Naughty Dog’s new IP, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, remains largely a mystery, and now one of the actors who will appear in the game has shared some insight into what it’s been like working on it.
Speaking to Dexerto, Stephen A. Chang–who played Jesse in The Last of Us–said Naughty Dog is being quite secretive about the project. Change said he knows “probably as much as you” about it.
In fact, Chang said he wasn’t even sure the game was Intergalactic and not a new Last of Us game when he signed on.
“I saw the trailer, maybe a week before they released it. I didn’t really know what to expect. I have a friend who’s working on the game too. She’s like, ‘Is this Last of Us Part 3 that we’re doing?’ So we didn’t even really know what we were getting into,” he said.
Despite claiming to know very little, Chang said he believes Intergalactic will be Naughty Dog’s “next big thing.”
He also discussed how Naughty Dog is going about trying to keep story details from leaking online. He said some people on the game don’t get full scripts but only small pieces of the script, which was how The Last of Us: Part II was produced as well.
“You’d film in sections. You’d get pieces of the script. Sometimes it’s not even chronological,” he said.
“I’m looking forward to hopefully getting another script and seeing where it goes. I’m trying to put the pieces together just like everyone else,” Chang said.
Intergalactic is Naughty Dog’s first new IP in a decade. It’s been in development since 2020 and more than 250 people at Naughty Dog alone have worked on it over the years, in addition to external development support. Druckmann is directing, and the cast also includes Tati Gabrielle, Kumail Nanjiani, and Tony Dalton.
Intergalactic will be scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails fame. As for when it will be released, no one should expect to play the game until 2027 at the soonest.
