Sam Raimi's THE LAST OF US Feature Film Is Stuck in Development Hell

Remember that time when everyone was excited about Sam Raimi producing a feature film adaptation of the hit video game, The Last of Us? Then that excitement grew when we learned that Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams had talked with Raimi about joining the film and it looked like she was going to do it.

Well, it’s been a year and half since that news was announced, and it doesn’t sound like anything has happened to the project since. While talking to IGN, The Last of Us game director and writer of the film’s script, Neil Druckmann, said that the project is now sitting in development hell. He says:

“I know I said in an interview a while back we had a table read, got the script to a good place and it kind of entered development hell like these things tend to do. There hasn’t been any work done on it in over a year and a half.”

That’s some discouraging news. I was really excited about this and looking forward to seeing how it turned out, especially with the level of talent involved! It doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen anytime soon at this point, though. The way the movie industry works is frustrating. There’s a lot of movement on a project like this, the talent and fans are excited as hell for it, and then nothing happens! What the hell!?

I’m sure it will happen one day, but when it does there will most likely be a whole new set of talent attached to it.

In case you need a refresher:

The Last of Us follows hardened survivor Joel and Ellie, a young and capable girl, on their journey through a radically transformed world. Set twenty years after an infectious pandemic spread by the cordyceps virus ravaged the course of humanity, these two people, who were brought together by chance, must make life-altering decisions in order to survive. The Last of Us explores themes of survival, loyalty, love, and redemption in an emotionally charged expedition across a post-epidemic United States.”

If anything changes with this project, and it finally gets back on track, we’ll let you know.

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