The Last of Us Movie Has "Pretty Big Changes," But Still Faithful To The Game

I will look forward to seeing The Last of Us on the Big Screen. I'm thinking either George Clooney or Sylvester Stallone play Joel.

Playing TLOU kind of felt like a movie more than a game, so there is zero chance anyone could mess up with a movie adaption.

I like that the film isn't an exact copy of the game. This means people watching the film who think 'Hey i'd like to try the game' will be pleasantly suprised. Also us people who has played the game may find a whole new experience in the movie. I personally am Jealous of the people who haven't played 'The last of us' and 'Left behind' because they get to enjoy it like I did.

All the film needs to do is capture the feeling expressed by Joel and Ellie, thier relationship, how tough Ellie is and how she is not aware of a non apocolyptic world. As long as those feelings are captured (still gives me goose bumps) the film will be great. They need to merge the last of us and left behind in one movie.

Why don't they release The Last of Us, edited as a movie? That would be more than enough.

They should make it only available to watch on a PlayStation so I cant see it or play the games.

no, no, no ,no ,no

the game already has a solid plot so why not use that? or make it in two or three parts to tell the complete story it worked for the lord of the rings story arc wise

and why not make it a cgi movie instead? like these films or not but square enix has proven that it can be done with spirit within and advent children ... if naughty dog cant do it then get square talent involed or ask i dunno dreamworks or pixar... who would be better to repraise their roles?

It's a movie already. Might as well just trim down the cutscenes, add a couple of minutes of bridging scenes and release it as an animated film.
The story is cliche as hell and will only turn into another of the endless zombie/post-apocalypse movies that keep on coming.

Make it a tv series.. More time to expand on things..

That's predictable, games and movies are two different media. They have 2 hours to tell a story, compared to the 8+ hours in the videogame. There have to be some liberties taken.

Nobody thought we would get really incredible comic book movies but then Batman Begins happened and Marvel is on a role. I hope The Last of Us is our Batman Begins!

game got put into movie and done right was... silent hill.... Resident Evil movies were jokes...

The thing that pisses you off, is these shitty directors make these movie's based off of games, and don't even have the curtousy to deviate away from ruining the plot.

Instead of changing an award winning story and script, why not just follow the story of separate survivors.... Just going to be a heaping pile of shit if they just change the story of Joel and Ellie, just because "meh i can do w/e i want. I'm a big fancy director"

I'm never much hopefull when it comes to porting games into movies... even more when its about a game i like a lot. But i'm glad Druckmann is working closely with the production team. That guy can make it turn out nice.

You know it's gonna be great when they say it's "pretty faithful to the game." They never go wrong when they use qualifiers like "pretty".

oh god

its gonna suck bad isn't it!

Screw the movie!

I want a new game from Naughty Dog with a similar tone or even a direct sequel if it has to be.

Movies is not the be all and end all of entertainment.

Amazing game, but I'm not at all enthusiastic about the movie, especially if they are making big deviations from the game.

Maisie is ok in game of thrones but i really dont see her as Ellie

'Big Changes'. The character of Joel will be scrapped. Ellie will become the sole main character. The setting will move to Hong Kong and the infected will be infected by a virus instead of fungus.

i dont want it to follow the game at all, in fact i dont even want Joel and Ellie to be in it. Why can't it be based off new characters but within the game universe, like maybe the fireflies or something or have it based of another family trying to survive in the broken world, or have it focused on the outbreak.

The game is by far one of the best story experiences and game ive played and the game is a movie in its own.

Some truly atrocious Movies based on games:- Doom, Mortal Kombat (1+2), Double Dragons, FF: the spirits within, Street Fighter.

Before everyone gets angry, it really makes sense as the Last of Us was incredibly cinematic already and and simply retelling everything of the game again would feel like I'm watching the same thing again. So as long as they keep the spirit of the Last of Us in check, I see no problem with this.

I expect some tame PG-13 crap that have almost nothing do with the game...

when I read this article i see: it will have nothing to do with the game and will just brush on some of the characters of said game. you could try to re-create the tone all you want, but look how that worked out for the DOOM movie.

recipe for insta-fail.

I really don't care about people hating on this movie base on game. As long as it good on it owns. It can change a little bit about story to fit in 2 hours. But just hope it will turn out a good movie. I am never complain about those things. I think differently about movie and game even they have same name, different story is still okay for me. Hope for more information about this.

Oh look, another damn article about Last of Us...

I truly loathe this game because of it's fanbase being overly emotional... The game is not worth crying about, get lver it!

"Why make a movie based on a movie? I certainly won't be watching it."

Not a well thought out comment unfortunately. I loved the game and definitely want to experience it again. I don't always have 15 hours to spare nor always the patience to actually play through it all another time. If there was a movie, I'd be able to experience it again (to a certain extent) in just 2 hours over a Sunday afternoon. That's why I will watch it, many times (as long as it's good).

This it's going to stick close to the game in Spirit $hit isn't going to cut it. If Neil decided to Not follow the game he'll regret it because what will he use to drawn fans of the game to the movie if the movies Not like the game ? Answers he won't and it will suck