The series of “The Last of Us” will be less violent than video games to have a greater impact

Although there are video games so well worked on the script and with such a realistic image that we often say that it “looks like a movie”, the language of these games and cinema is very different. and require different experiences to connect with the public. And this is how those responsible for the adaptation of “The Last of Us” raised it, including Neil Druckmann, co-president of Naughty Dog. Speaking to SFX magazine, Druckmann explained that the series will have less graphic violence than the video games so that audiences can better empathize with Joel.

Speaking of the video game, Druckmann says it takes “a certain amount of action or violence that we can use as a mechanism so that you can connect with Joel and enter the story. Feeling like you are connected to this avatar on screen and you are seeing the world through his eyes”. But things are different on the TV screen: “That doesn’t exist in a passive medium. One of the things I loved to hear [de el co-creador] Craig Mazin and HBO from the beginning has been: “We eliminate all but the most essential violence.” This allowed the violence to have an even greater impact than the game itself. because when you keep showing the threat and you see people’s reaction to a threat, that makes it scarier. And when we reveal the Infected and the Clickers, you can see what has taken humanity down and why everyone is so scared.”

‘The Last of Us’ series will deal with the events of the first of the games and starred Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie. Joining them are Gabriel Luna (“Terminator: Dark Fate”) as Tommy Miller, Nico Parker (“Dumbo”) as Sarah, Joel’s daughter; Anna Torv (“Mindhunter”) as Tess and Merle Dandridge (“The Flight Attendant”) as Marlene, the leader of a resistance group known as the Fireflies. Also appearing are Jeffrey Pierce (“Bosch”) as Perry, Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”) as Frank, and Storm Reid (“Euphoria”) as Riley.

new infected

If you have already played the entire “The Last of Us” video game saga, don’t worry, the series will also bring some novelties so that not everything is known. At least we know there will be a new kind of infected, and this has been revealed by The New Yorker. To do this, both Mazin and Druckmann consulted with concept artists at Naughty Dog and They agreed together that this new variant should be even more terrifying, with twists “humanizers”. Another difference will be its chronology, which is more orderly in the TV adaptation. In Spain ‘The Last of Us’ arrives on HBO Max on January 16 with a very long episode.