The Fallout TV series is set to debut on Amazon Prime Video early next year, and today a new article in Vanity Fair revealed a ton of interesting new info about the series. It seems the Fallout show will stick relatively closely to the source material, with the usual factions you’d expect – Vault dwellers, the Brotherhood of Steel, the Ghouls, ect – but it isn’t a direct adaptation of any of the games.
The main character is Lucy, a Vault dweller who has to venture into the dangerous world above on a rescue mission. Lucy will be played by Yellowjackets star Ella Purnell, and is described as “doe-eyed” and naïve given he sheltered Vault upbringing. The Vanity Fair article also hints that the class divide between the relatively privileged Vault dwellers and the folks living on the surface will be a major theme of the show.
Speaking of the folks on the surface, the show’s other major characters are Maximus, a young Brotherhood of Steel squire, and The Ghoul, played by none other than Walter Goggins. Of course, in the Fallout games “Ghouls” are an entire class of NPCs, but it seems like Goggins’ character will be The Ghoul among Ghouls. One of the longest-living and most famous of the bunch. Here’s a look at some new screenshots from Amazon’s Fallout TV series…
First look at Amazon’s live action Fallout TV series
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…and here’s a better peek at Walter Goggins as The Ghoul.
Walter Goggins as The Ghoul #PrimeVideo #Fallout pic.twitter.com/fca5kTN1On
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Oh, and don’t worry, Vault Boy will also be a presence in the show. In fact, it seems the series will provide and in-universe origin story for the plucky mascot.
Interestingly, it also been confirmed Bethesda advised heavily on the show, to the point Todd Howard says the series’ plot and characters can be considered canon alongside the games.
“We view what’s happening in the show as canon. That’s what’s great, when someone else looks at your work and then translates it in some fashion. I sort of looked at it like, ‘Ah, why didn’t we do that?’”
The Fallout TV series debuts on Amazon Prime Video on April 12, 2024. What do you think? Could this be the next big hit TV video game adaptation after The Last of Us?
