Johan Renck’s acclaimed directorial work on HBO’s “Chernobyl” won him an Emmy last year.
Now, Renck is planning on bringing his talents to “The Last of Us,” HBO’s highly-anticipated television adaptation of the hit video game.Renck revealed that he will direct “The Last of Us” pilot in an interview with Discussing Film that was published Friday.
He will re-team with “Chernobyl” creator Craig Mazin, who will write and executive produce the adaptation.
Renck discussed the complexities of adapting characters from the video game into television characters, given how well-fleshed out they were in the game.“You have for instance ‘The Last of Us’ with Craig, in which you have a video game character who’s very much top of mind with anybody who’s ever played that game.
More than that, they know exactly what he looks like, how he talks, how he acts, and so on and so forth,
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