After some negotiations, The HBO-led project of bringing to the screen the series based on the successful video game "The last of us" already has a confirmed director.

The same will be neither more nor less than Johan Renck, who was in charge of giving life to the outstanding and award-winning miniseries "Chernobyl". Among his scrolls, Renck also has participations in some of the episodes of other series such as "Bates motel", “Vikings” o “Breaking bad”.

Renck himself had previously detailed that he was working alongside Executive Director Craig Mazin, so the project is fully on track.

Although the advance of COVID-19 absolutely stopped all productions worldwide, So far HBO has kept its idea of ​​bringing this story to the screen in the middle of next year..

Meanwhile, The series is in pre-production and awaiting confirmation of the name of the actors who will play the roles of Joel and Ellie., the protagonists of one of the most significant video games in recent years.

Originally made by the company Nughty Dog for the Playstation console 3 in 2013, The plot of this successful title revolves around two survivors of a devastating virus that transforms people into cannibalistic creatures..