Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 ‘The Last Of Us’: HBO Hands Series Order To Video Game Adaptation From Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann DEADLINE.COM HBO has given a series order to The Last of Us, the adaptation of the Playstation video game, from Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. And ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY NOT TOPICALLY RELEVANT AT ALL... ‘DMZ’: HBO Max Hands Series Order To Ava DuVernay & Roberto Patino’s Futuristic Civil War Drama, Based On DC Comic DEADLINE.COM Ava DuVernay and Roberto Patino’s DMZ has been handed a series order by HBO Max. The streamer has ordered four episodes of the limited series, a futuristic drama set amid a second American civil wa… I REALLY enjoyed the DMZ comic series so I'm very curious as to how this translates to television. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I’m really curious to see how they handle The Last of Us. After his success with Chernobyl, I imagine Mazin has the clout to do just about whatever he wants, so I hope he has a good take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I'll watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 I'm just not sure that I really want to see more of Joel's and Ellie's story. I'd much rather the series focused on different characters - that's more interesting to me rather than whatever happened with Joel and Ellie between the two games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 12 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I'm just not sure that I really want to see more of Joel's and Ellie's story. Agreed There is plenty of room in that world, I don't want it rehashed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I would also like maybe some shorter games that focus on other characters in the universe like they did with Uncharted:Lost Legacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 13 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I'm just not sure that I really want to see more of Joel's and Ellie's story. I'd much rather the series focused on different characters - that's more interesting to me rather than whatever happened with Joel and Ellie between the two games. They pretty much showed us everything we need to know in the flashbacks in TLOU2 anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Now Naughty Dog will have experience working in an industry with strict union and labour rules and standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Also per @THR Mahershala Ali is not going to be play Joel, although it was talked about. https://t.co/vOIMBOX6fZ— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) February 11, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 That's a good choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Everything about what makes TLoU compelling as a game series has been done so many times on TV shows / movies, and Ellie being in it at all makes me less interested. Also PLEASE cast someone who isn’t white as Joel, or recast Joel as Joan. I’m BEGGING you, I need this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 MANDO HAS BEEN CAST AS JOEL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Still not sure about this being the Joel and Ellie show instead of new characters within the world of The Last of Us, as I have already played through Joel and Ellie's story; do I really need to see it again in live action? 4 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: Everything about what makes TLoU compelling as a game series has been done so many times on TV shows / movies, and Ellie being in it at all makes me less interested. Also PLEASE cast someone who isn’t white as Joel, or recast Joel as Joan. I’m BEGGING you, I need this. You going to roast some marshmallows over that raging dumpster fire the chuds will make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 8 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: Also PLEASE cast someone who isn’t white as Joel... Does Pedro Pascal count for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Brick said: Still not sure about this being the Joel and Ellie show instead of new characters within the world of The Last of Us, as I have already played through Joel and Ellie's story; do I really need to see it again in live action? I get that concern, but we still don't know anything about the plot or how they plan to approach it. My pitch for the show would take cues from what they did in TLOU2. Still feature Joel and Ellie as your "leads", but spend equal or greater time with the other people impacted by their journey. Imagine a whole episode about a group in Pittsburg, doing whatever they can to survive, then in the last 5 minutes Joel and Ellie roll through and beat them to death with spiked baseball bats. If you don't include Joel/Ellie at all and create a whole new cast of characters, what makes it The Last of Us and not another Walking Dead spinoff? These zombies have mushrooms growing out of their heads? 1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Does Pedro Pascal count for that? Technically? I think so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Does Pedro Pascal count for that? Yeah, but it’s not going to give me the satisfaction I was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 3 hours ago, TheLeon said: I get that concern, but we still don't know anything about the plot or how they plan to approach it. My pitch for the show would take cues from what they did in TLOU2. Still feature Joel and Ellie as your "leads", but spend equal or greater time with the other people impacted by their journey. Imagine a whole episode about a group in Pittsburg, doing whatever they can to survive, then in the last 5 minutes Joel and Ellie roll through and beat them to death with spiked baseball bats. If you don't include Joel/Ellie at all and create a whole new cast of characters, what makes it The Last of Us and not another Walking Dead spinoff? These zombies have mushrooms growing out of their heads? Technically? I think so? I'm keeping my hopes high, and I have good expectations. It very well could be something like you described, or further side stories, what happened in between the first and second game, who knows. Kind of depends on how long they think they can have this show go on. And yes maybe without Joel and Ellie it would just be The Walking Dead but with fungus zombies, but that's enough when he quality of the writing is more than likely going to be better than TWD and its treading water of story telling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 i would expect the first season to follow joel and ellie pretty closely. then hopefully from there we start focusing on other characters more even if joel and ellie are still the main characters. the thing with TLOU is it’s not really the world that makes it so good, it’s the story/characters. makes sense to focus on Joel/Ellie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 59 minutes ago, johnny said: i would expect the first season to follow joel and ellie pretty closely. then hopefully from there we start focusing on other characters more even if joel and ellie are still the main characters. the thing with TLOU is it’s not really the world that makes it so good, it’s the story/characters. makes sense to focus on Joel/Ellie. A whole episode where Joel looks for a wooden pallet for Ellie or we riot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: A whole episode where Joel looks for a wooden pallet for Ellie or we riot. season 6: ellie finally learns how to swim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Well fuck now I do want a series about the fall of Rapture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Brick said: Well fuck now I do want a series about the fall of Rapture. Writer/director Gore Verbinski's (The Ring, Pirates trilogy, Rango) R-rated adaptation of Bioshock into a film sounded awesome, but was cancelled due to a ballooning budget and his demand for an R-rating (I think an R-rating is needed, and of course you need a big budget). A series is even better, would have loved to have seen that film though. We Read The Script For The BIOSHOCK Movie That Almost Was BIRTHMOVIESDEATH.COM And guess what? It rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heydude93 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Greatoneshere said: Writer/director Gore Verbinski's (The Ring, Pirates trilogy, Rango) R-rated adaptation of Bioshock into a film sounded awesome, but was cancelled due to a ballooning budget and his demand for an R-rating (I think an R-rating is needed, and of course you need a big budget). A series is even better, would have loved to have seen that film though. We Read The Script For The BIOSHOCK Movie That Almost Was BIRTHMOVIESDEATH.COM And guess what? It rules. Was this the version of the movie initially pitched as "So...does Rapture need to be underwater?" EDIT: Definitely not. That screenplay does sound awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 18 minutes ago, heydude93 said: Was this the version of the movie initially pitched as "So...does Rapture need to be underwater?" EDIT: Definitely not. That screenplay does sound awesome. It is not. Verbinski was a big fan of the original game and wanted to do it justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I'm surprised that so many here want a Last of Us series without Joel and Ellie. Plenty of games have exciting worlds that I'd love to see explored outside the events or characters of the game itself, but Last of Us is pretty much only interesting because of the specific story it tells. Otherwise it's just another zombie show with a few video game easter eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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silentbob Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 11:38 PM, Greatoneshere said: It is not. Verbinski was a big fan of the original game and wanted to do it justice. You wonder if the price could be lower now if they use the same LED screen technology that The Mandalorian has implemented? Sure practical sets will be needed too but not to the degree as before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 3 hours ago, silentbob said: You wonder if the price could be lower now if they use the same LED screen technology that The Mandalorian has implemented? Sure practical sets will be needed too but not to the degree as before I think that could definitely lower the price. The R-rating would continue to scare studios off though I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 9:44 PM, johnny said: ND games are cinematic enough that I still wonder why they’d bother doing Joel and Ellie’s story again even if some episodes will deviate greatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 ‘The Last Of Us’: Gabriel Luna To Play Tommy In HBO Series Based On Video Game DEADLINE.COM Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. alum Gabriel Luna has been tapped as a lead opposite Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in HBO's The Last of Us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Another good choice, I can see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Interesting that they are bringing in a bunch of international directors. Border is a weird, good movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 I'll end up watching this but like wade said a while back. I've seen enough of Joel and ellie so I hope they utilize other characters etc. It could be pretty cool but certainly not original. We all have seen this movie before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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