The Wasteland: Fallout in the Media

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‘Fallout’ Series at Amazon Finds Its Showrunners, Jonathan Nolan to Direct

Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner are now attached to serve as co-showrunners on this popular video game adaptation about a world that has gone through a nuclear war in 2077.

Jonathan Nolan will direct the first episode of the Fallout TV series set to air on Amazon's Prime Video.

Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are executive producers on this project under the Kilter Films banner.

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The “Fallout” TV Series scheduled for Prime Video has cast Walton Goggins in a lead role.

It is believed that Walton Goggins will play one of the ghouls. Ghouls in the game are humans who have been horribly disfigured due to exposure to radiation, but are also largely immune to radiation and nuclear fallout as a result.

“Fallout” uses the visions of what the future (a retro future) would be like based on the perspective of Americans in the late 1940s, then destroys that future with a nuclear war in 2077.

Production on “Fallout” hasn't started yet.

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‘Fallout’: Ella Purnell Joins Walton Goggins In Prime Video Series Based On Games

Ella Purnell’s character has not being revealed; but she is believed to be playing the lead, Jean, a young woman with a can-do attitude who may be hiding a dangerous secret.

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‘Fallout’ Amazon Series Casts Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Aaron Moten (EXCLUSIVE)

(L/R)      Kyle MacLachlan,     Xelia Mendes-Jones,       Aaron Moten

There is no information about their roles.

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Walton Goggins posts his first day of shooting.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJow0gObG6/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=d3c2c03b-3320-40f8-b204-b957d865847c

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Set locations photos

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Walton Goggins posts his last day of shooting.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpYDd4cOeHd/?hl=en

[Anduin]

Coming in 2024. The location will be Vault 33, in Los Angeles. So far, so good.

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https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928591/amazon-prime-video-fallout-tv-series-live-action-premiere-date

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Fallout First Look: This Is How the World Ends—With a Smiling Thumbs-Up

[Anduin]

3 hours ago, BetterButter said:

Fallout First Look: This Is How the World Ends—With a Smiling Thumbs-Up

Paywalled. Thankfully, I'm sure every other geek news site will have all the details soon.

[Anduin]

Wow. Games developers InXile just tweeted "hope they adapt it into a video game" Way to troll your boss. :) Nothing from Obsidian yet.

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Edited December 2, 2023 by AnimeMania

[Sakura12]

Well it certainly looks like the game, I hope it matches in quality.  I wonder if they have them kill people and put on their clothes like we do in the game. Lol

[jenrising]

I'm really impressed with how it looks too. The visuals are spot on. 

[Anduin]

Looks fun! Part of me wants to start FNV again, but I have other things to do. Ah well.

[Meredith Quill]

My body is ready for this to be a fun ride.

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Fallout is a 10 episode Genre TV Series streaming on April 12, 2024 on Amazon Prime. The Fallout TV Series is based on a huge Fallout role-playing video game franchise, Fallout (1997), Fallout 2 (1998), Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001), Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004), Fallout 3 (2008),  Fallout: New Vegas (2010), Fallout 4 (2015), and Fallout 76 (2018).  

The Fallout TV Series uses a completely new cast of characters and a new locale from what has been seen in any of the video games. This makes it easier for people who haven't played the games, to experience the world created within the video games without needing to rely on knowledge from the games. The TV Series is considered to be canon with the video games.  

It was the year 2077 when nuclear war breaks out across Earth, a time that was eerily similar in retro-futurist style to the earth in the 1940s, from clothes, to the entertainment, to the vehicles they drive, but... with hover cars, and advanced tech, like robots. 

219 years later, the lucky individuals who could afford to, rode out the nuclear devastation in luxury subterranean atomic bomb-proof bunkers (Vaults). We learn what life was like in the Vaults when we follow Lucy, a vault dweller as they unseal their doors for the first time and step out into a new world,  to find out if it is safe to return to the surface. Some people had to remain on the surface of the Earth as the atomic bombs rained down and the effects among other things includes a very long life span, so long in fact, the the people who were alive when the bombs hit are still walking around centuries later, they are commonly referred to as ghouls.

Experience the weird and highly violent hellscape waiting for our Vault dwellers, giant insects, voracious mutant animals “abominations” and the ghouls who have adopted an "Old West" gunslinging lifestyle and have had centuries to ponder about past mistakes. 

Ella Purnell as Lucy, a vault dweller who leaves the safety of her longtime home and whose idealistic notions are tested when people harm her loved ones. She is an upstanding member of Vault 33, where she spends her time preparing for the future!  She wears a standard vault dweller jumpsuit and has an all-American can-do spirit.

Kyle MacLachlan as Hank, the Vault overseer and Lucy's father, he is eager to change the world for the better. Hank has a Pip-Boy on his wrist. (Pip-Boy is a series of wearable computers manufactured by RobCo Industries. "Pip" is an acronym for "Personal Information Processor").

Moisés Arias as Norm, Lucy's brother 

Aaron Moten as Maximus,  a young soldier "squire" who hides his tragic past as he serves in a militaristic faction called the "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 as Cooper "The Ghoul" Howard, who survives in the wasteland as a Bounty Hunter. He is pragmatic, ruthless, and hides a mysterious past, which we will occasionally see in flashbacks from hundreds of years ago, before the bombs dropped, of his life and his family. While ghouls do not age, most eventually turn feral, leaving behind nothing more than a highly aggressive zombie.

Michael Emerson as Wilzig, an enigmatic wanderer who aids Lucy

Matt Berry as "Mr. Handy", a helper bot made by RobCo Industries 

Xelia Mendes-Jones as Dane

Johnny Pemberton as Thaddeus 

Aixa Kendrick as Moldaver's Elite Guard 

Rodrigo Luzzi as Reg 

Annabel O'Hagan as Steph

Brotherhood of Steel Power Armor (Warbots)  

The Brotherhood of Steel is a paramilitary order with chapters operating across the territory of the former United States. The Brotherhood's core purpose is to preserve advanced technology and regulate its usage. Their Power Armor has a person inside. 

Vertibirds hovering around an airborne carrier called the Caswennan.

The XVB02 'Vertibird' is a VTOL ('Vertical Take Off and Landing') craft with an extremely durable armored fuselage and can be armed with a variety of offensive weapons and defensive countermeasures. 

“Vault Boy” is a winking cartoon boy who perpetually flashes a giant smile and the thumbs-up sign. The origin of this symbol will be revealed on the show.

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‘Fallout’ Season 1 to Premiere a Day Early on Prime Video

[Anduin]

This is cool. The first ep had a cinematic premiere, and Tim Cain and Brian Fargo were invited! Fallout was Cain's idea to start with, while Fargo was the head of Interplay where 1, 2, and Tactics were developed and published. I don't know who else of the old Fallout team were invited, but it's certainly a nice gesture.

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Bethesda Has Revealed Fallout TV Characters' Stats

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Fallout renewed for Season 2. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2024/tv/news/fallout-renewed-season-2-amazon-1235975879/amp/

[Sakura12]

Maximus:

Strength-7

Perception-6

Endurance-6

Charisma-5

Intelligence-4

Agility-7

Luck-5

I think some of the points from charisma should be put into luck. Or he has the idiot savant perk. 

 

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The Fallout Classic Collection containing the following games will be available to own for free from the Epic Game Store starting August 29, 2024 to September 5, 2024. Once downloaded, the games become a permanent part of your library. 

Fallout    (1997)

Fallout 2    (1998)

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel   (2001)

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Fallout Season 2 Filming Start Month Confirmed By Returning Star

Fallout Season 2 Starts Filming in November. 

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‘Fallout’: Macaulay Culkin Joins Season 2 Of Prime Video Series