The pilot episode of The Last of Us series will go to the Russian director

The Last of Us game conquered the hearts of almost all gamers on the planet, and the second part convinced everyone that The Last of Us is truly a legendary project. So in 2020, HBO approved a series based on the cult game. Also later it became known that the series will be directed by Johan Renk, the well-known director of the series "Chernobyl". But for some reason, or rather because of the heavy workload, the director left the project and his chair was freed up for another, at least only for the pilot episode of The Last of Us.

Renk's place was taken by the Russian director Kantemir Balagov. Although Balagov is young in this field, his projects such as Tightness and Dylda are very popular at the moment. The film "Dylda" was nominated by Russia for an Oscar nomination and was recognized by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association as the best film of 2020 in a foreign language. Director Kantemir Balagov has already managed to comment on his work on a future project on his instagram:

The exact release date of the series is still unknown.