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Fallout (2024)

Fallout poster
Directed by
Clare Kilner, Fred Toye, Jonathan Nolan
Genre
science fiction Western, science fiction television series, adventure television series, alternate history television series, post-apocalyptic television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 2,938 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series is set 200 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization. It follows survivors trying to navigate a dangerous and chaotic wasteland.

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What happens

Fallout is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the series is set two centuries after the Great War of 2077, in which society has collapsed following a nuclear holocaust. It stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Walton Goggins, and Frances Turner. Amazon purchased the rights to produce a live-action project in 2020, and the series 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 Goggins and Purnell were cast in February and March, respectively. Fallout premiered on Prime Video on April 10, 2024. Its second season premiered on December 16, 2025. In May 2025, the series was renewed for a third season. The series has received generally positive reviews, with praise for its visuals and faithfulness to the source material. Critics have deemed it one of the best video game adaptations. It has garnered three Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Goggins, as well as two Creative Arts Emmy Awards out of 14 nominations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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