Change of director for the HBO series

How exciting the project was for those familiar with the license, adapting the adventures of Ellie and Joel to the TV format ran into a first obstacle. But this was easy to overcome.

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Johan Renck, Director of the incredible series Chernobyl

will ultimately not be part of the adventure The last of us on a small notch, confirmed The Hollywood Reporter. Due to scheduling reasons, the Swedish director will therefore not have the opportunity to work again with the scriptwriter and producer. Craig Mazin

on this adaptation developed alongside Neil Druckmann.

Dj remplac

all those who already imagine that the curse ofUnchartedwho waited for his seventh director before being shot is now hovering over this project, don’t worry. The pilot of the series co-produced by Sony Pictures Television will pass into the hands of the young Kantemir Balagov.

This Russian filmmaker was distinguished by the darkness Tesnota, a tight life and A great girlBoth awarded Cannes, the first with the International Critics’ Prize in 2017, the second with the Director’s Prize in the Uncertainty category in 2019.

At the moment the series The last of us, scheduled on HBO, has no release date yet.