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Prime Video has just released the very first images from the highly anticipated new Fallout TV series based on the hugely successful video game franchise.
The show is set in a dystopian future ravaged by nuclear war where some 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind. They are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them.
The series was developed for the small screen by Westworld showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Chatting to Vanity Fair, Nolan said despite its imagined setting, the story will not shy away from delving into contemporary political issues. “The games are about the culture of division and haves and have-nots that, unfortunately, have only gotten more and more acute in this country and around the world over the last decades,” said Nolan.
“We get to talk about that in a wonderful, speculative-fiction way,” he continued. “I think we’re all looking at the world and going, ‘God, things seem to be heading in a very, very frightening direction.’”
The Fallout TV series looks stunning. (Courtesy of Prime Video)Game developer Todd Howard, known for directing video games such as 2008's Fallout 3 and 2015's Fallout 4, shared with Vanity Fair that Bethesda Game Studios, the developers behind the Fallout series, have collaborated closely with the showrunners to ensure that the upcoming TV series aligns with the games' tone.
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"We engaged in numerous discussions about the style of humour, the degree of violence, and the manner of portraying violence," explained Howard, who also serves as an executive producer for the show.
"Fallout can encompass a range of tones, from dramatic and dark to post-apocalyptic, but there's a need to infuse a touch of humour... I believe they successfully navigated that balance in the TV adaptation."
Fallout will star The Hateful Eight’s Walton Goggins and Yellowjackets’ Ella Purnell, who lead an ensemble cast. Other stars include Twin Peaks’ Kyle MacLachlan, Emancipation’s Aaron Moten, The King of Staten Island’s Moisés Arias, Homeland’s Sarita Choudhury and Person of Interest’s Michael Emerson.
There are a myriad of intriguing characters in the new Fallout TV series. (Courtesy of Prime Video)Character Descriptions
- Ella Purnell plays Lucy: An optimistic Vault Dweller with an all-American can-do spirit. Her peaceful and idealistic nature is tested when people harm her loved ones.
- Aaron Moten plays Maximus: A young soldier hides his tragic past as he serves in a militaristic faction called Brotherhood of Steel. He believes in the nobility of the Brotherhood's mission to bring law and order to the Wasteland - and will do anything to further their goals.
- Walton Goggins plays The Ghoul: Surviving the wasteland as a Bounty Hunter, he is pragmatic, ruthless, and hides a mysterious past.
- Kyle MacLachlan plays Overseer Hank: The Overseer of Vault 33 and Lucy’s father. He is eager to change the world for the better.
Reaction on social media
The newly-released images of Fallout caused quite the stir on X, formerly Twitter, here's a selection of what fans had to say.
Kurigo posted: "These Fallout TV series images look absolute fantastic!"
Kim Hung: "I love playing Fallout. (Am) excited for the TV series in the same universe."
Salacious V: "(Fallout) TV series looking good so far."
Kal: "The Brotherhood of Steel has never looked better in the new #Fallout TV series!"
Christian Klass: "Can't wait to see it. I am a big Fallout fan."
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* Fallout will premiere exclusively on Prime video on April 12, 2024.