Amazon hopes that the popularity of shows like Westworld, The Expanse, and Stranger Things, as well as their endings or impending endings, will leave a hole in the adult sci-fi television genre that the Fallout TV series may successfully fill.
Meanwhile, gamers are wondering whether Prime Video's Fallout will be more akin to HBO's The Last of Us or Paramount's Halo. As Amazon releases the first teaser trailer for the video game adaption, there is rising hope that it will be the former.
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The Fallout video game franchise has acquired a sizable and devoted fan base over the course of more than two decades. This makes it an ideal target for Amazon, which is constantly on the lookout for new material to entice and retain users.
Amazon has also done an excellent job adapting a variety of TV programs from many genres, including The Wheel of Time, Invincible, and The Boys. This means that Amazon has the resources to produce a successful Fallout television series, which should satisfy even the most fanatical Fallout video game fans.
Kilter Films is in charge of producing the show, while Jonathan Nolan (Westworld), Lisa Joy (Burn Notice, Westworld), and Athena Wickham are the executive producers alongside Bethesda's Todd Howard and James Altman.
The showrunners are Graham Wagner (Silicon Valley) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel, Tomb Raider).
Set in the aftermath of a nuclear war, the show will follow the stories of several survivors as they attempt to start over in a post-apocalyptic world.
The Fallout video game series from Bethesda is well-known for its open-world gameplay, in-depth narratives, and endearing characters. With more than 50 million copies sold globally, the series has also been successful on the gaming side.
The series is confirmed to star Walton Goggins (Justified), Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Arcane), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Dune 1984), Xelia Mendes-Jones (The Wheel of Time), Aaron Moten (Native Son, Emancipation), and Mike Doyle (Law & Order: SVU).
About Prime Video's Fallout
Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them. From executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the creators of Westworld, starring Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins and more. Arriving April 12 on Prime Video.