[STEAM] Naughty Dog 'Not Done' With The Last of Us, but Studio Not Involved With HBO Show's 3rd Season

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Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann says that neither he nor the studio are involved with the third season of the HBO TV adaptation of the beloved video game, but says that the developer "isn't done" with the franchise yet.

Speaking to

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, Druckmann said, "I wasn't involved in shaping this season's creative direction, and Naughty Dog did not have a creative role in the direction of this season. So I can't personally speak to how production is progressing." He then pretty clearly suggested that Naughty Dog will take on future projects in The Last of Us universe, though whether that's a proper The Last of Us Part 3, a resurrection of the

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The Last of Us Online multiplayer project, or something else remains to be seen. "It's important for us to note that as the creator of the games, Naughty Dog is still the steward of this IP and even though this might be the end of this adaptation," he added, referring to the HBO show's third season, "we're not done with The Last of Us. There's a couple projects in the works that, when the time is right, I'm very excited to talk about."

Naughty Dog is currently focused on its next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, which was a

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at today's Sony State of Play, but did recently

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cinematic shooting. It does not yet have a release window.

On The Last of Us TV show, meanwhile, Peter Sarsgaard has been

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in a role for an original character not featured in the games, while Li Jun Li was

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