The Last Of Us Adaptation Will Be “Similar” & “Different"

Neil Druckmann is the writer, and creative director for The Last of Us video game, and will be the one to pen the script for the big screen adaptation.

Speaking with MCV, Druckmann revealed that the running time differences between a movie and a video game is something to be considered, and also offered an update on the status of the script.

"In two hours you can't tell the same kind of story that you can in a game like The Last of Us, which is 15 hours.

I'm in the middle of it now, and it's been super difficult because there's so much that happens in The Last of Us – even just in the cinematics – that can't fit in a film, let alone all the gameplay in-between and dialogue.

It almost has this novel quality as far as how much content there is. And a film works really well when it's laser-focused, so the first part of it was like: well, what is this story really about? It's clearly about Joel and Ellie. What are the most important beats that we can't lose? Start with those, and cut everything else out.

It's been really difficult to cut certain things out, but what I'm starting to get this is really focused narrative that's about these two characters. Some parts will be similar to the game and some parts will be quite different, but it's kind of interesting in helping me understand this other medium and its strengths compared to video games."

Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams is set to star as Ellie. Sam Raimi is signed to produce, alongside Drckmann, the game director Bruce Straley, and Naughty Dog's co-presidents Evan Wells, and Chrisophe Balestra. No release date or director have been announced yet.

Source - MCV

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