HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Won’t Have Filler Chapters and Won’t Last ‘Forever’

Many of the complaints from viewers are that modern series stretch into eternity, in order to make the most of their popularity. The creators of “The Last of Us” for HBO are very clear about what they want to do with the adaptation and promise that the series will have no filler chapters, nor will it last for several seasons.

Craig Mazin, showrunner of the series and creator of the acclaimed ‘Chernobyl’, says he is a “very demanding viewer”, and as well as he gets behind the cameras, he is also a fan of television productions. And for this does not want to extend the story of ‘The Last of Us’ ad nauseum: “When someone says to me ‘You have to see this, but you have to get to the ninth episode of the third season. That’s when the series takes off, “it drives me crazy. I refuse to do it.”

In addition to ‘Game of Thrones’ and other series of several seasons, Mazin and the creative director of the video game, Neil Druckmann, ensure that ‘The Last of Us’ it will have no filler episodes, precisely to avoid one of the major problems of television productions, according to them: “Some platforms give you all the time you need per episode. And sometimes these stretch too much.

In this sense, mazin “it has no interest” in what ‘The Last of Us’ Last “forever”. And he hints: “There is a moment in which the story has to end, I love endings, and I don’t understand what is the point of telling a story if it doesn’t have a conclusion where everything is well connected and there is a circle that unites the beginning and end”.

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Will there be more than two seasons of “The Last of Us”?

As is known, ‘The Last of Us’ has two video games to its credit, which tell the story of Joel and Ellie’s journey in a decadent land from beginning to end. For the HBO adaptation, the creators are aware of this, but if they’re successful, “continuing the story, we’ll make each episode worth it on its own,” implying they could use other means to expand this universe.

In such a way that the story starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, if it reached that of video games, could continue with a completely original plot never seen before. But to get to that point, this first season needs to be a hit upon its release and pull in enough numbers to justify developing a sequel.

‘The Last of Us’ is released on January 15th on HBO Max, and fans of the video game and new viewers are waiting to find out what has changed in the story of Joel and Ellie, one of the most appreciated and awarded franchises within. the world of video games.