Originally published December 3, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
At the moment we know very little about Sony’s planned film adaptation of their massively successful apocalyptic survival horror video game, The Last Of Us. Neil Druckmann (he also wrote the game) is still currently writing the script that we know will have some changes to it in order to fit a 15 hour game into a two hour movie, and Sam Raimi is still signed on as a producer.
What we didn’t know was just how close Maisie Williams (Game Of Thrones‘ Arya Stark) is to being cast as the foul-mouthed teenager Ellie. Below are some quotes where she seems convinced that this is nearly a done deal.
“There was a whole thing that went on Twitter [of fans suggesting me for the role]. I didn’t know a lot about [the game]. I Googled it.
And when I got my American agent and he said, ‘If there’s anything you want to do, let us know’ — America’s got such that can-do attitude. That was the first time I came to him with anything. So he said he’d set us up for a meeting next time I’m in America. And they did. So I had a meeting with [producer] Sam Raimi and [game director] Neil Druckmann. And they said they’d love if you would moderate the panel at Comic-Con, but you’d need to watch the walk-through and know your s*** because there are massive fans of this and we wouldn’t want it to go wrong.
“I was doing so much work for Thrones that I didn’t want to half-arse do it, so I said I’m not going to [moderate]. They said fine, but they’re gonna announce they had talks. So the way it was left is they want me to do it, and I want to do it. But there’s no script, no director, and no anything else. So at this moment, it’s looking like, ‘Yes,’ but it’s still such early days. If they make it in 30 years, they can’t have a 40-year-old Ellie. So at the moment, it’s looking good, and I’d love to do it. Hell yeah.”
There are no other production details on The Last Of Us right now, but Sony is planning to release their adaptation of the Uncharted franchise in the summer of 2016. In other words, it could be a while before we hear more news on The Last Of Us.
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