A few months ago, we learned that Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin were preparing a TV series for The Last of Us, produced by the HBO chain. Joel's voice actor Troy Baker spoke in the columns of Fandom about this adaptation.
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If he says little involved in the production of the series, Troy Baker feels satisfied with the format chosen to tell the story of Ellie and Joel on the small screen; earlier, the idea of adapting their adventures into a two-hour feature film – a project now canceled – left him particularly puzzled.
What encourages me the most (about the HBO series) is that, although there were a lot of people in Hollywood who came forward, who noticed the success of The Last of Us and who we thought, "Oh, a lot of people like it – we should make it a movie," Craig thought of it from a fan point of view. He wants everyone to discover this experience.
Baker expresses complete confidence in the work of Craig Mazin, also a screenwriter for the Chernobyl series. But there are certain experiences, precisely, which can only be fully appreciated through play, admits Joel's voice. And he notably mentions a key passage from the story.
In the end, man, the reason it's a game is because when you go from fall to winter – after Joel's fall, when you think he's dead, and we see this beautiful rabbit on this immaculate white snow, then the arrow… and then you notice for the first time that it is Ellie all alone, standing there, and you push forward the analog stick – it's something something that does not translate into another medium, but a game.
20 minutes of conversation with Neil Druckmann, the screenwriter behind The Last of Us
Source: Fandom
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