HBO’s “The Last of Us” won’t be as explicit in its scenes as the video game

With every statement from the creators of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’, anticipation for one of the most anticipated shows increases further and it will open 2023 with one of the most impressive stories ever in video games. Now, creator Neil Druckmann assures that the series will not have scenes as explicit as in the original video game from Sony.

In an interview for SFX Magazine, Neil Druckmann, producer of the HBO series and director of the Sony PlayStation video game, assured that ‘The Last of Us’ she won’t be as explicit in her scenes, and will get special treatment for the most graphic moments on screen. The creative explained that, unlike video games, there are other ways on the screen to have an impact on the viewer.

Neil Druckman said of the series starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, that in one of the talks with Craig Mazin, showrunner of the series, “one of the things I loved to hear from him and from HBO was ‘remove all non-essential violence’. This allows for violence that is more impactful than playing, because when you avoid showing the threat, but see how one reacts to the threat, it makes it more terrifying.

According to Druckmann, ‘The Last of Us’ HBO doesn’t need violence, as the video game does, and this gives it a level of terror that they have tried to create in the viewer. That’s not to say the series won’t have gritty, graphic on-screen moments, just that they won’t be as graphic as Joel and Ellie’s original adventure through Boston.

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What is the story of “The Last of Us” about?

‘The Last of Us’ is based on the popular Sony video game, which is about the journey of Joel and Ellie, a mercenary and a girl who combine their purposes, in a world destroyed by a fungus that has claimed millions of lives. , and this turns people into violent and bloodthirsty creatures. There, the protagonists have an assignment that could change the course of humanity.

For the uninitiated, “The Last of Us” has received many awards for best game of the year, and some specialized media believe that its story is one of the most mature and adult that has been told in the gaming medium. So with thousands of fans around the world, the HBO adaptation has a lot of expectations to meet.

The date of the premiere of ‘The Last of Us’ will be next January 15, 2023, still a few weeks to find out what will be the 9 episodes of one of the most anticipated series of the following year, and which could be extended to more seasons, depending of the success of its release.