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Discovery Whedon and HBO parted ways before the series premiere over accusations of inappropriate & unprofessional conduct on the sets of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, first made public by Charisma Carpenter, who starred in both series With Whedon's departure, Philippa Goslett took over as showrunner in January 2021 At the time, it was reported that[...]

And caught the attention of famed author Stephen King, who took to Twitter to voice his "curiosity." Image: HBO Although he "liked it fine," here's a look at the question that King asked that we're pretty sure won't end with, "Why, it was 8.5 miles west of Boston": THE LAST OF US Episode 3: Do you really want[...]

When HBO announced the renewal of their latest biggest hit in The Last of Us, questions naturally turned to who can play Part II's Abby Anderson, voiced by Laura Bailey in the 2020 Naughty Dog PlayStation game Abby is the secondary protagonist after Ellie, played by Ashley Johnson in the game and Bella Ramsey in[...]

To say that Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett stole the show on HBO's The Last of Us would be an understatement Offerman played lone wolf survivalist Bill, who finds unexpected love in Frank (Murray) as the two share a life together in the Cordyceps apocalypse in the mostly standalone episode "Long Long Time." The following[...]

After that, we have the latest episode of "The Last of Us Podcast," where host Troy Baker and Mazin & Druckmann discuss departing from the game for the sake of the series, why Offerman & Bartlett were perfect casting decisions, and an easter egg referencing the game that's waiting for viewers at the end of the[...]

When The Last of Us creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann boldly announced they wanted to go above and beyond and transcend the PlayStation games for the HBO series, they weren't messing around This couldn't be made more abundantly clear than in the episode "Long Long Time," which focuses on Bill (Nick Offerman) The following[...]

While creators Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog visionary Neil Druckmann made it abundantly clear that season one of HBO's The Last of Us will cover the story of the first game while expanding its mythos in the process, the 2020 follow-up in Part II will be a whole other can of worms That's how Mazin[...]

When you have HBO's second-largest debut (behind House of the Dragon) with a series opener that crossed the 22M viewers mark and a second episode that scored a 22% jump from the series premiere, there's a very good chance that you're going to get renewed And that's exactly what happened today, with the cable giant[...]

By now, viewers of HBO & Jesse Armstrong's award-winning Succession know that things are getting pretty dire as Logan's (Brian Cox) deal with Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) appears to be unstoppable At least, it appears unstoppable The prospect of this seismic sale is triggering existential angst and a deep, painful divide among the Roys as they anticipate[...]

Not that Emilia Clarke hasn't been put through the wringer of maintaining arguably HBO's most successful show of all time, but the Game of Thrones star might have a unique perspective when it comes to the prequel series House of the Dragon The star played the last known female surviving Targaryen in Daenarys, who finally[...]

Any time a popular IP gets adapted to another medium, it's natural to expect changes to properly fit the format, and HBO's The Last of Us is no exception It's something that creators Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog game visionary Neil Druckmann are painfully aware of Following the release of episode two, "Infected," the two[...]

When Craig Mazin signed on to co-create The Last of Us for HBO alongside Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann, they tackled the Herculean task of compressing 15 hours' worth of content into a nine-episode season while expanding the PlayStation game's mythos Among the missed opportunities the duo had to scale back was Tess, played by Anna[...]

Heading into the fourth season of HBO & Jesse Armstrong's award-winning Succession, an endgame is at hand as Logan's (Brian Cox) deal with Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) appears to be unstoppable At least, it appears unstoppable The prospect of this seismic sale is triggering existential angst and a deep, painful divide among the Roys as they[...]

Comedian, actor, and writer John Oliver returns with new shenanigans as HBO released the new trailer for their long-time weekly late-night series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver The host and Daily Show alum have brought attention to a wide range of topics, foreign and domestic, offering biting "satirical, insightful, and meticulously researched look at[...]

Merle Dandridge earns the distinction as the only actress in HBO's The Last of Us to reprise her role as Firefly leader Marlene from the Sony & Naughty Dog video games Why is that? Let's break down a few things First, the original game was released in 2013, and Dandridge's character is already an adult,[...]

So it's pretty safe to say, based on the numbers released by HBO/HBO Max this, that a lot of us were curious to see if Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us lived up to its hype When the smoke settled on Sunday night's debut, the series[...]

While you never want to jump the gun on these sorts of things, after one episode, it would appear that HBO has a serious awards season contender in Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us. And based on what critics & viewers are saying, it would appear[...]

When Neil Druckmann recruited Craig Mazin to adapt Sony and Naughty Dog's The Last of Us to an HBO series, there were some obvious questions on how it would differentiate itself from its other zombie apocalypse contemporaries At the heart of the series are Joel and Ellie, played by Game of Thrones alum Pedro Pascal[...]

In three days, viewers will finally get their chance to feast on Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us. To keep the excitement levels going for the highly-anticipated HBO series, the cast has been hitting the late-night circuit to promote the series… and they brought preview clips[...]

Close to a year after the news hit that HBO was giving Sam Levinson's Emmy Award-winning, Zendaya (Spider-Man: No Way Home) & Hunter Schafer-starring Euphoria a green light for a third season, the 2023 Golden Globes is honoring Zendaya for her second season brilliance In a category that included Emma D'Arcy (House of the Dragon),[...]

When HBO decided to adapt Sony and Naughty Dog's videogame franchise The Last of Us as a TV series, there were obvious creative challenges on how it would translate on the small screen Would it be more action-oriented like the games, or would it expand more on the universe providing more character exposition? At the[...]

HBO Max is launching The Last of Us Podcast, the series' official companion podcast hosted by Troy Baker (who voiced Joel in the video game) Premiering in tandem with the show on Sunday, January 15, the podcast will release new episodes each Sunday (nine episodes in total.) Source: HBO In The Last of Us Podcast, Baker sits down with series[...]

If there's one thing the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us is able to expand upon the original 2013 Naughty Dog video game is the Cordyceps fungal infection that caused the apocalypse Given the game's original popularity on Sony's PlayStation 3, ND not only remastered the game for PlayStation 4 in 2014 but also[...]

The HBO series, like the video games, focuses on an apocalypse brought on by the fungus that infects its victims, leaving them as ravenous zombies As it lingers, it mutates, changing the infected into… something worse The duo spoke with Collider about building the narrative. Image: HBO How 'The Last of Us' Distinguishes Itself from Other Apocalyptic[...]

His latest is as Tommy, Joel's (Pedro Pascal) younger brother, in the HBO series adaptation The Last of Us, based on the Naughty Dog Sony PlayStation videogame franchise of the same name The role was originally voiced by Jeffrey Pierce in the 2013 game, who will play Perry, an original character for the live-action series[...]

Hmmm… Image: DC Comics/HBO Max Screencap Now, here's a look at Gunn's tweet from earlier today offering a rundown of his day: My day: wrote 1/3 of an unannounced DC TV show (😃); ok'd 100 VFX shots, did reference acting for Rocket, & gave editing notes for Vol 3; & had two big DC Studios meetings pic.twitter.com/tmtuTbz1uF — James[...]

With January 15th right around the corner, HBO is offering a different approach when it comes to previewing Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us Up until now, the cable network's done a pretty great job of selling us on the dangers that Joel & Ellie face[...]

Those moves have ranged from scrapping HBO Max's completed Batgirl film and pulling TBS' Chad only hours before it was set to premiere its second season to canceling/pulling animated series from HBO Max (to name just a few examples) Now, with the company eyeing this year's streaming merger between HBO Max and Discovery+, Warner Bros[...]

With only 11 days to go until Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin's Pedro Pascal (Joel) & Bella Ramsey (Ellie)-starring The Last of Us hits HBO & HBO Max screens, to say that fans of the video game franchise are more than a bit curious about what Druckmann & Mazin have planned would be an understatement[...]

Discovery-owned HBO pulling the plug on a fifth & final season that was reportedly being negotiated over shortly before the news broke Adding salt to the wound, Warner Bros Discovery pulled the series from HBO Max, reportedly looking to license it out to FAST streaming channels One of those disappointed by the news was James[...]