‘The Last Of Us’: HBO Hands Series Order To Video Game Adaptation From Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann

The video game division of JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot has formed an in-house game development studio, tapping industry veteran Michael Booth to serve as its general manager.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has given a series order to “Extrapolations,” an anthology series about climate change from Scott Z. Burns, Variety has learned exclusively.Burns will write, direct, and executive produce the series, which hails from Media Res.

HBO Max has given a pilot order to The Gordita Chronicles, a single-camera family comedy from Claudia Forestieri (Selena The Series, Good Trouble), Josh Berman (Drop Dead Diva) and his Osprey Productions, Zoe Saldana’s Cinestar Pictures, and Sony Pictures TV, where Berman’s Osprey Prods is under a deal.

EXCLUSIVE: Alicia Coppola (Empire), Marwan Salama (Lethal Weapon) and Marisela Zumbado (The Affair) are set for recurring roles on HBO Max’s Lena Dunham-produced half-hour dramedy, Generation.

Naughty Dog, having spent the last three years as vice president at the development studio.Druckmann was the creative director of Uncharted 4 and both The Last Of Us and The Last Of Us: Part II. He has worked at Naughty Dog for his entire time in the games industry, beginning as a programming intern on Jak 3.

If you follow filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts on any form of social media, two things become readily apparent. First, the man has a lovely beard.

Game of Thrones prequel series House of The Dragon is here – check it out below.The upcoming show, taking place some 300 years before the events of the original series, is set to start filming next year.The Game of Thrones Twitter account shared a glimpse at the concept art for House of the Dragon yesterday (December 3) with the caption “Dragons are coming”.Take a look here:Dragons are coming.#HouseoftheDragon begins production in 2021.

Nicki Minaj has announced details of her own HBO documentary series.The news comes as the singer and rapper also unveiled a deluxe edition of her debut album ‘Pink Friday’ to celebrate its 10th anniversary.According to a press release, the as-yet-untitled documentary series “will explore Nicki’s brilliantly creative mind and tell the story of her personal and professional journey”.

HBO has ordered a brand new series based on The Last of Us video game.

Also Read: 'The Last of Us' Voice Actor Says Josh Brolin Should Star in Upcoming HBO Series“Craig and Neil are visionaries in a league of their own,” Francesca Orsi, executive vice president of HBO programming, said. “With them at the helm alongside the incomparable Carolyn Strauss, this series is sure to resonate with both die-hard fans of ‘The Last of Us’ games and newcomers to this genre-defining saga.

Keanu Reeves’ next project will be seen onscreen, but it’s not a movie or TV series.

Peter White Television EditorAva DuVernay and Roberto Patino’s DMZ has been handed a series order by HBO Max.The streamer has ordered four episodes of the limited series, a futuristic drama set amid a second American civil war and is based on the DC Comics series.Production on the series is scheduled to begin in 2021.DMZ stars Briarpatch’s Rosario Dawson and Law & Order’s Benjamin Bratt in the lead roles, alongside Hoon Lee (Warrior), Freddy Miyares (When They See Us) and Jordan Preston Carter

Hitman.” IO Interactive will use its proprietary game design software, Glacier (which it used to make the “Hitman” series) to develop the upcoming Bond game.IO Interactive announced the project in a teaser trailer today, but the upcoming game doesn’t have a release date yet.A free mobile title called “007: World of Espionage” was released by developer Glu in 2015, but there hasn’t been a major PC and console James Bond game since the last James Bond-inspired video game for console and PC, “007

Kotaku explained that “Unkore” is a portmanteau for unko, meaning “poop,” and kore, or “collection.”Developed as part of a public-health campaign in Japan, where colorectal cancer is on the rise, the free game is set in the fictional kingdom of Untopia, which players must defend with the help of anthropomorphic intestinal bacteria.The cheeky app also encourages users to log details of their own bowel movements, such as color, shape and frequency — with the hope they receive a clean bill of

LONDON -- A study by Oxford University researchers on how playing video games affects mental health used data from video game makers, marking what the authors say is a rare collaboration between academics and the game industry.Lack of transparency from game makers has long been an issue for scientists hoping to better understand player behaviors.The paper released Monday by the Oxford Internet Institute comes as video game sales this year have boomed as more people are stuck at home because of