In no surprise to anyone ever, Fallout has been renewed for a second season by Amazon Prime Video – and we couldn’t be happier about it here at Geek Native.
The series, from Kilter Films and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, has gone down as a massive hit for Prime Video, quickly moving into the streaming service’s top three most-watched titles of all time – and also the most-watched season globally since Rings of Power.
Nolan, Joy, and Kilter Films, said in a joint statement:
Praise be to our insanely brilliant showrunners, Geneva [Robertson-Dworet] and Graham [Wagner], to our kick-ass cast, to Todd and James and all the legends at Bethesda, and to 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.
Showrunners Robertson-Dworet and Wagner chipped in to say: “Holy sh*t. Thank you to Jonah, Kilter, Bethesda and Amazon for having the courage to make a show that gravely tackles all of society’s most serious problems these days — cannibalism, incest, jello cake. More to come!”
Todd Howard of Bethesda Game Studios commented in a separate statement: “It’s been one of the most spectacular projects we’ve ever been a part of. Jonah and team did such an incredible job, and we’re overjoyed not just by the reaction to the show, but that we get to work with these amazing people even more.”
I can imagine this must have been such a fun series to work on!
Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios said in a statement: “Jonah, Lisa, Geneva, and Graham have captivated the world with this ground-breaking, wild ride of a show. The bar was high for lovers of this iconic video game and so far we seem to have exceeded their expectations, while bringing in millions of new fans to the franchise.”
She continued: “The cast led by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, and Kyle MacLachlan have knocked it out of the park! We’d like to thank Jonah and Lisa and our friends at Bethesda for bringing the show to usas well as Geneva and Graham for coming aboard as showrunners. We are thrilled to announce season two after only one week out and take viewers even farther into the surreal world of Fallout.”
Based on the video game series from Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 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—and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.
The series follows Lucy (Ella Purnell), a vault dweller with a can-do attitude and all-American spirit, who has to set out on her own into the surface wilderness of the post-apocalyptic California where she has to find and rescue her father.
What do you think of Fallout being renewed for a second season – are you happy about it? Did you enjoy the first season? Let me know in the comments.
