After the success of The Last of Us on PlayStation, it was obvious that the next step would be for it to evolve into something else. Sadly, when creator Neil Druckmann was shopping the idea around, the movie ended up in “developmental Hell” until HBO grabbed it for the show. After seeing what the show has produced, it’s a good thing.

The Last of Us is better as a show than a movie. There’s too much character development for this to be a movie. It's one of the reasons people weren't too happy with Marvel Studios' Eternals. Too many storylines to tell in less than three hours. However, The Last of Us could work if the first game was split into three movies. Unless something happens, we may never know if it could have worked.

During the official podcast for HBO’s The Last of Us, co-creator Neil Druckman,...