It’s official. Viewers will be able to return to the wasteland for another season of Fallout. Prime Video announced today that the hit series has been renewed for a second season. The announcement was made via the show’s official X account (see below).
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The announcement comes just a little over a week after the show launched its first season on Prime Video. As noted in the announcement, “Wouldn’t want to keep you on the edge of your seat, now, would we? See you back in the Wasteland for SEASON 2.”
FALLOUT WILL RETURN TO THE WASTELAND IN SEASON 2
Prime Video touted the show as having a “phenomenal debut.” The show has garnered rave reviews, scoring 94% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The series comes from executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Nolan also directed the first three episodes of the first season. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serve as executive producers, creators, and co-showrunners for the hit video game adaptation.
Per Prime Video, the series became a hit in its first four days of launch, ranking among Prime Video’s top three most-watched titles ever and the most-watched season globally since Rings of Power. The show debuted on Prime Video on Wednesday, April 10 in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Speaking on the announcement via a press release, Amazon MGM Studios head Jennifer Salke stated, “Jonah, Lisa, Geneva, and Graham have captivated the world with this ground-breaking, wild ride of a show. The bar was high for lovers of this iconic video game and so far we seem to have exceeded their expectations while bringing in millions of new fans to the franchise. The cast led by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, and Kyle MacLachlan have knocked it out of the park!”
Salke continued, “We’d like to thank Jonah and Lisa and our friends at Bethesda for bringing the show to us as well as Geneva and Graham for coming aboard as showrunners. We are thrilled to announce season two after only one week out and take viewers even farther into the surreal world of Fallout.”
Meanwhile, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy of Kilter Films added in a joint statement, “Praise be to our insanely brilliant showrunners, Geneva and Graham, to our kick-ass cast, to Todd and James and all the legends at Bethesda, and to Jen, Vernon and the amazing team at Amazon for their incredible support of this show. We can’t wait to blow up the world all over again.”
Co-creators and showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner continued in their own joint statement, “Holy shit. Thank you to Jonah, Kilter, Bethesda, and Amazon for having the courage to make a show that gravely tackles all of society’s most serious problems these days — cannibalism, incest, jello cake. More to come!”
Fallout game developer and executive producer for Bethesda Game Studios Todd Howard also chimed in. He said, “It’s been one of the most spectacular projects we’ve ever been a part of. Jonah and team did such an incredible job, and we’re overjoyed not just by the reaction to the show, but that we get to work with these amazing people even more.”
The series is based on the bestselling video game series. Two hundred years after a nuclear apocalypse, the denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind. They soon discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.
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The show stars Ella Purnell as Lucy, an optimistic Vault-Dweller, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, and Walton Goggins. Athena Wickham of Kilter Films is also an executive producer, along with Todd Howard for Bethesda Game Studios and James Altman for Bethesda Softworks. Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films produce the series in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks.
The first season of eight episodes of Fallout is available to stream now on Prime Video.
About Fallout
Release Date: April 11, 2024 (Season 1); Season 2 (TBA)
Based on Fallout, by Bethesda Softworks
Showrunners: Geneva Robertson-Dworel, Graham Wagner
Executive Producers: Geneva Robertson-Dworel, Graham Wagner, Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Athena Wickham, Todd Howard
Director: Jonathan Nolan (Episodes 1-3)
Writers: Geneva Robertson-Dworel, Graham Wagner, Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
Genre: Post-apocalyptic drama
Production: Kilter Films, Big Indie Pictures, Bethesda Game Studios, and Amazon MGM Studios
Network: Prime Video
Cast: Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Aaron Moten, Moisés Arias, Kyle MacLachlan, Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson, Leslie Uggams, Frances Turner, Dave Register, Zach Cherry, Johnny Pemberton, Rodrigo Luzzi, Annabel O’Hagan, Xelia Mendes-Jones
Synopsis: Set in the future post-apocalyptic Los Angeles and the world of Fallout, the series is an original story based on Fallout that will be part of the canon of the games. The series comes from Kilter Films and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the creators of Westworld. It will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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SOURCE: Prime Video
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