Amazon’s Fallout TV show director teases ‘really cool’ season 2 plans amid Prime Video series' renewal rumor
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FalloutTV show director/executive producer Jonathan Nolan says that “really cool conversations” have taken place about a possible second season amid reports that a follow-up is already in development.
Speaking exclusively to TechRadar, Nolan – who helmed theAmazonseries' first three episodes – suggested that Prime Video’sFalloutTV showwouldn’t end after a single season. However, when I pressed him for more details on what a second season could be about, Nolan was hesitant to confirm anything official, choosing instead to tentatively tease that more stories might be in the pipeline.
The forthcomingPrime Videoseries is set in the same universe as theFalloutgames developed by Bethesda. Each title in the studio’s ever-expanding dystopian action-RPG franchise is based in a different location, with new characters to interact with, monsters to fight, settlements to visit, and missions to complete. In that sense,Falloutis an anthology-style game series that puts players in the shoes of a new protagonist with each new release.
Fallout’s TV adaptation, then, seems tailormade to adopt a compendium-like form of seasonal storytelling akin to Bethesda’s ‘new game, new location’ mantra. And, with popular and award-winning duoFargo(one of thebest Hulu shows) andTrue Detective(one of thebest Max shows) recently leading the anthology TV show charge, there’s clearly a market for this kind of TV-based narrative format. So, is that a creative path that Nolan would look to walk? Or would he prefer to continue the journeys of season 1’s protagonists?
“It’s an ongoing conversation I’ve had with [Falloutco-showrunners] Geneva [Robertson-Dworet] and Graham [Wagner] about how the show moves forward,” Nolan said. “We’ve had some really cool conversations about it but, for now, we’re concentrating on one great season of television. If there are enough people out there who love it, and we’re lucky to get the chance to go again, then we’ll be playing in the same space, but not necessarily with the same elements.”
Has Fallout season 2 secretly been renewed by Amazon?
Taken at face value, Nolan’s answer is an evasive one – and, really, that’s to be expected. IfFalloutseason 2 has already been greenlit by Amazon, he’s not going to confirm the series' renewal before an official Prime Video announcement is made. Given the streaming industry’s penchant for canceling shows, regardless of how popular they are, it wouldn’t be in Nolan’s best interests to reveal potential season 2 plans ahead of time in caseFalloutisn’t the big hit I expect it to be.
That said, there are rumors thatFalloutseason 2 is already in development. Yesterday (April 9),The Hollywood Reportersuggested that Amazon’sFalloutseries had been gifted a $25 million tax credit by the California Film Commission (CFC) to try to coax its cast and crew to relocate production from New York to the west coast.
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Now, this isn’t confirmation thatFalloutseason 2 is on the way, but the CFC only offers these financial packages to projects that have all but been confirmed (well, at least internally by the studio that’s making them). At this point, then, it’s very likely – although again, I’m keen to stress that thisisn’tconfirmation of a second season ofFallout– that another installment has secretly been greenlit.
FALLOUT, now arriving April 10 @ 6 p.m. PT. pic.twitter.com/a31D8Q5AqLApril 9, 2024
While we wait for the seemingly inevitable news thatFalloutseason 2 is in the works, there’s another slice of good news where one of thebest Prime Video shows(potentially, anyway) is concerned.
As the X/Twitter post above confirms,Falloutseason 1 is due to launch on Prime Video, aka one of the world’sbest streaming services, earlier than anticipated in the US. The live-action show was originally set to be released worldwide on Thursday, April 11, with all eight episodes dropping simultaneously. However, US audiences will be able to stream it a few hours earlier than expected.Falloutwill now make its Prime Video debut on Wednesday, April 10 at 6pm PT / 9pm ET. UK and Australian viewers, however, will have to wait until April 11 at 2am BST / 11am AEST to watch it.
MyFalloutTV show op-edis live now, so read it for my thoughts on the first four episodes. In the meantime, find out howAmazon’sFalloutTV show includes “the one thing we could never do” in the games, according to Bethesda boss Todd Howard.
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