The Fallout show has a new lead, a creative team, but no release date yet
Like the well-worn pieces of a power armor suit, the long-awaited Fallout TV series appears to finally be coming together. Initially teased back in summer of 2020, the live action adaptation of the post-apocalyptic action RPG series has several significant updates over the past few months, the latest of which being the casting of Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Army of the Dead) in a lead role opposite Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones), as reported by Variety.
Details are currently scant when it comes to what the plot of the forthcoming series (which is currently in production) might be, but it is known like the video game series, the TV series will be set in an retro-futuristic alternate future set several decade after a nuclear war between China and the U.S. has left most of the world an irradiated wasteland. Whether the series will take place within the same continuity as the games or adopt a new timeline (à la the “Silver Timeline” of Paramount Plus’ Halo series).
With that being said, here’s everything we currently know about the live-action Fallout television series.
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As revealed through the series’ initial teaser trailer, the live-action Fallout TV series is a co-production between Amazon Studios and Westworld creator’s Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films. The series, officially marketed as an “Prime Original,” will stream on Amazon Prime Video.
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