‘The Last of Us‘ Movie? Sony Pictures Boss Wishes His Studio Made One: ’I’m Jealous in the Best Way’ of the HBO Show
variety.comZack Sharf HBO’s “The Last of Us” is one of the biggest shows of 2023 so far, so big that Sony Pictures Entertainment film chairman Tom Rothman is wishing the studio had gone ahead and turned the video game into a feature film. “The Last of Us” is based on the Sony Playstation game of the same name. “Yes,” Rothman answered when asked by Business Insider if he wishes “The Last of Us” was a Sony movie. “But I’m very happy for them and I think it’s better suited episodically.
I’m jealous in the best way.” “The Last of Us,” starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, centers on survivors of a pandemic in a world where brain-eating fungus has decimated the human population.
The show has been a ratings powerhouse for HBO, garnering over 7 million viewers in one night as of its fourth episode airing.
Rothman also opened up to Business Insider about his decision not to censor films such as “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” even if that meant not playing in China and losing out on money.
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