In addition, Halley Gross has also announced she will no longer be working on the HBO series. Gross previously co-wrote “The Last of Us Part II” with Druckmann and worked as an executive producer and writer on the HBO series.

I really wanted to love season two of HBO’s The Last of Us. For the most part, I did — but it was also impossible to ignore the online masses saying that showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann had lost the thread in season two.

Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann has announced he is stepping away from HBO's The Last of Us. In a statement on social media, Druckmann said it was "the right time" to transition to focus on future projects at Naughty Dog, including Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.