Bethesda announced today that Amazon Studios has licensed the rights to the “Fallout” game franchise, with a series currently in development from producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films, the producers behind HBO’s Westworld.
The world of “Fallout” is one where the future envisioned by Americans in the late 1940s explodes upon itself through a nuclear war in 2077. The magic of the Fallout world is the harshness of the wasteland set against the previous generation’s utopian idea of a better world through nuclear energy. It is serious and harsh in tone, yet sprinkled with moments of ironic humor and B-movie-nuclear-fantasies.
The series is being developed in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks, the teams behind the award-winning game franchise.
“Over the last decade, we looked at many ways to bring ‘Fallout’ to the screen,” said Todd Howard, Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios. “But it was clear from the moment I first spoke with Jonah and Lisa a few years ago, that they and the team at Kilter were the ones to do it right. We’re enormous fans of their work and couldn’t be more excited to work with them and Amazon Studios.”
The “Fallout” franchise has posted record sales and received hundreds of awards, while its mobile game, “Fallout Shelter,” has been downloaded more than 170 million times.
To tease the new series, Bethesda released the short video below:
We looked at many ways to bring #Fallout to the screen and couldn’t be more excited to work with Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy and the team at #KilterFilms and @AmazonStudios. We’re huge fans of their work.https://t.co/QvbABKmpFo pic.twitter.com/reaEuYmcdv
— Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) July 2, 2020
