must respect the philosophical and dramatic elements depicted in the original work. On the other hand, she could take some liberties with the costumes and clothes worn by the characters, an element considered superficial by Neil Druckmann.
It will therefore be necessary to expect to find certain dialogues of the original work taken up to the line. Fans who know the games by heart should therefore find themselves on familiar ground.
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…with some deviations from the original story
However, so that the adaptation project of The Last of Us in series is legitimate, Neil Druckmann wanted to warn that certain episodes will deviate greatly from the original story.
To explain this artistic choice, he explained that certain passages acting as tutorials or depicting intense action to keep the player alert will not be in the series. Above all, it makes it a point of honor to preserve the dramatic, post-apocalyptic and philosophical atmosphere of the original work.
Thus, some additional scenes should instead focus on the relationships between the characters or with the dangerous and devastated world that is theirs. According to Neil Druckmann, these new scenes are among his favorites from the series, and he hopes viewers will agree.
So we just have to wait for a release date for the highly anticipated pilot episode of the series adaptation of this iconic video game license to see all this for ourselves.
