We’ve known the Fallout TV show for a while now, but details are scarce. Whispers, of course, but nothing concrete. Until now. It has just been announced that Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner will be co-showrunners.
Robertson-Dworet worked on the screenplay for another video game adaptation, Tomb Raider (2018), but she also wrote the screenplay for Captain Marvel, the billion dollar superhero blockbuster that is released only a year later. She is joined by Wagner who has been a producer on The Office, Portlandia, Baskets and Silicon Valley.
This was also revealed by Variety who will direct the first episode – Westworld creator and The Dark Knight screenwriter Jonathan Nolan. Who will direct the following episodes is on hold right now, but everything is set in motion by Nolan, Robertson-Dworet and Wagner, a trio of stacked talent.
Amazon Studios is teaming up with Kilter Films, Bethesda Game Studios, and Bethesda Softworks to make this a reality, spurred by the sudden boom in video game adaptation that seeks to be more legitimate than ever – not straight to DVD movies or fast and do.
Whether this will pay off remains to be seen, but Fallout isn’t the only game to have a series. HBO Max is working on The Last of Us’s own series, directed by Chernobyl showrunner. The two are vaguely similar, being crumbling apocalyptic worlds with a lone wanderer making their way, but the Fallout stories might not be so easy to adapt. Not directly.
While The Last of Us has a clear narrative with defined characters, Fallout is an RPG with a blank, speechless slate at the center – you. 1 is about a vault dweller looking for parts to fix his house, 2 about a villager looking for technology to bring the world back to life, 3 about a child trying to find his father, New Vegas is talking about of a vengeful courier looking for their killer, and 4 is about a father looking for their child. The story is built on the backs of choice, player agency, and exploration. It sounds difficult, but it’s a challenge Amazon is taking on.
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