Worry not, The Last of Us fans, because producer Craig Mazin is here to reassure us the HBO adaptation won't mess with the hit Naughty Dog game in at least one major way. We learned back in March Chernobyl creator Mazin was working with The Last of Us franchise creator Neil Druckmann on a live-action TV adaptation of the post-apocalyptic game. Since then, news about the adaptation has come out in bits and pieces, including confirmation of the pilot episode director and who will score the show. In a recent interview for BBC Radio 5 Live's …
The long-awaited sequel to The Last of Us finally arrives for gamers everywhere this May 29th. But a bonus bit of news has popped up today concerning an adaptation of the Sony PlayStation exclusive, one that's headed to HBO with some top-tier talent behind the scenes. As THR reports, The Last of Us TV series is in the works with writers / executive producers Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann (The Last of Us franchise, Uncharted franchise). Whether this gets off the ground--or whether it's just a well-timed media bump ahead of the sequel's …
If you're anything like me and the first thought outta your head after each Watchmen episode is a comically drawn-out "buh whaaaaa?" then we've got some good news. HBO has announced The Official Watchmen Podcast, a three-part after-the-episode conversation between series mastermind Damon Lindelof and Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin. [caption id="attachment_840259" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via HBO[/caption] The podcast will launch on November 3 after the debut of episode 3, the incredibly-titled "She Was Killed By Space Junk", which is set to introduce Jean Smart as former Silk Spectre and …
From creator/writer Craig Mazin and director Johan Renck, the five-part HBO mini-series Chernobyl explores how the 1986 nuclear accident become one of the worst human-made catastrophes in history. After the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, Soviet Union suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, and as far as Scandinavia and western Europe, countless brave men and women sacrificed their own lives, both knowingly and unknowingly, in an attempt to save Europe from unimaginable disaster. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, executive producer Craig Mazin talked about …