The Series Adaptation of FALLOUT Moves Forward with WESTWORLD's Jonathan Nolan Directing
Amazon Prime Video is moving forward with the development of its series adaptation of the bestselling video game franchise Fallout. Westworld series creator Jonathan Nolan is set to direct the pilot, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel) and Graham Wagner (Silicon Valley) have jumped on board as showrunners.
Nolan is also an executive producer on the project along with his producing partner Lisa Joy. They are producing through their Kilter Films production company alongside Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks.
The world of Fallout is “one where the future envisioned by Americans in the late 1940s explodes upon itself through a nuclear war in 2077. In Fallout, the harshness of the wasteland is set against the previous generation’s utopian idea of a better world through nuclear energy. It is serious in tone, yet sprinkled with moments of ironic humor and B-movie-nuclear-fantasies.”
When previously talking about their excitement for the project, Nolan and Joy 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.”
Todd Howard of Bethesda Game Studios shared, “Over the last decade, we looked at many ways to bring Fallout to the screen. But it was clear from the moment I first spoke with Jonah and Lisa a few years ago, that they and the team at Kilter were the ones to do it right. We’re enormous fans of their work and couldn’t be more excited to work with them and Amazon Studios.”
I’m a huge fan of this game, and I’ve been excited about seeing how this series turns out. It’s been awhile since there’s been any update, so it’s good to see that the project is still alive and well.
Source: Deadline