The series comes from HBO, The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann, and executive producer Craig Mazin ( Chernobyl), and will tackle the events of the first game, re-telling the story that first captivated PlayStation fans in 2013.
It’s one of the most beloved tales in gaming, which is why it was only a matter of time before someone tried to turn it into a TV series. After years of blaming himself for the death of his daughter during an outbreak that turned most of world’s population into flesh-eating monsters, Joel has a chance at redemption when he’s hired to smuggle Ellie out of the Boston Quarantine Zone and all the way to Salt Lake City, Utah, where a rebel group believes it has found the cure to the virus that has engulfed the planet. When Joel meets Ellie in the opening act of The Last of Us, it’s a turning point for the character.