First season Last of us considered not only one of the best video game adaptations in the format live action, but also one of the most outstanding series of the year. Under production HBOthe proposal succeeded in attracting and convincing subscribers who already knew the story because they had played it, and those who had nothing to do with it.
A few months before the premiere via HBO Max, Neil Druckman, showrunner along with Craig Mazin, have gone so far as to say they are working on the best video game adaptation for television. Although this had to be taken with a pinch of salt, as the precedents for this type of project were not entirely positive, time proved Druckmann right: Last of us In this sense, he has become a benchmark.
The fervor caused by the first chapters led to the fact that the second season of the series was not long in coming. There is no set release date for it yet. But Craig Mazin gave an interview Entertainment Weekly in which he gave some hints as to what to expect. From the very beginning, the writer warned: “I will never say that what happened in the game will happen in the program. You never know what we’re going to do“.
What to expect from the second season Last of us?
Although the adaptation Last of us She was very attached to the events of the video game, she also knew how to shape some of the circumstances to help the story progress. On this occasion, Mazin commented: “Travel is the main thing. There are things that [en la segunda temporada] surprise people. Things that were in the game and things that weren’t, and that’s fine.”
According to the writer, the above is possible “as long as they have a purpose. They exist not only to surprise. We are not interested in creating fear on social media. We just want to tell the story the way we think it should be.” Although the game shows what will happen, there is still room for surprise, as Craig Mazin suggests. A key aspect in the first part was the criteria that the production had when it targeted characters and stories that, in another format, might not have had as much progress.
About the second season Last of us, Mazin told the mentioned media: “Will there be a sensation? Yes, it’s likely. Usually there is. We don’t work to make people happy on social media or keep them from getting upset.. We just do what we think is right and hope people will join us and enjoy it.”
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