‘The Last of Us’: a chapter will introduce “radical changes” regarding the video game that will “challenge” fans

2023 gets off to a great start with the arrival of one of the most anticipated series of the year on January 16th. The PlayStation video game “The Last of Us”, whose franchise has sold more than 37 million units since it began a decade ago, becomes an ambitious series for HBO at the hands of the author of the game, Neil Druckmann, and the creator of the great ‘Chernobyl’, Craig Mazin.

The two showrunners have not stopped assuring it They worked to make the best fit possible of a story that has achieved a very strong bond with the players. But they also warned that they had to make changes because, after all, a video game and a series are very different formats.

But there is one episode, as reported by the Hollywood Reporter, which will mark a much greater departure from the video game than the others. This is the third installment of the series (which will consist of nine episodes and will cover the events of the first video game). They describe it as a chapter that “involves a fan favorite character from the game”: Bill, who will be played by Nick Offerman in the series. The Hollywood Reporter says it includes “sweeping changes to the game’s story that will shock and possibly challenge fans”.

One of the greatest hours of television ever written?

That episode may be what Murray Bartlett, who plays Bill’s partner Frank, was referring to when he said in a past interview that one of the scripts “it was one of the best hours of television I’ve ever read” and described it as “preciously written”. In the video game we practically don’t see Frank, therefore it’s very likely that some of these changes have to do with this character.

To see that third chapter we will have to wait until Monday 30 January. The first episode of ‘The Last of Us’ will arrive in Spain on Monday January 16 from the hand of HBO Max.