The video game adaptation Fallout is set to become Amazon’s biggest sci-fi series. Producer Jonathan Nolan has now revealed the dark basic idea behind the spectacle
The end of the world has rarely been as crazy as in Fallout. The video game series enriches its dystopian setting with plenty of sarcastic humor and references to the ideal world of the American 1950s. Judging by the first teaser, Amazon Prime’s sci-fi series adaptation Fallout will be in the same vein. According to producer Jonathan Nolan (Westworld), however, it also follows a basic idea that is not funny at all
Amazon’s sci-fi adaptation Fallout should stay uncomfortably close to reality
Fallout shows what happens when you leave the survival of humanity to external service providers, says Nolan in an interview with Empire . The producer follows up the cryptic formulation with a hard-hitting outlook:
‘In the same way that [the 70s cult series] MASH comments on the Vietnam War in the guise of the Korean War, we’re talking about our current mess from the point of view of a particular story premise: ‘What if everyone just went ahead and destroyed the fucking world?’
Watch the first teaser for Fallout here:
Despite the historical potpourri of the original, Amazon’s sci-fi adaptation will at times be uncomfortably close to our global reality. Given the various wars and crises of the present day, Nolan’s approach will surprise few fans
When is the Fallout series coming to Amazon Prime?
The Fallout series will launch on Amazon Prime Video on April 12, 2024. The first season will contain eight episodes. In addition to the first teaser, there are also first scene images of the sci-fi spectacle.
