Fallout (TV Series)

***Fallout*** is an upcoming American post-apocalyptic drama television series co-created by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner and developed by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, through their Kilter Films production company, for Amazon Prime Video. It is based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Interplay Entertainment and now owned by Bethesda Softworks.

Amazon purchased the rights to produce a live-action project in 2020, and the show was announced that July, with Kilter Films joined by Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks in the production. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner are co-creators and serve as executive producers, writers and co-showrunners. Nolan directed the first three episodes. Bethesda Game Studios producer Todd Howard, who directed various games in the series, signed on to executive produce alongside Joy and Nolan. The duo of Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner were hired as the series' showrunners in January 2022, and Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell were cast in February and March, respectively.

*Fallout* is scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on April 12, 2024.

## *Fallout*

### Creator

Geneva Robertson-Dworet
Graham Wagner

### Head Writers

Geneva Robertson-Dworet
Graham Wagner

### Executive Producers

James Altman
Todd Howard
Lisa Joy
Jonathan Nolan
Geneva Robertson-Dworet
Graham Wagner
Athena Wickham

## Premise

The show depicts the aftermath of a nuclear war in an alternate history where advancements in nuclear technology after World War II led to the emergence of a retrofuturistic society. In the now-desolate ruins of Los Angeles, a young woman, one of hundreds of "Vault Dwellers" descended from survivors of the war and who have been raised in secure underground bunkers, leaves behind the only life she's ever known to venture out into the hostile and savage Wasteland.

## Cast

* Ella Purnell as Lucy
* Aaron Moten as Maximus
* Walton Goggins as The Ghoul / Cooper Howard
* Kyle MacLachlan as Hank
* Xelia Mendes-Jones
* Mike Doyle as Mr. Spencer
* Moisés Arias as Norm
* Johnny Pemberton as Thaddeus
* Cherien Dabis as Birdie
* Dale Dickey as Ma June
* Matty Cardarople as Huey
* Sarita Choudhury
* Michael Emerson as Wilzig
* Leslie Uggams
* Chris Parnell
* Frances Turner
* Dave Register as Chet
* Zach Cherry
* Rodrigo Luzzi as Reg
* Annabel O'Hagan as Steph

## Episodes

Jonathan Nolan directs the first three (of eight) episodes.

## Production

It was announced in July 2020 that a television adaptation of the video game franchise had received a series commitment from Amazon Studios developed by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Joy described the series as "a gonzo, crazy, funny, adventure, and mindfuck like none you’ve ever seen before".

Nolan will direct the pilot episode. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner were hired as showrunners for the series. In February, Walton Goggins was cast in a lead role as a currently-unnamed Ghoul. In March, Ella Purnell joined the cast. In June, Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones and Aaron Moten joined as regulars. Filming began on July 5, 2022, in New Jersey, New York and Utah.

In October 2023, additional casting including Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson, Leslie Uggams and Zach Cherry was announced.

The show was confirmed to be set within the same continuity as the franchise during an interview on November 28, 2023 since Howard wanted to avoid adapting any of the previous games and sought for an original story to be told instead.

### Filming

Stuart Dryburgh and Teodoro Maniaci serve as cinematographers.

## Release

*Fallout* is scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on April 12, 2024.

## References

1. **^** The series was created by Tim Cain and formerly published by Interplay Entertainment from 1997 to 2004.

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## External links

* *Fallout* at IMDb
* *Fallout* at Wikipedia