In the opening moments of HBO’s The Last of Us, a scientist (played by The Mummy’s John Hannah) alerts the audience to the growing threat posed by the world’s fungi. He claims that fungi can infect and govern animal hosts, but warns that if temperatures increase and the fungus grows, it might infect humans. The warnings, it turns out, were terrifyingly accurate. In an interview with THR, showrunner Craig Mazin stated that this hypothetical situation is based on truth.
