HBO's "Last of Us" fans are likely to be shocked when they learn that co-creator and co-shown Neil Drakman, who developed the original PlayStation games with his naughty dog ​​teampulls out as a co-shower. Thus, the fans of the naughty dog ​​gaming portfolio may have good reason to be Really Excited.

"I made a difficult decision to withdraw from my creative involvement in HBO's" The Last of Us "," said Drakman, who had previously served as a co-shower along with Craig Mazin (Chernobyl "), according to a statement released by Official Instagram account of a naughty dog. "With the work done on Season 2 and before every significant job in season 3 begins, it is now the right time for me to transit my full focus on a naughty dog ​​and his future projects, including writing and directing our exciting next game," Intergalactic: Heretic Prophet, "

"Co-creation of the show is a career highlight," Drakmann said. "It is an honor to work together with Craig Mazz for executive product, directly writing in the last two seasons. I am deeply grateful for the careful approach and dedication that the talented team and the crew have taken to adjust the" Last of Us Part I "and the continuous adaptation of" Last of Us ".

No doubt that Drukman was Huge Part of the FBO's "last of us" since the series began in early 2023, and while feeling like a gearbox to see it is withdrawing, it is good to know that it is in the service of the continuous work of a naughty dog. So what has Mazin to say about all this?

Places like Diversity They received a statement directly from Craig Mazin, a man who was once best known for the "hangover" extensions before transferring his focus on a much darker subject and created the HBO Chernobyl series, making it clear that he was an incredibly qualified dramatic show. Surprisingly, Mazz supported his co-shower move.

"It was a creative dream of working with Neil and adapting his brilliant work to HBO's life," Mazin's statement said. "I couldn't ask for a more realistic creative partner. As a true fan of the work of a naughty dog ​​and Nile in video games. I am over excited to play his next match. While he focuses on it, I will continue to work with our brilliant team and crew to deliver the show, our audience. We detain the title to expect.

References and Neil Drakman and Mazzen are made by "The Last of Us Part II", the sequel to the 2020 naughty dog ​​of "The Last of Us", it should make sense to anyone watching the second season of the show. Ends with - Semi-aged spoiler warning! -Abi of Caitlin Dever looking at Seattle at the beginning of the narratively vital three -day deadline, because Eli's fate (white Ramsey) hangs in balance. It takes some time, at the rate of the show, to adjust All The "Last of Us Part II", the story of which lasts for years. In any case, it is very possible that Mazin would not replace Drakman (which could Maybe Replace the guy who created the original game, after all?), But based on his work on the series, we can all feel pretty comfortable in connection with Mazin to manage this metaphorical ship on its own.

Something that the Fans of "Last of Us" is likely to miss the most of Neil Drrakman's departure from the series is that after reducing the teeth of directing video games like "The Last of Us", Drakmann stepped on the camera for two incredibly important episodes in the series. His first episode, "infected", is the second episode of the show and opens with one of its most amazing scenes, where we see Indonesian Professor Micology Ratka Pertivi (Christine Hakim) makes a frightening realization of the Cordyceps virus that will eventually turn the world and turn people into people and turn people into people They turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people They will turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people and turn people into blood into blood. . (Anna Torv) As they attend to safely transport herstros across a ruined united stats - with tess sacrificing herself to an infected horde to save joel and elie - so it is pretty ... and well directed from Drakman. (Mazin, for his part, wrote this episode.)

Then, in Season 2 of the series, Drakman once again took over the director's chair for the "price", the penultimate episode of the season (which also wrote Drukman along with Mazin and Haley Gross). After the shocking and brutal death of ELOEL earlier in the season"Price" serves as a great retrospective, similar to the game, It shows the relationship of ELOEL and Eli over the years Because they live in the protected neighborhood of Acksecson, Wyoming. Not only is this episode where we know what actually happened to the image of Jo Pantoliano Eugene, it also has one of the most emotional resonant scenes in the whole show between Elloel and Eli, which is also stunning by Pedro Pascal and Bella Remims. Departing Drukman as a shower is difficult for the series, and it is also difficult to lose as a director; MaybeOne day, he will return to another directorial loan (although it may be too busy so let's not hold your breath).

"The Last of Us" is now on HBO Max.