There’s been no confirmation of how many seasons HBO is planning for the series, though Joel voice actor Troy Baker has provided a vague window of “three, four seasons” being necessary to match the story of The last of us beats of the game at an appropriate pace – rather than constraining the story within a single two-hour film.
Are there any movies like The Last of Us?
The Road. First up is a film that game director Neil Druckmann cites as an inspiration for The Last of Us. Released as a novel in 2006 and later adapted for the screen in 2009, The Road tells the story of a man (Viggo Mortensen) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) traversing a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
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