Full Coverage‘The Last of Us’ Co-Creator Neil Druckmann to Exit HBO Series
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Neil Druckmann is stepping back from The Last of Us HBO series ahead of Season 3.
Halley Gross has also announced she will no longer be working on the HBO series.
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