Neil Druckmann, the director behind the acclaimed *The Last of Us*, has recently shed light on Naughty Dog's latest project, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. In a revealing interview with Alex Garland, the mastermind behind the zombie flick *28 Days Later*, Druckmann discussed the development journey of *Intergalactic*, which has been in progress for four years.

Reflecting on past projects, Druckmann humorously noted, "We made a game, *The Last of Us 2*, we made certain creative decisions that got us a lot of hate. A lot of people love it, but a lot of people hate that game." Garland's light-hearted response, "Who gives a shit?" led Druckmann to add, "Exactly. But the joke is like, you know what, let's do something that people won't care as much about — let's make a game about faith and religion."

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Set in an alternate historical timeline, *Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet* features Jordan A. Mun as Tati Gabrielle, navigating a world dominated by a "pretty prominent religion" that has evolved significantly over time. As a bounty hunter, Jordan must employ her skills to become the first person in centuries to escape the planet's orbit.

Druckmann teased, "This whole religion takes place on this one planet, and then at one point, all communication stops. And you're playing a bounty hunter that's chasing her bounty, and she crash lands on this planet. So many of the previous games we've done, there's always, like, an ally with you. I really want you to be lost in a place that you're really confused about what happened here, who are the people here, what was their history. And in order to get off this planet — again, no one has been heard from this planet for 600 years or so — if you ever have hoped to have a chance to get off, you have to figure out what happened here."

In other news, *The Last of Us* Season 2 showrunners Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin have confirmed that "spores are back" after their absence in Season 1. At SXSW 2025, Druckmann discussed the escalation in the upcoming HBO show, stating, "There is an escalation of numbers and types of infected, but also, as you see in the trailer, an escalation of the vector of how this thing spreads. Season 1, we had this new thing that wasn’t in the game of these tendrils that spread, and that was one form. And then one shot you see in this trailer, there are things in the air."

Additionally, actress Kaitlyn Dever shared her thoughts on portraying Abby in *The Last of Us* Season 2, expressing the challenge of resisting the urge to check online reactions to her performance.