Fallout TV show locks Army of the Dead star into lead role
techradar.comArmy of the Dead star Ella Purnell has reportedly joined the cast of Prime Video's upcoming Fallout TV show.
Per Deadline, Purnell – who also stars in Netflix's Arcane animated series and Showtime's Yellowjackets – has landed one of the lead roles in the Fallout TV series. Unsurprisingly, there are few confirmed details about who Purnell will play. However, Deadline suggests the Army of the Dead actor will portray someone called Jean, a «young woman with a can-do attitude» who'll be hiding a dark secret when the series begins.
Purnell will line up alongside Walton Goggins (Justified, Invincible), who signed onto the Prime Video show project in February 2022 (per The Hollywood Reporter). Goggins is expected to play another of the series' main characters, but there's no word on who he'll play yet.
Prime Video's live-action adaptation of Bethesda's beloved post-apocalyptic RPG series has been in development since 2020, but is slated to enter full production sometime in 2022. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the brainchilds behind fan favorite sci-fi series Westworld and the Hugh Jackman-starring movie Reminiscence, will reportedly pen the scripts and take on executive producing roles.
The duo will be joined by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, who will serve as showrunners. Meanwhile, Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard is also on board as an executive producer alongside James Altman, Bethesda Softworks' director of publishing.
Fallout has been a wildly popular series among gamers since the first title launched in October 1997. The critically-acclaimed franchise puts players in the shoes of a post-nuclear war survivor – known as a Vault inhabitant – who must venture out of their shelter, head into the wastelands to
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