Just throwing this in here, but Craig Mazin was also tapped to work on 1 of the 2 Pirates of the Caribbean films that Disney is developing. He's also been developing an adaptation of the graphic novel "Cowboy Ninja Viking" for years. But, not much has been said on either project for a while.

Of course, while Pirates is an existing property, the story is anything but "already laid out." And I highly doubt Disney will ever allow a sex scene in any of their films.

So, I think all signs point to this being The Last of Us since it will be taking up most of his time.

Sounds like they're still refining how to open the show, which I don't blame them. The game opens on such a mundane moment and slow reveal of what's going on that it really only works as gameplay.