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Fallout
Promotional poster
Genre
Created by
Based onFallout
by Bethesda Softworks[a]
Starring
ComposerRamin Djawadi
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Crystal Whelan
  • Halle Phillips
  • Gursimran Sandhu
Cinematography
EditorAli Comperchio
Running time45–74 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
ReleaseApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)

Fallout is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet for Amazon Prime Video. It is based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Interplay Entertainment and now owned by Bethesda Softworks.

Amazon purchased the rights to produce a live-action project in 2020, and the show was announced that July, with Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy's Kilter Films joined by Bethesda Game Studios in the production. Nolan directed the first three episodes. Bethesda Game Studios producer Todd Howard, who directed various games in the series, signed on to executive produce alongside Nolan and Joy. Robertson-Dworet and Wagner were hired as the series' showrunners in January 2022, and Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell were cast in February and March, respectively.

Fallout premiered on Prime Video on April 10, 2024.[2] It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances (particularly Purnell, Moten, and Goggins), writing, visuals, production design, and faithfulness to the source material.

Premise

See also: Fallout (series) § Series overview

The show depicts the aftermath of an apocalyptic nuclear exchange in an alternate history of Earth where advances in nuclear technology after WWII led to the emergence of a retrofuturistic society and a subsequent resource war. Many survivors took refuge in fallout bunkers known as Vaults, built to preserve humanity in the event of nuclear annihilation, unaware each Vault was designed to perform psychological experiments on the Vault Dwellers.

More than two hundred years later, a young woman named Lucy leaves behind her home in Vault 33 to venture out into the dangerously unforgiving wasteland of a devastated Los Angeles to look for her father. Along the way, she meets a Brotherhood of Steel squire and a ghoul bounty hunter, each with their own mysterious past and agendas to settle.

Cast

Main

  • Ella Purnell as Lucy MacLean, a young Vault Dweller
    • Luciana VanDette portrays young Lucy MacLean
  • Aaron Moten as Maximus, a squire of the Brotherhood of Steel who becomes an ally to Lucy
    • Amir Carr portrays young Maximus
  • Kyle MacLachlan as Hank MacLean, Lucy's father and the Overseer of Vault 33
  • Moisés Arias as Norm MacLean, Lucy's brother
  • Xelia Mendes-Jones as Dane, a member of the Brotherhood of Steel and Maximus's closest friend
  • Walton Goggins as The Ghoul / Cooper Howard, a once famous Hollywood actor who mutated into a ghoul after the bombs fell and now makes a living as a gunslinger and bounty hunter

Recurring

  • Leslie Uggams as Betty Pearson, a former Overseer of Vault 33 who has since retired and joined its governing council
  • Johnny Pemberton as Thaddeus, a member of the Brotherhood of Steel
  • Zach Cherry as Woody Thomas, a member of Vault 33's governing council
  • Annabel O'Hagan as Stephanie Harper, a pregnant resident of Vault 33 and Lucy's closest friend
  • Dave Register as Chet, Lucy's cousin who is attracted to her
  • Rodrigo Luzzi as Reg McPhee, a member of Vault 33's governing council
  • Sarita Choudhury as Lee Moldaver
  • Leer Leary as Davey, a Vault 33 resident
  • Elle Vertes as Rose MacLean, Lucy and Norm's mother
  • Teagan Meredith as Janey Howard, Cooper's daughter in 2077
  • Frances Turner as Barb Howard, Cooper's wife in 2077 and a Vault-Tec executive

Guest

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"The End"Jonathan NolanGeneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham WagnerApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
In 2077, actor Cooper Howard and his daughter are in Los Angeles during a nuclear attack. 219 years later, Vault 33 dweller Lucy MacLean is selected for an arranged marriage with a dweller from Vault 32. After the couple is married, the Vault 32 visitors are revealed to be disguised raiders led by Lee Moldaver. Lucy's father and overseer of Vault 33, Hank MacLean, is forced to leave with them. Lucy, in defiance of Vault regulations, decides to go to the surface by herself to search for her father. Meanwhile, Brotherhood of Steel aspirant Maximus is promoted to the rank of squire and tasked with finding a member of the Enclave. A group of bounty hunters find Howard, who has been transformed by radiation into a Ghoul, and recruit him to find the same Enclave member. Instead, Howard kills them and pursues the bounty alone.
2"The Target"Jonathan NolanGeneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham WagnerApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
In an Enclave facility, scientist Dr. Siggi Wilzig develops a mysterious blue substance before injecting it into his neck. He is forced to flee after being caught raising an experimental dog, CX404, in secret. Later, Lucy encounters Dr. Wilzig and CX404, who urges her to return to Vault 33 due to her inexperience. Meanwhile, Maximus and his knight, Titus are dropped off and are soon ambushed by a yao guai. Maximus decides not to save Titus because of his mistreatment towards him and dons his power armor suit to continue the pursuit alone. Lucy arrives in a town called Filly, where she reunites with Dr. Wilzig, who's in town trying to arrange safe passage to Moldaver. Howard encounters the two and attempts to claim his bounty but is saved when Maximus intervenes in his power armor. The duo manages to escape without CX404, but Dr. Wilzig later commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule due to his injuries and urges Lucy to decapitate his head and deliver it to Moldaver.
3"The Head"Jonathan NolanGeneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham WagnerApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
In a flashback, Vault-Tec executive and Cooper's wife Barb Howard encourages him to become a spokesperson for Vault-Tec. In the present, Maximus assumes Titus's identity to conceal himself from the Brotherhood to avoid punishment. The Brotherhood sends a replacement squire Thaddeus, who is unaware of Maximus's identity inside the power armor. Lucy continues his journey through a flooded area before being attacked by a gulper, who eats Dr. Wilzig's head. Howard arrives with CX404 and uses Lucy as bait to lure out the gulper, but fails to retrieve the head. Consequently, Howard takes Lucy prisoner and takes her out into the wasteland. Sometime later, Maximus and Thaddeus arrive and successfully retrieve the head from the gulper. Back in Vault 33, Lucy's brother, Norm, advocates to execute the survivng raiders who attacked Vault 32 and 33. But is rebuffed as Vault 31, which is connected to 32 and 33, remains unharmed.
4"The Ghouls"Daniel Gray LonginoKieran FitzgeraldApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
In Vault 33, Norm becomes suspicious of the Vault following an exchange between a captured raider from the vault attacks in a cell. He decides to explore neighboring Vault 32, only to discover that it's residents were not killed by the raiders, but died 2 years prior. Meanwhile, Howard takes Lucy to a derelict Super-Duper Mart and sells her to organ harvesters in exchange for chems (drugs) after losing them with their encounter with the gulper, before collapsing from withdrawal. A Mr. Handy Robot, "Snip Snip", takes Lucy in, but not before she overpowers her and kill the organ harvesters inside. Lucy returns to an unconscious Howard, giving him the chems before continuing her journey.
5"The Past"Clare KilnerCarson MellApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
While bonding with Thaddeus, Maximus reveals his true identity. Thaddeus, refusing to keep Maximus secret, takes out the power core from Maximus’s power armor, trapping him and leaves with the head and CX404 without him. Sometime later, Lucy frees Maximus, who introduces himself as Titus. The duo agree to work together to retrieve the head. On their pursuit of Thaddeus, they come across the ruins of Shady Sands, the former capital of the New Californian Republic founded after the Great War, and Maximus’s former home. Maximus gets injured in a firefight with two Fiends, leading the pair discover an abandoned hospital for medical supplies. However, the two fell into a trap and inadvertently stumble into Vault 4. Meanwhile back in Vault 33. Betty Johnson, a former overseer of the vault, wins the election for overseer succeeding Hank. Johnson then proposes to the remaining residents of Vault 33 to repopulate Vault 32. Norm was shocked to found the carnage he discovered in Vault 32 was already cleaned up.
6"The Trap"Frederick E.O. ToyeKarey DornettoApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
Lucy and Maximus are greeted by Vault 4 overseer Bob and Birdie, a survivor from Shady Sands. They reveal their vault takes in outsiders, including refugees from Shady Sands after its demise. The vault also retrieved Maximus’s power armor. But warned the duo not to venture onto level 12. Maximus becomes accustomed to the vault life, while Lucy becomes horrified over the vault’s eccentric ritual of worship the “The Flame Mother”, which is revealed to be Moldaver. Lucy ventures to level 12 of the vault in order to find the truth behind Vault 4. She finds the vault’s experiments but was captured by Birdie and the vault dwellers. In a flashback, Howard becomes conflicted over the secrecy of Barb’s association with Vault-Tec. He is then invited to a secret meeting to talk about the truth behind Vault-Tec, only to reveal the meeting was hosted by a younger Moldaver.
7"The Radio"Frederick E.O. Toye, Clare KilnerChaz HawkinsApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
Residents of Vault 4 gather to witness Lucy’s punishment. Overseer Bob expels her from the vault, but not before Maximus dons his power armor using a power core in the vault to save her from her supposed death. Maximus offers Lucy his power armor as he intends to stay in Vault 4 and reveals his true identity to her, but decides not to follow through. Thaddeus abandons CX404 at a Red Rocket gas station and finds a portable radio who he uses to find a radio station to contact the Brotherhood. Lucy and Maximus eventually catches up with Thaddeus at a radio station and relinquishes the head to the duo after finding out earlier a Snake Oil Salesman turned him into a ghoul in order to cure his broken foot. With the Brotherhood coming, Maximus decides to separate with Lucy, by passing off another decapitated head to the Brotherhood while Lucy flees with the real head. In Vault 33, as the members of the vault split into Vault 32, Norm gains access to Vault 31. Meanwhile, Howard finds out Moldaver's location and finds CX404 at the Red Rocket gas station. In a flashback, a younger Moldaver (then named Ms. Williams) discuss the conspiracy behind Vault-Tec and their plans. She gives Howard a listening device to spy on Barb and encourage him to find out the truth behind Vault-Tec.
8"The Beginning"Wayne YipGursimran SandhuApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
In a flashback, Howard listens into a meeting between Vault-Tec and America’s most prominent companies. Howard was shocked to learn Vault-Tec plans to instigate a nuclear war in order to eliminate their competition and rebuild the world in their own image and offers the other companies their vaults to use for their experiments. Maximus is spared punishment after finding the head was a fake, in order to take part in the battle against Moldaver’s forces. Back in Vault 31, Norm discovers the vault to be actually filled with cryogenically frozen Vault-Tec executives where his and Lucy’s dad was originally from. It is revealed that Vault 32 and 33 serves as breeding stock for the frozen Vault-Tec executives stored in Vault 31 in order to produce “super-managers” that would eventually take over the wasteland to restore America. But before Norm could expose the plan, he became trapped with the only recourse being taking his dad’s cryogenic pod. Lucy eventually arrives at Moldaver’s location, which is a settlement that houses the remnants of the New California Republic. Reunited with her dad, Moldaver retrieves the blue substance from the head to reveal it as a necessary component for her invention of “Cold Fusion”, an extremely strong power source. Moldaver reveals her dad’s true history and was responsible for destroying Shady Sands with a nuclear bomb in order to silence her mother after finding out Vault-Tec’s plan. The Brotherhood attack Moldaver’s settlement for Moldaver’s Cold Fusion technology. Maximus reunites with Lucy but she disowns her dad for his actions. Hank attempts to coerce Lucy to return with him to Vault 33 by donning discarded power armor from the battle between the Brotherhood and Moldaver’s forces but was saved by Howard, forcing Hank to flee. Howard offers Lucy to accompany him to pursue his dad to find out the truth about Vault-Tec and the whereabouts of Howard’s family. A mortally wounded Moldaver activates her Cold Fusion technology to power up the ruins of Los Angeles. While a defeated Hank arrives in power armor to the ruins of Las Vegas, New Vegas.

Production

Development

Bethesda had been approached multiple times about a television adaptation of the Fallout video games since the developer released Fallout 3 in 2008, according to Bethesda's Todd Howard, though he felt none of the suggestions met the vision of the Fallout series.[3] Bethesda's marketing executive Pete Hines had also cautioned the company in 2015 on the potential impact of a poor adaptation of their video games, saying "There's way more things that can go wrong than can go right with this" since the adaptation's director may override the vision of the series.[4] Hines pointed to the example of the 2005 Doom film as an example of a bad adaptation.[4] The situation changed when Jonathan Nolan approached Bethesda with his idea of a Fallout television series, having been an avid player of the game series. Howard found that Nolan had a clear vision for the adaptation, and agreed this approach was a good way to bring the game series to the television screen.[3]

The television adaptation was formally announced in July 2020 under Amazon Studios (later renamed Amazon MGM Studios) with Nolan and Lisa Joy developing the work.[5] Joy described the series as "a gonzo, crazy, funny, adventure, and mindfuck like none you've ever seen before".[6]

In January 2022 Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner were hired as showrunners for the series, with Nolan set to direct the pilot episode.[7]

The show was confirmed to be set within the same continuity as the franchise during an interview on November 28, 2023, because Howard wanted to avoid adapting any of the previous games and sought for an original story to be told instead.[8]

Casting

In February 2022, Walton Goggins was cast in a lead role as a Cooper Howard, an actor who became a Ghoul after the bombs fell.[9] In March 2022, Ella Purnell joined the cast.[10] In June 2022, Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones and Aaron Moten joined as regulars.[11]

In October 2023, additional casting including Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson, Leslie Uggams and Zach Cherry was announced.[12]

Filming

Filming began on July 5, 2022, in New Jersey, New York and Utah.[13] Additional filming took place in Namibia on the Skeleton Coast.[14] Nolan directed the first 3 episodes of the series, with Stuart Dryburgh and Teodoro Maniaci serving as cinematographers.[15][16]

Music

In January 2024, it was revealed that Ramin Djawadi had composed a score inspired by the works of Inon Zur's Fallout series compositions.[17]

The television series' first soundtrack was released by Amazon on April 8, 2024.[18]

Release

Fallout was scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on April 12, 2024,[19][12] but this date was later moved forward to be released on April 10, 2024, at 6 PM PT.[2]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 94% approval rating based on 81 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "An adaptation that feels like a true extension of the games, Fallout is a post-apocalyptic blast for newcomers and longtime fans alike."[20] Metacritic assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[21]

Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly gave the series a B+ and said, "The eight-episode season exists in a vivid and captivating universe that will be familiar to gamers—though knowledge of the franchise isn't required to enjoy its darkly comic dystopian pleasures."[22] Reviewing the series for the San Francisco Chronicle, Zaki Hasan gave a rating of 3/4 and wrote, "With a raft of unfolding mysteries, protagonists we care about and a quest we want to see through to the end, Fallout is well situated to grow the loyal fan base that has kept the video game franchise going for 27 years."[23]

Notes

  1. ^ Fallout was created by Tim Cain and developed by Black Isle Studios, and formerly published by Interplay Entertainment from 1997 to 2004. It has been owned by ZeniMax Media and developed by Bethesda Game Studios since 2007.

References

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  2. ^ a b Petski, Denise; Andreeva, Nellie (April 8, 2024). "'Fallout' TV Series Based On Games Gets New, Earlier Premiere Date On Prime Video". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Makuch, Eddie (April 5, 2024). "Bethesda Rejected Multiple Fallout TV Show Pitches Before Jonathan Nolan Came Along". GameSpot. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Makuch, Eddie (June 30, 2015). "Why There Hasn't Been a Fallout or Elder Scrolls Movie...Yet". GameSpot. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (July 2, 2020). "'Fallout' TV Series From 'Westworld' Creators Based On Games In Works At Amazon With Series Commitment". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Weintraub, Steve (August 19, 2021). "Lisa Joy on 'Reminiscence,' Casting Hugh Jackman, and How the 'Fallout' Amazon Series Will Be Like Nothing You've Seen Before". Collider. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 6, 2022). "'Fallout': Kilter Films' TV Series Based On Games Moving Forward At Prime Video With Jonathan Nolan Directing". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  8. ^ Breznican, Anthony (November 28, 2023). "'Fallout' First Look: This Is How the World Ends—With a Smiling Thumbs-Up". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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  10. ^ Otterson, Joe (March 30, 2022). "Fallout TV Series at Amazon Casts 'Yellowjackets' Star Ella Purnell in Lead Role". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  11. ^ Otterson, Joe (June 28, 2022). "Fallout Amazon Series Casts Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Aaron Moten (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
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  14. ^ Bankhurst, Adam (December 4, 2023). "The Big Fallout TV Show Interview With Jonathan Nolan, Walton Goggins, and More". IGN. Archived from the original on January 21, 2024.
  15. ^ "Stuart Dryburgh Resume" (PDF). Murthas Kouras. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  16. ^ "Teodoro Maniaci Resume" (PDF). Worldwide Production Agency. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  17. ^ "Ramin Djawadi Scoring Prime Video's 'Fallout' TV Series". Film Music Reporter. Archived from the original on January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  18. ^ Fallout (Original Amazon Series Soundtrack) by Ramin Djawadi on Apple Music, April 8, 2024, retrieved April 11, 2024
  19. ^ Rivera, Joshua (August 23, 2023). "Amazon's 'Fallout' TV show is set in Los Angeles, which is suspiciously close to New Vegas". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 23, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
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  21. ^ "Fallout: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  22. ^ Baldwin, Kristen (April 10, 2024). "Fallout review: An addictive post-apocalyptic adventure". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  23. ^ Hasan, Zake (April 10, 2024). "Review: 'Fallout' series is a worthy video game adaptation". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 12, 2024.

External links

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