- The last of us The television program has lost one of its showrunners
- Neil Druckmann is moving away before the work in season 3 begins
- His departure has nothing to do with the poor grades of season 2 of HBO Max Original
The last of us Co-Showrunner Neil Druckmann has made the decision of the surprise to work on working in HBO’s television adaptation.
In a statement published yesterday (July 2), Druckmann confirmed that he left the project after two seasons. However, Druckmann’s departure has nothing to do with bad The last of us Season 2 was received among the general public. Instead, Druckmann, who is also head of study and president of Naughty Dog, the video game company that originally created The last of usHe is moving away from his homonym of TV to focus on his responsibilities with that company.
“I have made the difficult decision to get away from my creative participation in the last of us in HBO,” Druckmann revealed surprisingly. “With the work completed in season 2 and before any significant work begins in season 3, now it is the right time to make the transition from my full approach to Naughty Dog and its future projects, including the writing and direction of our exciting next game Intergalactic: the prophet hereticalong with my responsibilities as head of study and head of Creative.
“Co-creation of the program has been the highlight of the race. It has been an honor to work together [co-showrunner] Craig Mazin to produce, direct and write in the last two seasons. I am deeply grateful for reflective approach and dedication that the talented cast and crew adapted to adapt The last one part I and the continuous adaptation of The last part of us part II“
Mazin is now expected to lead development only in The last of us Television program, which runs for two other seasons. Indeed, The last of us Season 3 was officially announced before season 2 and Mazin have been released has confirmed that it will need a fourth season to adapt The last part of us part IIThe complete story.
Look for the increasingly stunned light
It is not clear if Druckmann always planned to call him in the original of HBO and Max TV after co-piar him for two seasons. However, what is clear is that The last of usThe second year season could not recover the spark that made his first season a success.
By review of the Rotten Tomatoes aggregation website, The last of us Season 1 was a critical and commercial success; The first entry of the series that obtains 96% criticism and 86% audience, respectively. However, while The last of us Season 2 was simply praised by critics, its 92% rating that serves as proof of that, everyday spectators criticized one of Max Shows’s best deliveries, which currently has a approval calm of 37%.
Things are not much better in visualization figures. In May 2023, The last of us Set a new HBO Max album that saw each episode achieve an average of 32 million viewers only in the United States. Its end of season 1 attracted the AA High 8.2 million people when it debuted on March 12, 2023 as well.
However, despite season 2 averaging 37 million viewers in the period of 90 days after its premiere, its end attracted only 3.7 million users. That represents a 55% decrease in the final entry of its ancestor. Clearly, the creative team of the program has a lot of work ahead to guarantee The last of us Season 3 revives the interest of many people in it.
