The Screen Gems panel at San Diego Comic-Con brought fans an unexpected surprise when Sam Raimi and Neil Druckman took the stage to talk about the film adaptation of The Last of Us. Raimi, the director of The Evil Dead and the original Spider-Man trilogy, is acting as producer on the film, while Naughty Dog’s Druckman is writing the script.
As yet no director has been announced, however, it was revealed that the pair had met with Maisie Williams, A.K.A Arya Stark of HBO's Game of Thrones to discuss the role of Ellie. Although nothing at this point is set in stone Druckman did urge members of the audience to ask Williams about the role during the Game of Thrones panel. As fans of the game, we at Highrise know that this will cause some debate amongst fans as to whether this is a strong casting for the role of Ellie. In fact we ourselves are divided about it. Lets hope that whoever directs and plays the major roles in this movie do it justice. Video game to movie transitions have a pretty torrid history - lets just say Street Fighter and leave it at that!
Raimi wants the film to remain faithful to the game, saying, “What’s unique is that Neil’s writing the script. I have a great deal of confidence we’re going to end up with a script that’s true to the strengths of the game.” Lets hope that this movie breaks the mould and gives us a gem in an otherwise poor genre.
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