The Last of Us: What You Need to Know About HBO’s Apocalyptic Adaptation

The HBO Sunday night television-industrial complex adds another high-profile entrant to its lineup on January 15: The Last of Us, based on the critically acclaimed video game series of the same name. Easily pitched in a variety of pop-culture shorthands (“The Mandalorian, but make it zombies” is one way, thanks to star Pedro Pascal’s involvement; “The Walking Dead, but make it fungus” is another), The Last of Us not only takes its cues from the Naughty Dog video game, but lifts that cinematic experience straight out of the PlayStation and into vivid live-action. Hailing from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin as… Read Full Article