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Carolyn Strauss. Carolyn Strauss (born July 13, 1963) is an American television executive and producer. She was the president of the Home Box Office network's entertainment division until 2008 and was responsible for commissioning series like The Sopranos, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Sex and the City.
Jun 16, 2020 · Strauss, who is moving her producing deal to Sister, is coming off a 34-year tenure at HBO where she has spent her entire career to date, from a temp through a slew of executive jobs, including...
Jun 16, 2020 · Carolyn Strauss Joins Sister After 34 Years At HBO. By Nellie Andreeva. June 16, 2020 3:35pm. HBO. EXCLUSIVE: Sister is adding another top executive/producer to the fold in Carolyn...
Carolyn Strauss (HBO’s Chernobyl and Game of Thrones) serves as executive producer, along with Evan Wells from the original game’s developer, Naughty Dog, and PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan. more. Official Companion Podcast.
- “The Last of Us” Reveals Early 2023 Release Date
- Craig Mazin Is Spearheading The Show
- Both “The Last of Us” Games Were Almost Universally Praised by Critics
- Pedro Pascal Plays Joel
- Bella Ramsey Plays Ellie
- Nick Offerman Plays Bill
- The Trailer Shows The Apocalyptic Aftermath and A Surprise Cast Member
The highly anticipated HBO series will debut Sunday, January 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO. “The Last of Us” takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking...
After writing and producing a massive hit in “Chernobyl,” Craig Mazin could have done just about anything in Hollywood. He chose to spend his newfound creative capital on “The Last of Us” with the hope that it could usher in a new era of high-quality video game adaptations. Mazin discussed his work on the HBO series and the challenges of adapting v...
“The Last of Us” video game was a critical and commercial success for Sony and Naughty Dog. The developer’s 2020 sequel, “The Last of Us Part II” was also a commercial success and sold over 4 million copies within its first weekend. The 2020 sequel was lauded by IndieWire’s David Ehrlich, who wrote that the sequel improved on the original classic i...
“The Mandalorian” star Pedro Pascal is adding another genre TV credit to his resume with his lead role on “The Last of Us.” And Pascal believes there are quite a few similarities between the ways the two shows approach their beloved source material. “It’s similar to the way Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni treat ‘The Mandalorian,’ in how [Mazin and Druc...
Pedro Pascal is going to have some company in the form of Bella Ramsey. The “Game of Thrones” standout has been cast as Joel’s sister, Ellie on the show. And it appears that the two castmates are already getting along, as Ramsey has been known to joke about their lack of video game skills on Twitter.
In a piece of fan-favorite casting, Nick Offerman has signed on to play the survivalist Bill. He took the role over from Con O’Neill.
“The Last of Us” trailerintroduces fans to Joel (Pedro Pascal) who is tasked with smuggling tween Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of a quarantine zone to safety across the U.S. in hopes for a cure for the zombie-like plague. “Yellowjackets” star Melanie Lynskey appeared in the trailer as a surprise cast member, along with Murray Bartlett and Nick Offerman...
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Aug 21, 2019 · In what may be a first, Carolyn Strauss scored a nomination in all three, as executive producer of HBO ‘s Game Of Thrones (Drama Series), Chernobyl (Limited Series) and Deadwood: The Movie...
Jun 4, 2021 · At a lunch, the HBO executive Carolyn Strauss pitched Ball a series idea set in a family-run funeral home. Soon after, “Oh, Grow Up” was canceled and Ball wrote the pilot for the funeral-home...
