Following the show’s debut, Prime Video has announced the renewal of its latest hit series, Fallout, for a second season. The series comes from Kilter Films and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.
The series became a hit with its global audience in its first four days, ranking among Prime Video’s top three most-watched titles ever and the most-watched season globally since Rings of Power.
Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios, said that the producers had captivated the world with this ground-breaking, wild ride of a show.
Based on one of the most excellent video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have.
“The bar was high for lovers of this iconic video game, and so far, we seem to have exceeded their expectations while attracting millions of new fans to the franchise,” said Salke.
“We’d like to thank Jonah, Lisa and our friends at Bethesda for bringing the show to us and Geneva and Graham for coming aboard as showrunners.”
Set two hundred years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind. They are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.
Ella Purnell is Lucy, an optimistic Vault-dweller with an all-American can-do spirit. Her peaceful and romantic nature is tested when she is forced to the surface to rescue her father.
Aaron Moten is Maximus, a young soldier who rises to the rank of squire in the militaristic faction called the Brotherhood of Steel. He will do anything to further the Brotherhood’s goals of bringing law and order to the wasteland.
Walton Goggins is the Ghoul, a morally ambiguous bounty hunter who holds within him a 200-year history of the post-nuclear world.
Other members of the series cast include Moisés Arias (The King of Staten Island), Sarita Choudhury (Homeland), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Leslie Uggams (Deadpool), Frances Turner (The Boys), Dave Register (Heightened), Zach Cherry (Severance), Johnny Pemberton (Ant-Man), Rodrigo Luzzi (Dead Ringers), Annabel O’Hagan (Law & Order: SVU), and Xelia Mendes-Jones (The Wheel of Time).
“Praise be to our insanely brilliant showrunners, Geneva and Graham, our kick-ass cast, Todd and James and all the legends at Bethesda, and 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,” said Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, Kilter Films.
Athena Wickham of Kilter Films also executive produces, along with Todd Howard for Bethesda Game Studios and James Altman for Bethesda Softworks. Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films produce with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks.
The debut season of Fallout premiered exclusively on Prime Video earlier this April.
