Neil Druckmann, co-creator of The Final of Us online game and co-showrunner on the HBO adaptation, will likely be stepping away from the tv sequence shifting ahead. In a press release, Druckmann — who can also be studio head at The Final of Us developer Naughty Canine — stated the choice was made to concentrate on the studio’s upcoming video games.
“With work accomplished on season 2 and earlier than any significant work begins on season 3, now’s the time to transition my full focus to Naughty Canine and its future tasks, together with writing and directing our thrilling subsequent sport, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, together with my obligations as studio head and head of artistic,” Druckmann wrote.
Druckmann co-led the HBO sequence for its first two seasons alongside Craig Mazin, best-known because the creator of one other HBO sequence, Chernobyl. Druckmann’s work on the present is probably going one of many principal causes it has hewed so intently to the supply materials. Earlier than that, he was closely concerned in most of Naughty Canine’s main releases, together with not solely The Final of Us and its sequel, but in addition serving as artistic director on Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.