The nextFallouthas just been announced, but it’s won’t be a game. Thursday morning, Amazon Studios announced that it’s developing a licensed television show based on theFalloutRPG game franchise from Bethesda Studios. The series will reportedly be produced by the pair of creators responsible for the HBO television show Westworld, Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan. No release window has been revealed for theFalloutTV show, nor whether a target has been set for production to begin.
Very little information about theFalloutTV show is yet available, but it is confirmed thatBethesda Studioswill be involved with the show’s production.Falloutexecutive producer and game director Todd Howard even offered his thoughts to Variety on the topic. Howard says that Bethesda has talked with Joy and Nolan about the project for years and that he sees them as “the ones to do [Fallout] right.”
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Joy and Nolan also issued a prepared statement regarding the announcement. They describeFalloutas an “insanely imaginative story” and “one of the greatest game series of all time.” They go on to say that they’re looking forward to partnering withHowardand the rest of the “brilliant lunatics” at Bethesda to bring this “massive, subversive, and darkly funny universe to life.”
Falloutwill officially be produced by Joy and Nolan’s production company, Kilter Films. Kilter Films is best known for the television showPerson of Interest, as well asHBO’sWestworldseries. Two other projects are currently in production namedReminiscence, a sci-fi romance film set for 2021, and another sci-fi TV show namedThe Peripheral.
Joy and Loan are involved in varying capacities with each of Kilter Films' productions. For example, they both co-write in addition to executive produceWestworld.Joy is also directingReminiscence. Exactly what capacity they’ll be involved inFallout’s production isn’t clear, outside of being producers. It’s possible, if not likely, that they won’t be writing or directing the television show.
Suffice to say, a lot is left to be revealed about the newly announcedFalloutshow. The news as it stands is that aFalloutshowis in production, it’s being produced by the creators of the HBOWestworldshow, Bethesda is directly involved, it’ll retain that subversive, darkly funny tone thatFalloutfans are going to want, and Amazon is the company behind it.
