A present recognized for its devastating character departures now has a giant one behind the scenes: The Final of Us co-showrunner Neil Druckmann is exiting the HBO hit sequence.
The transfer leaves his co-creator Craig Mazin because the present’s sole showrunner going into a 3rd season. Druckmann will proceed to hold a co-creator and govt producer credit score on the present.
The shakeup comes on the heels of a divisive second season, which surprisingly declined a bit within the scores (although, to be honest, the season was primarily based strongly on the second PlayStation sport, The Final of Us Half Two, which likewise offered lower than the primary sport).
Druckmann stated in a press release: “I’ve made the troublesome choice to step away from my artistic involvement in The Final of Us on HBO. With work accomplished on season 2 and earlier than any significant work begins on season 3, now could be the precise time for me to transition my full focus to Naughty Canine and its future initiatives, together with writing and directing our thrilling subsequent sport, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, together with my obligations as Studio Head and Head of Inventive.”
Continued Druckmann: “Co-creating the present has been a profession spotlight. It’s been an honor to work alongside Craig Mazin to govt produce, direct and write on the final two seasons. I’m deeply grateful of the considerate strategy and dedication the gifted solid and crew took to adapting The Final of Us Half I and their continued adaptation of The Final of Us Half II. I stay up for HBO and PlayStation Productions persevering with Ellie and Abby’s story subsequent season.”
Mazin additionally had a press release: “It’s been a artistic dream to work with Neil and produce an adaptation of his good work to life on HBO. I couldn’t have requested for a extra beneficiant artistic accomplice. As a real fan of Naughty Canine and Neil’s work in video video games, I’m past excited to play his subsequent sport. Whereas he focuses on that, I’ll proceed to work with our good solid and crew to ship the present our viewers has come to count on. We’re so grateful to Neil and Halley Gross for entrusting the unimaginable story of The Final of Us Half II to us, and we’re simply as grateful to the tens of millions of individuals all over the world who tune in.”
The Final of Us showrunners beforehand gave a joint interview concerning the season two finale in June which included Druckmann teasing what as to come back in season three. “We’re telling you that subsequent season, there’s an epic nature to every part that’s about to occur,” Druckmann stated on the time.”
Druckmann was a artistic chief on The Final of Us video games for Naughty Canine and teamed with Mazin to create and launch the TV sequence model. The Final of Us has been a giant essential and business success for HBO, and is anticipated to be a powerful Emmy contender. Information of the cut up was first reported by The Ankler.