Westworld creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan are spearheading the development of the Fallout series, with Todd Howard serving as executive producer.
The Fallout TV series just got a trailer, giving us a glimpse into its irradiated post-apocalyptic world. Unveiled during the Comic-Con Expo (CCXP) event in Brazil, the show brings forth an original story set in a dilapidated Los Angeles and runs canon to the Bethesda game’s universe — adding to the franchise, instead of adapting from one of its titles. However, just like the games, the tale largely follows a vault dweller who heads out into the nuclear wasteland in search of answers and in the process, meets countless eccentric characters — both good and bad — and uncovers the larger politics surrounding class divide, morality, and more. Fallout premieres April 12 on Amazon Prime Video.
“I know that I’ve lived a relatively comfortable life,” Lucy (Ella Purnell) says in the Fallout trailer, as she leaves her underground shelter Vault 33 and heads out to the topside. It’s unclear what caused her to leave, but some glimpses at the inside activities suggest that the dweller got into a scuffle, leading to mass bloodshed — presumably caused by the regular social experiments conducted by Vault-Tec Corporation. This is a universe set 200 years after a nuclear apocalypse ravaged the lands, with the wealthiest folk seeking refuge in cutting-edge, luxurious buried dwellings while the poor withered away to radiation or succumbed to its mutating effects. A lot of this is depicted in the trailer via vast stretches of emptiness, broken structures, and an abundance of radroaches, which as the name suggests, are enlarged mutated cockroaches. “Vault dwellers are an endangered species,” a voiceover warns Lucy, signifying how much the outside world had changed since the explosions were set off.
The Fallout series will feature two main characters, Lucy (Walton Goggins) and Maximus (Aaron Moten). Lucy is a Ghoul, a survivor mutated into a zombie-like being, living a cowboy life with Dogmeat, the iconic German Shepherd. Maximus is a Brotherhood of Steel member, raised by the military troop, aiming to prove his worth. The trailer showcases The Ghoul in a Western saloon shootout, automated miniguns firing at civilians, and a Vault 33 dweller with a fork in her eye going berserk. There are glimpses of a mutated black bear (Yao Guai) tearing through power armors and Chris Parnell as a cyclops Vault resident.
The cast includes Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson, and Zach Cherry. Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are directing and executive producing, along with game director Todd Howard. Nolan directs the first three episodes. Fallout premieres on April 12, 2024, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.