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Inside Fallout, gaming’s most surprising TV hit
With a blend of retro-futurism, moral ambiguity and monster-filled wastelands, Fallout became an unlikely prestige television favourite. Now there is something a bigger, stranger and funnier journey ahead
TL;DR
- The Fallout TV series has been renewed for a second season on Prime Video.
- Season two will be set in the location of the video game Fallout: New Vegas.
- Creators aimed to capture the "desert vibe" and "dusty, blasted-out Route 66 vibe" of the game in the new season.
- The show's production prioritizes practical effects and real sets, including for monsters like Deathclaws.
- The creators, Jonah Nolan and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, are also fans and players of the Fallout games, with Bethesda's Todd Howard involved in the adaptation.
- Season one's success has led to higher expectations for season two, which is described as having more depth, being bigger, funnier, and full of surprises.
- Walton Goggins, who plays The Ghoul, has stated he has not played the Fallout games and has no intention of doing so.