Amazon's Fallout TV series set to begin production this year

[Shawn Knight]

In brief: Amazon’s adaptation of the Fallout video game franchise for Prime Video is set to begin production this year with Graham Wagner (Silicon Valley) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel) having recently joined the team as showrunners.

The official Twitter account for Fallout retweeted Deadline’s exclusive on the matter, seemingly validating it in the process.

As previously reported, the show will be led by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan of HBO’s Westworld fame. We also know that Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard is on board, as is James Altman with Bethesda Softworks.

Prime Video's @Fallout TV series moves forward with Jonathan Nolan set to direct. Based on the popular video game franchise, 'Fallout' will begin production this year. https://t.co/8JLJpwIGAH

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) January 6, 2022

The Fallout franchise has been wildly successful, dating back to the original from 1997. Three other entries in the main series have since emerged, with Fallout 4 from 2015 being the most recent. There are also a handful of spin-off games like Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 76 as well as mobile entry Fallout Shelter.

Bethesda has taken home numerous Game of the Year awards and other accolades for its work on the series. No additional games have been announced since Fallout 76, although we suspect that any future ones will likely be Xbox / PC exclusives considering Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Bethesda.

When the Prime Video project was first announced, Joy and Nolan said Fallout is one of the greatest game series of all time.

“Each chapter of this insanely imaginative story has cost us countless hours we could have spent with family and friends. So we’re incredibly excited to partner with Todd Howard and the rest of the brilliant lunatics at Bethesda to bring this massive, subversive, and darkly funny universe to life with Amazon Studios.”

No word yet on when we can expected to hear more on the video series.

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[psycros]

We demand Ron Perlman.

 

[scavengerspc]

We demand Ron Perlman.

 

[nnguy2]

We demand Ron Perlman.

Ron. Ron never changes.

 

[yRaz]

This is either going to be really good or really bad. Here's to hoping it doesn't kill the franchise. But fallout 4 was already kinda lame and 76 is a dumpster fire so maybe it is already dead?

Maybe with Stanfield Bethesda has another sci-fi franchise so they don't need fallout anymore

 

[Ojref]

It's going to be really, really bad. Its going to focus on climate change and transfix itself on social issues, just like everything else Amazon does.

 

[nnguy2]

It's going to be really, really bad. Its going to focus on climate change and transfix itself on social issues, just like everything else Amazon does.

Which... coincidentally is exactly what the fallout games are about.

 

[theruck]

Anyway the best fallout game is Wasteland 3 now

 

[yRaz]

Which... coincidentally is exactly what the fallout games are about.

have you played fallout?

 

[theruck]

have you played fallout?

climate, climate never changes

 

[yRaz]

climate, climate never changes

what does climate change have to do with fallout?

 

[nnguy2]

have you played fallout?

Post-apocalyptic winter... Factions that are prejudiced against others like vs synths, ghouls being shitting on. Yeah no commentary about climate or social issues in any of the Fallout games at all...

 

[theruck]

what does climate change have to do with fallout?

nothing that is the point. if it had it would start with climate not with war. that was for nnguy2

 

[nnguy2]

nothing that is the point. if it had it would start with climate not with war. that was for nnguy2

climate change due to war due to man.

 

[theruck]

climate change due to war due to man.

not really, its the radioactivity not the weather or climate

 

[nnguy2]

not really, its the radioactivity not the weather or climate

yeah nuclear winter caused by the nuclear weapons...not by man that created and used said nuclear weapons

 

[Phaetos]

Fallout 76 is a spinoff game? I always assumed it was in the continuity.

 

[theruck]

yeah nuclear winter caused by the nuclear weapons...not by man that created and used said nuclear weapons

actually the story starts with a pandemic and war for resources like oil and coal which lead to the nuclear war so really not much about ecology. at least I dont expect much from what I played

 

[theruck]

Fallout 76 is a spinoff game? I always assumed it was in the continuity.

the timeline is more complex and the events and pieces of the story are spread across the games

 

[newcombcmb]

Hopefully it won't be as bad as Far Cry

 

[Uncle Al]

So where do you find the cheat mode on the TV remote?

 

[FaTaL]

This will not be a good TV series. The post apocalypic wasteland setting has been overused beyond belief. I don't care whos writing it. It'll suck. Some games should just be left as that, GAMES.

 

[NerdelbaumFrink]

This will not be a good TV series. The post apocalypic wasteland setting has been overused beyond belief. I don't care whos writing it. It'll suck. Some games should just be left as that, GAMES.

Every setting in existence has been used beyond belief. Any setting can be good, and even if this is ultimately bad, it's not like it changes anything with the games, so it's not any kind of loss.

 

[scavengerspc]

It's going to be really, really bad. Its going to focus on climate change and transfix itself on social issues, just like everything else Amazon does.

Yeah. All those things that nobody should care about.

 

[BoowieBear]

Amazon’s track record is not very good. They prioritize social commentary above quality writing.