Prime Video’s new game-inspired series looks equal parts haunting and thrilling
Prime Video has finally released a first look at the upcoming show based on the hit video game series Fallout, and it looks like it will closely follow the plot of the game series.
Amazon Studios unveiled Tuesday in a press release that the series will “premiere exclusively on April 12, 2024, in more than 240 countries and territories around the world.”
Just like the game, the Fallout series is set in a dystopian version of the US after a devastating nuclear war. Amazon greeted Fallout as one of the best video game series of all time, and a “story of haves and have-nots in a world where there is almost nothing left to have.”
The stars of the series include Ella Purnell (Yellow jackets), Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight), and Aaron Moten (Emancipation), and is written by Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan.
This fresh footage gives us our first look at protagonist Lucy (played by Purnell), a member of the underground Vault community, along with some terrifying mutated humans, and the soldiers of the mecha-enabled Brotherhood of Steel. We’re not sure if those mecha warriors are CGI or people in excellent robot suits.
Looking for game adaptation gold
Converting popular video games into series and films remains big business for streamers. Most recent, Five nights at Freddy’s, (FNAF) a popular horror-based video game, saw successful numbers at the box office after it debuted in October. FNAF was also Peacock’s biggest launch, where it was released alongside the theatrical launch.
Amazon is clearly hoping to strike game-to-series adaptation gold, as Max recently did with the blockbuster Bella Ramsey, starring Pedro Pascal The last of us. Of course, one can also be pleased with the more measured success of Castlevania: Nocturne, the second part of the vampire-based game series, which was renewed for a second season on Netflix.
Amazon, like other streaming platforms, has recently canceled highly anticipated shows Fallout must come out of the gate waving.
These stills look intriguing, but we can’t gauge the show’s chances without seeing the first full trailer. Maybe next year.