Neil Druckmann explains the decision to leave the series; Reveals when he knew it was time to move away
In July, Neil Druckmann, the creator of The last of us The video games and the co-creator of the HBO series revealed that he would leave the show before his third season.
Druckmann was strongly involved in the first two seasons of the dramatic series of horror survival as a showrunner, writer and executive producer alongside the Craig Mazin co-creator, but decided to end his involvement in order to devote a “complete concentration” to Naughty Dog and to the future developer’s video game projects.
If one of these projects will prove to be a third The last of us The game remains to be seen, but Druckmann said that there could be another chapter in history.
“I made the difficult decision to move away from my creative involvement in the last of us on HBO,” Druckmann said in a statement at the time. “With the work ended in season 2 and before any significant work begins on season 3, it is the right time for me to transmit my full objective with Naughty Dog and its future projects, in particular by writing and carrying out our next exciting game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, as well as my responsibilities as a studio chief and creative chief.”
“The co-creation of the show was a strong career moment. It was an honor to work alongside Craig Mazin for executive, direct products and write in the past two seasons “,” He added.
Many thought that there must be more at the end of Druckmann than his statements did not suggest, but if this is the case, he is still not ready to reverse the details.
During a new interview with VarietyDruckmann broke his silence when he left.
“Our objectives for the show – I had several goals, some of them were selfish. I wanted to raise the last of us beyond the people who played the game. I had the impression that this story could find a wider audience for people who will never play video games. I wanted to raise a naughty dog, and PlayStation has been a house for me for 21 years now, and that gave me all the support, but I wanted me to want I wanted video games. Show and have no idea that it was based on video games, then be like, “Wait, is it based on a video game?” “”
Again, Druckmann may no longer reveal to disclose … or, he is completely transparent here and was simply overwhelmed by the workload!
“It was quite difficult to be as involved as a co-showrunner on season 1 and season 2, while directing a studio and working and making and writing a game”, “ He continued. “I really appreciated at Naughty Dog how many people intensified while I had gone in season 2.. More precisely, I spent a lot of efforts in episode 206 – prepare it, write it, direct it. I did not know if I could do it again. So I felt it at this time when we wrapped the whole press and really to start again with season 3, it was a good time to resolve everything and really In season 3, it was a good time to reappear everything. “
Druckmann also revealed when he made the decision to move away from the series.
“It was just when we were about to start the writers’ room for season 3. I looked at what’s in front of me, what could be like next season, and with all the different things on which I work – not only the show – with all the different games on which I work, the biggest at a higher level.”
The last of us Will continue with Mazin as a showrunner, but it seems that Druckmann will always be involved to some extent.
“We Had Started Talking About What is Left to Adapt Back when we Were Working on Season 2, Because we knew we would not be able to finish it and we we were gonna end on a cliffhanger. As I was saying Earlier, My Job Now is to stay very high. Weeds and Working on the Effects Shots and Giving Script Notes and Really Getting Into the Details of It, the Trying to Just Shepherd it.
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