From film to TV. After spending years in development hell, the live-action adaptation of the hit survival horror video game The Last of Us is now in the works at HBO as a series, with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and The Last of Us co-director and writer Neil Druckmann set to script it together. Mazin and Druckmann will also serve as executive producers on The Last of Us HBO series, alongside former HBO president Carolyn Strauss, and The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog president Evan Wells.

The new development on The Last of Us' on-screen adaptation, accompanied by statements from everyone involved that made it official. Per THR, The Last of Us HBO series `will cover the events of the original game, with the possibility of additional content based on` The Last of Us Part II, a sequel that takes place five years after the events of the original. Druckmann is also a co-director and co-writer on The Last of Us Part II, which releases May 29 on the PS4 worldwide.

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`Neil Druckmann is without question the finest storyteller working in the video game medium, and The Last of Us is his magnum opus,` Mazin said in a prepared statement. `Getting a chance to adapt this breath-taking work of art has been a dream of mine for years, and I'm so honoured to do it in partnership with Neil.