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2024 hasn’t been that great of a year for Prime Video, as the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power failed to make up for its abysmal first season and continued its streak of huge disappointment. That doesn’t mean there were no great shows on Prime Video this year. So, we compiled a list comprising the 10 best original prime video shows of 2024.

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The Boys is a satirical superhero action dark comedy-drama series created by Eric Kripke. Based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the Prime Video series returned for its much anticipated Season 4 this year and continues the Boys’ story as they continue their fight against the Supes. The Boys stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr,...

When Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten and Moisés Arias signed on to Jonathan Nolan’s “Fallout” TV series at Amazon’s Prime Video, the actors didn’t know where the adaptation of the popular Bethesda Game Studios franchise was headed. And that was fine by them, after reading the initial scripts that revealed the post-apocalyptic world their respective characters, Cooper Howard/The Ghoul, Lucy, Maximus and Norm, were surviving in.

“We got two episodes. Two episodes were written before we started to understand the tone. And then [the scripts] would dribble out,” Goggins said during a recent panel hosted by Variety.

In fact, Goggins said the finale script wasn’t delivered until a few days before filming.

“Yellowjackets” star Purnell says she had a prep meeting with show creators Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet ahead of even auditioning for “Fallout” to get a sense of the vibe they were going for with the show.

The Prime Video TV series adaptation of the popular Fallout video game franchise already had a second season in the works before the first season even started streaming – which turned out to be a good move, because Fallout quickly became Prime Video’s second most-watched title (after The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), drawing in 65 million viewers in its first 16 days of release. Now, we’ve learned that Fallout season 2 has started filming, and we’ve been tipped off by the fact that Walton Goggins, who plays The Ghoul, shared an image on social media that shows him getting back into Ghoul character.

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Like the video games on which it is based, the “Fallout” series is set in a world where the future envisioned by Americans in the late 1940s explodes upon itself through a...

What Do We Know About the upcoming second season of Prime Video’s hit video game adaptation Fallout? More than you may think. A hit from the moment it premiered, Jonathan Nolan helped shepherd the fan favorite game franchise from consoles and PCs to televisions by creating a wholly original story alongside showrunners and creators Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet. Let’s dive in and take a look at what is coming up next in the world of Fallout.

Who is joining the cast?

Based on the announcement graphic, we can be certain that Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, and Aaron Moten will be back as Lucy MacLean, The Ghoul, and Maximus. It also seems certain that Kyle MacLachlan will be back as Hank MacLean based on where the final left things. Moises Arias and Frances Turner seem like locks to reprise their roles as Norm and Barb respectively. Sarita Choudhury...

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Prime Video is undoubtedly one of the biggest streaming services in the world and while it has made some big mistakes when it comes to some large-budget shows, it has also made some of the most entertaining shows ever. From action to comedy and thriller to drama, Prime Video has a vast library of brilliant shows that are just waiting to be watched. So, we thought of compiling a list of the best shows on Prime Video you should check out right now.

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2024 is half over and we have seen some brilliant and some not-so-brilliant TV shows by streaming services and cable networks. However, the sci-fi fantasy genre TV shows are proving to be the biggest ones this year with the release of shows like Fallout and 3 Body Problem. The sci-fi fans are having a great year and if TV shows weren’t enough we also got Dune: Part Two this year which is the most successful film 2024 so far. So, let’s check out the best new and returning sci-fi fantasy shows that came out this year.

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“Fallout” Season 2 is gaining a Culkin.

Deadline reports that Macaulay Culkin is joining the cast of Prime Video’s hit sci-fi series in a recurring role. While details are being kept under wraps, the iconic former child star is playing a “mad scientist type.”

He joins a cast led by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins that also features Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson, Leslie Uggams, Frances Turner, Dave Register, Zach Cherry, Johnny Pemberton, Rodrigo Luzzi, Annabel O’Hagan, and Xelia Mendes-Jones.

“Fallout” is based on a video game series from Bethesda Softworks, and tells the story of a young woman named Lucy (Purnell) who grew up sheltered in an underground vault after a nuclear apocalypse as she goes on a journey on the blighted surface world in search of her father, who has been captured by raiders. Along the way, she meets Maximus (Moten), a troubled surface world warrior,...

The Prime Video TV series adaptation of the popular Fallout video game franchise already had a second season in the works before the first season even started streaming – which turned out to be a good move, because Fallout quickly became Prime Video’s second most-watched title (after The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), drawing in 65 million viewers in its first 16 days of release. Seven months after the show premiered, Deadline has learned that Macaulay Culkin, best known for starring in the first two Home Alone movies, has joined the cast of Fallout season 2. Details on his character are being kept under wraps, but Deadline was able to learn that he’ll be playing the recurring role of “a crazy genius-type character.”

While the first season was primarily filmed in New York (with some filming also taking place in Utah), production is moving to California for season 2. That...

Crack open a Nuka-Cola, folks — the next season of Prime Video's Fallout just got a little bit more exciting! After the show earned itself a swift Season 2 renewal back in April off the back of stellar reviews and impressive viewing figures, anticipation has steadily been building for our return to Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner's video game inspired post-nuclear wasteland. Now, we're finally getting word on the first big new name who'll be joining us for the ride — and it's someone with prior experience of surviving in hostile environments on-screen. According to Deadline, none other than Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin has landed a recurring role in the show's second season.

Per Deadline's reporting, Culkin — whose last major TV appearance was as Mickey in American Horror Story: Double-Feature back in 2021 — is set to play "a crazy genius-type character" in the show, which boasts Westworld architects Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy as producers.

According to Deadline, Prime Video’s hit series ‘Fallout,’ developed by Kilter Films, has added Macaulay Culkin to its Season 2 lineup in a recurring role.

Known for his quirky and intense characters, Culkin will portray a ‘crazy genius-type’ in the series, which continues to draw from the rich lore of the Fallout video game by Bethesda Game Studios.

‘Fallout’ transports viewers 200 years post-apocalypse, where the survivors from luxury shelters face a new world that is as bizarre as it is dangerous.

The series, led by Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, and Graham Wagner, brings a blend of dark humor and action that has resonated well with viewers, making it one of Prime Video’s top three most-watched titles.

Its premiere season also garnered 16 Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series.

The ensemble cast includes a range of talented actors, such as Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan,...

Prime Video’s “Fallout” didn’t forget Macaulay Culkin. The “Home Alone” star has booked a recurring role in Season 2 of the Emmy-nominated drama, Variety has confirmed. There are no details yet to Culkin’s character on the series, but Deadline, which broke the news, wrote that it will be a “crazy genius type.”

Based on the video game franchise of the same name, the series is set two hundred years after the apocalypse. The official description states it follows “the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters that 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.”

Culkin’s recent credits include providing a voice on “The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy,” as well as multiple episodes of “The Righteous Gemstones” and as part of the cast of “American Horror Story: Double Feature.

Exclusive: Macaulay Culkin has joined the Season 2 cast of Fallout, Prime Video’s breakout series from Kilter Films, in a recurring role, sources tell Deadline.

Executive produced by Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, Fallout is based on the video game series from Bethesda Game Studios. 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.

No one is commenting but Culkin is said to be playing a crazy genius-type character.

The series stars Ella Purnell as Lucy, Aaron Moten is Maximus, Walton Goggins as the Ghoul as well as well as Kyle MacLachlan, Moisés Arias, Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson, Leslie Uggams, Frances Turner, Dave Register, Zach Cherry, Johnny Pemberton, Rodrigo Luzzi, Annabel O’Hagan and Xelia Mendes-Jones.

Since its inception in 1997, the Fallout series has been a popular video game franchise around the world. After Interplay and Black Isle, Bethesda took over the franchise and gave fans some exceptional Fallout video games. Fans have been waiting for nearly a decade now for the next Fallout game, but Bethesda gave fans the same Fallout experience, just in the form of a TV series.

Ella Purnell played the role of Lucy in the Fallout TV series (Image via Amazon Prime Video)

With the help of Todd Howard, the mastermind behind the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series, a series that was canonical to the Fallout games was released in April 2024. The show was a massive success and it’s safe to say that Howard’s approach was what made it special. On several occasions, he has explained that he treated the series like another entry in the video game series.

Despite a string of box office failures, Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (Ssu) continues to thrive with numerous projects in the pipeline. Venom: The Last Dance is set to premiere next week, followed by Kraven the Hunter in December, while Spider-Man Noir is currently being developed for Amazon.

Additionally, there are rumors circulating that the long-anticipated film centered on the Sinister Six is still in the works.

According to the latest rumors from Daniel Richtman on his Patreon account, one Ssu project has resumed development—the film centered on Silver Sable.

A ‘Silver Sable’ project is reportedly back in development at Sony.

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Despite lining up box office bombs, Ssu is going strong with plenty of projects in development. ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ is set to release in a week, ‘Kraven the Hunter’ releases in December, and ‘Spider-Man Noir’ is currently in development at Amazon.

There have also been some rumors that the planned movie focusing on Sinister Six is still in development.

The latest rumors brought by Daniel Richtman on his Patreon account claim that one Ssu project is back in development – the one focusing on Silver Sable

A ‘Silver Sable’ project is reportedly back in development at Sony.

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— Cosmic Marvel (@cosmic_marvel) October 17, 2024

Silver Sable is a skilled mercenary, hunter, and soldier from Latvia. She is the daughter of the former leader of the Silver Sable Sablinova family, which has a long-standing history of hunting war criminals. Her background is marked by her commitment to bringing criminals to justice,...

Exclusive: Following her star-making role in the hit Amazon Prime series Fallout, Ella Purnell is signing with Range Media Partners for representation.

Most recently, Purnell starred in the post-apocalyptic drama series Fallout for Amazon Prime Video, set within the world of the role-playing video game franchise of the same name. Co-created by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner and developed by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, the series is the platform’s highest-rated show and was nominated for 17 Emmy Awards.

This month, Purnell will executive produce and star in Sweetpea, a Sky Atlantic comedy drama series, which is an adaptation by See-Saw Films and writer Kirstie Swain of the book of the same name by Cj Skuse. In November, she will reprise her voice role as Jinx in the Emmy award-winning Netflix animated series Arcane. Additionally, Purnell just wrapped filming on The Scurry, a new comedy-horror about a band of killer squirrels,...

This year, “Shōgun” has extended the unbroken 2020s trend of at least one series earning multiple Best Drama Writing Emmy notices at once. Although none of the earlier cases resulted in wins, the new FX series is generally expected to fare differently, especially since, unlike most of its predecessors, it won’t have to fend off three-time winner “Succession.”

Of the 10 individuals presently nominated for this writing award, only 2021 champ Peter Morgan (“The Crown”) has competed for it before. Excluding his show and “Slow Horses,” a majority of the programs in this lineup launched in 2024.

In order to determine the likelihood of “Shōgun” making good on one of its bids, let’s take a closer look at each nominee. Be sure to make your predictions in this and 24 other Primetime Emmy categories by September 15.

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Marvel has gained great popularity since their first avengers film (‘The Avengers’), winning loyal fans all over the world by establishing seamlessly integrating characters, plot lines, and events across MCU movies and TV shows. They found a clever way to keep their audience engaged and it has worked. Perhaps the only downside is that the timeline for all the plot lines and events can get a bit lost between each film or show released. So, here is a full guide to the Marvel universe and how to watch every 34 films in order. 1) ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ (2011) ‘Captain America: The First Avender’ stars Chris Evans as Captain America (Steve Rogers) and it deals with themes such as teamwork, standing up for what you believe in, loyalty and friendship. Length: 124 minutes Release date: July 22, 2011 Cast: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Tommy Lee Jones Cinematography: Shelly Johnson | Editor: Robert Dalva, Jeffrey Ford...

Walton Goggins has experienced the excitement of being part of a critically acclaimed series. He was a key cast member of both FX’s breakout programs “The Shield” and “Justified.” In fact, in 2011, he earned a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series nomination for his performance in the latter. That being said, his experience on Prime Video’s massive hit “Fallout,” has, so far, been at another level.

Read More: “Fallout” Showrunner Jonathan Nolan says appeasing fans would have been “A fool’s errand”

Adapted from the popular video game by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, this alternate timeline series finds Goggins initially portraying Cooper Howard, a movie star who has fallen on somewhat hard times before a post-apocalyptic war ravages the world.

Continue reading Walton Goggins Celebrates ‘Fallout’ & Says ‘White Lotus’ Season 3 Is “A Seismic Consciousness Shift” at The Playlist.

The popular video game “Fallout” has become one of Amazon Prime Video’s most successful shows thanks to the collaborative work of its screenwriters Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner. Bringing diverse experiences in film and television, the pair have crafted a nuanced narrative set in the post-apocalyptic world inspired by the games.

Robertson-Dworet focuses on action movies but understood the need for character depth. Wagner specializes in comedy but recognized “Fallout’s” dramatic potential. They spent five years carefully designing a story entertaining to fans but accessible to new audiences. “We needed humor to balance the difficult topic,” explained Wagner.

The open-ended nature of the “Fallout” games allowed creativity but risked frustration if deviations upset loyal fans. Minor changes sparked online outrage, acknowledged Wagner. Overall freedom to develop new plots and personalities proved liberating. “We got to invent our own characters within the established world,” said Robertson-Dworet.

By showcasing three protagonists from different factions,...

“I’ve always felt throughout my career that you can always get the audience to a slightly darker place if you tell them a couple of jokes along the way,” says Fallout executive producer/director Jonathan Nolan about the approach and tone the multi-Emmy-nominated Prime Video drama has taken in its debut season.

Joined by fellow EP and co-showrunner Graham Wagner and star Walton Goggins, Nolan was speaking at Deadline’s virtual Contenders Television: The Nominees event.

Portlandia alum Wagner agrees with Nolan’s Pov on mixed-genre storytelling.

“I think that good drama has humor, and it always has,” the showrunner says. “As we’ve sort of seen in the last 20 years, great calamities can happen, and humans are still going to be idiosyncratic, weird and a little, I don’t love the word quirky, but little quirky.”

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“Fallout” production designer Howard Cummings just received his sixth Emmy nomination in a category that covers a lot of territory and is also a mouthful: Best Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More). But as a fellow nominee pointed out, he might have an edge here.

“What’s funny is my Emmy category is a period and fantasy category, so they’re very disparate people in it. But one of my friends who designed one of the other shows called me up and went, ‘You’re actually the only one who actually covers both sides of that, by the way,'” Cummings tells Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video interview above). “I was like, ‘Yeah, it is. Because of the retrofuturism, it’s also period, but it’s also sci-fi.”

Based on the video game of the same name, “Fallout” is set in the...

With the “Fallout” TV adaptation and Donald Glover and Maya Erskine’s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” both landing Emmy noms in the drama category Wednesday, Amazon MGM Studios chief Jennifer Salke and head of TV Vernon Sanders are celebrating Amazon’s unprecedented position of having two shows in the running for this year’s top prize.

Salke and Sanders spoke with Variety after the dust had settled to break down the 62 overall nominations received by Amazon and MGM Studios — including 17 for “Fallout,” 16 for “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and a nod for TV movie for the LGBTQ rom-com “Red, White & Royal Blue,” among the studio’s other noms.

On the heels of the Emmys love for HBO’s “The Last of Us,” were you expecting “Fallout” to be able to achieve similar results or still cautious about the awards reaction to video game adaptations and genre TV?

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Fallout scored an impressive 16 Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including a nod for Outstanding Drama Series.

It’s one of the most-nominated shows that Amazon’s Prime Video has ever in a single year (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel put up 20 in its heyday), and it also is another shining moment for video game adaptations, following on the heels of the success of The Last of Us last year.

“It’s a 25-year-old game franchise that just keeps getting more and more relevant with the way that it takes on a lot of very serious issues about our society and our deepest fears, but it plays with them in a really fun way and makes it a world that you want to spend time in,” series creator and showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet told Deadline.

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Fallout TV Show has taken over both the gaming and entertainment industry. Season 1 was a major success and even helped increase the player count in various games. As the fans are waiting for season 2, a recent announcement has made them even more excited about the show.

With the ending of Season 1 teasing New Vegas by showcasing Mr House, fans of the beloved game, Fallout New Vegas started discussing the possible storyline in the S2. Just then in a recent interview, showrunner Graham Wagner teased the more characters from New Vegas.

Excitement Builds for Fallout as Mr. House Makes a Return

Fallout Season 1 was a massive success, teasing Mr House for Season 2 | Image Credit: Prime Video

Robert House, better known as Mr. House was the central figure in the Fallout New Vegas. His tease at the end of Prime Video’s TV show filled every fan with excitement. That revelation sparked...

While breaking down Prime Video’s “Fallout,” showrunners and series creators Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet recognized that they were headed straight toward a “whopper pileup” in their finale. With three main characters — Lucy (Ella Purnell), Maximus (Aaron Moten) and the Ghoul/Cooper (Walton Goggins) — barreling toward the climactic showdown housed inside a burned-out, post-apocalyptic Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, the duo realized they had three major narrative reveals about to collide.

“We talked briefly about spreading the gravy a little thinner, as you spread gravy, of course,” jokes Wagner. “And at some point, there was a moment we were like, ‘Fuck it, it’s whopper city.’”

That creative chaos — the balance between the somber and the surreal — is where “Fallout” found its sweet spot. The TV series’ ability to distill the quirks from the video game’s retro-futuristic wasteland and dig into a deeper story while maintaining its signature...

As part of Variety’s “Behind the Song,” composer Ramin Djawadi for “Fallout” breaks down the “Brotherhood of Steel” theme.

When showrunner Jonathan Nolan was looking for a composer, he sought out his go-to, Djawadi. The two had previously worked together on “Batman Begins,” “Person of Interest” and “Westworld.”

Based on the video game franchise of the same name, the series is set two hundred years after the apocalypse. The official description states it follows “the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters that 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.”

Djawadi wanted to capture the same moody, ambient vibe that was in the score for the video game. “It’s this post-apocalyptic setting in the future, but the visuals are stuck in the ’50s. The songs in there are from that era,...

[This story contains spoilers from Fallout and Yellowjackets.]

As Ella Purnell was in the middle of shooting her future hit series Fallout, she found herself pining away for the circle of friends she had formed by way of her previous hit series, Yellowjackets. The English actor had joined the Showtime series knowing full well that her starring role as Jackie Taylor, the captain of the Yellowjackets soccer team, would conclude with her dramatic death in the season one finale. But as Purnell bonded more and more with her fellow Yellowjackets actors, her one-season role, initially a selling point, became less appealing. So she tried to reverse course and prolong her stay in the inhospitable wilderness where the desperate teenage characters have to resort to cannibalism as a means of survival.

“I was like, ‘It’s only a one-year deal. I’m not locked into a seven-year contract.’ So, at the time, that seemed really appealing.

Walton Goggins has played gunslingers before. He’s been a renegade sheriff in The Hateful Eight, an outlaw on Justified, a Navy Seal on Six and a trigger-happy train robber in Shanghai Noon — but Fallout marks the first time he’s been two versions of one cowboy.

In Prime Video’s adaptation of the popular video game franchise, Goggins portrays Cooper Howard, a Hollywood Western has-been making ends meet as the lasso-spinning entertainment at kids’ parties. He’s also The Ghoul, a radioactive bounty hunter hardened by two centuries of wandering in a post-nuclear hellscape.

Set in 23rd century dystopian L.A. some 220 years after an atomic bomb decimated the U.S., the first season follows Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell), an intrepid vault dweller who leaves her underground community in search of her kidnapped father (Kyle MacLachlan). Along the way, she meets The Ghoul and a soldier named Maximus (Aaron Moten...

Fallout 76 had taken a back seat in the years following its release, with Bethesda focusing more on Starfield and Elder Scrolls VI. The game’s popularity was reignited with the release of the Fallout TV series on Amazon Prime, which was well-received by the audience.

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The recent hype helped the game redeem itself while news of its sequel surfaced, to which Todd Howard, the director and executive producer of the game, has not revealed any details yet. However, he was very joyous with the response the game is getting after the successful run of the Fallout TV series.

Fallout 76 rises from the ashes

Fallout 76 has been losing its relevance in recent times. The game had become stagnant due to Bethesda’s focus shifting towards its other titles, Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI, which are among the most anticipated games from the studio.

However, after the success of the Fallout TV series,...

Disney did wonders in 2016 with the release of the animated film, Moana, which garnered widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike. It featured an ensemble cast with Dwayne Johnson voicing Maui, the demigod in the movie. As he’s set to reprise his voice role in its upcoming sequel, things are moving in a pretty great direction for his work with the House of Mouse.

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Given that he is already set to debut with his animated role in the live-action Moana, his recent deal with Disney would seemingly open doors for him to make his most hilarious parody a reality.

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As per Variety, The Rock and Dany Garcia founded Seven Bucks Productions has signed a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Company to develop films for theatrical and streaming. This multi-year agreement includes...

How do you breathe humanity into a post-nuke, radiation-poisoned America? In Fallout, it comes down to Walton Goggins’ noseless Ghoul, a cyclops vault dweller, bloodthirsty mutated bears and a centuries-decayed Santa Monica Pier, just to name a few of the series’ cataclysmic details.

Amazon MGM Studios’ adaptation of the popular Bethesda video game is set in apocalyptic Los Angeles in 2296, 219 years after an atomic bomb obliterates the U.S. Producers Jonathan “Jonah” Nolan and Lisa Joy tapped longtime collaborator and Emmy-winning VFX supervisor Jay Worth (Westworld, Person of Interest)to build that world alongside showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner.

“It was fun being able to make a sad little love letter to L.A., mixed with all the different challenges that we had storytelling-wise and where visual effects were really able to support and enhance the characters,” Worth tells THR. “That’s all it really comes down to: How can we support the story?...

Among the many challenges that Jonathan Nolan faced when adapting Bethesda’s popular Fallout video game into a television series were narrowing the massive scope of the story — and finding the perfect people to tell it through.

Unlike other video games that have gotten a live-action adaptation, Fallout is a role playing game that requires the player to make choices that may alter the course of the story. It was creators and showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet who decided on an ensemble, that way every viewer could see themselves in someone on screen.

Enter Ella Purnell as the goodie-two-shoes vault dweller Lucy MacLean, Aaron Moten as the morally ambiguous Maximus, and Walton Goggins as the chaotic evil Ghoul. While all three of these actors faced challenges, Moten faced the especially tedious task of always toeing a line between the angel and the devil on his shoulders.

“Aaron had this...

The first season of the live adaptation of the Fallout recently concluded and there is one character who seems to be making quite the buzz. Maximus, a fan of the Brotherhood of Steel is depicted as a devoted and brave character. But it’s his actions that have gotten fans questioning his motives.

Showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet recently provided fans some teasers for the upcoming second season. A darker change is in store for Aaron Clifton Moten’s Maximus, which may make fans hate him even more.

Fallout‘s Showrunners Hint at Maximus’ Future in Season 2

Plans For Fallout’s Second Season And Future. | Amazon Prime

In an interview with TheHollywoodReporter, Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet hinted that Maximus is going to face circumstances that would put his moral principles to the test and force him to make choices that would further polarize viewers.

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Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of the Fallout games garnered critical acclaim and plenty of fan appreciation. As a result, there is anticipation regarding the show’s future. While fans wait for a second installment, the showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, sat down for a detailed conversation.

Fallout has been renewed for a second season (Credit: Amazon Prime).

During an interview, the showrunners addressed the long-term future of the series revealing how many seasons could be in the pipeline. At the same time, the duo also teased plans for the second season, which the streaming service has already greenlighted. Here is everything you need to know about the plans and possible seasons of Fallout.

Fallout Writers Reveals How Many Seasons They Want to Make

Created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Fallout is based on the Bethesda game series of the same name. Starring Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins,...

After decades of honoring the best in independent film, the Gotham Awards have formally branched out into television. In recent years the Gothams have included a handful of TV awards alongside their film races, but 2024 marks the first time the Gothams have dedicated an awards show specifically to television. Held on June 4 at 7:00pm Eastern in New York City, the awards celebrated the best new comedies, dramas, limited series and nonfiction programs of the season. So how did the inaugural event go? Who were the big winners? And what were the biggest surprises at these juried awards? The complete list of winners is below, updated throughout the night.

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Fallout launched two months ago with a big question hovering over it — could another postapocalyptic streaming drama based on a video game also become a hit after the success of HBO’s The Last of Us? Any doubts were quickly erased, with Fallout racking up a 92 percent average positive review score on Rotten Tomatoes and breaking Prime Video streaming records with its sprawling tale of three very different survivors (played by Ella Purnell, Aaron Clifton Moten and Walton Goggins) navigating a nuclear wasteland amid moments of graphic violence and off-beat humor.

“The popularity of the show is an immense surprise,” showrunner Graham Wagner said during a recent THR Presents panel, powered by Vision Media. “We didn’t make this show for everyone. We made it for ourselves, and that was, an important part of approach. But you never know how that’s going to go.”

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Walton Goggins was heavily praised for his portrayal of The Ghoul in Amazon Prime’s Fallout series, but behind the exceptional delivery was an anxious actor who believed he wouldn’t be able to give justice to the character.

Walton Goggins in Fallout / Amazon Prime Video

The Emmy-nominated star initially had doubts if he could pull off and survive the project after he was met with struggles on the set. Transforming into The Ghoul was not a comfortable situation, and that has affected the actor’s confidence.

Walton Goggins Almost Gave Up On Playing The Ghoul

During his interview with Josh Horowitz via the Happy Sad Confused podcast, actor Walton Goggins confessed his frustration on the set of Fallout. On Day 1 of filming, he already was feeling the anxiety of not being able to do his job properly.

The first day that we did it, it was like 106 degrees in New York.

2024 is nearly half over and while it’s a wasteland at the box office this year for television fans it is one of the better years as we have gotten many brilliant shows both at the big and small scale. With incredible series like Masters of the Air starting the year, there was no way that the rest of the year could go bad and that’s what happened because we got powerful and thrilling shows like Shōgun, Fallout, and 3 Body Problem. So, if you want to know the best new shows that came out this year here are the top picks for you. We have only added the shows that came out with their first season this year and excluded the shows that returning with a new season.

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

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Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner are longtime friends, but the two had never worked together. “Fallout” proved to be the perfect starting point. “Graham wrote one of my very favorite unproduced pilots ever, which was to the great ‘Star Trek’ show ‘Worf,’ which Graham always described as the ‘Baskets’ of a ‘Star Trek’ show,” Robertson-Dworet tells Gold Derby (watch above). “But I think what it showed me was that he has a really unique sensibility and he brought to that show — which is a very popular world that has been explored and very serious sci-fi tone for a long time — a lot of just sort of surprising comedy. And I think that was what ‘Fallout’ needed and I was very excited to partner with my longtime friend Graham. And when [Jonathan Nolan] offered me the IP for ‘Fallout,’ I knew I was never gonna do it alone. I was only...

The Gotham Film & Media Institute has announced the nominations for the first ever Gotham TV Awards taking place on Tuesday, June 4 at Cipriani 25 in New York City. With a focus on shows in their first seasons, the nominees selected by committees of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators feature a range of series, from “Baby Reindeer” to “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and “Black Twitter: A People’s History,” as well as performances from Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder in “The Curse” to Kristen Wiig in “Palm Royale,” and Lily Gladstone in “Under The Bridge.”

The new ceremony will also celebrate tribute recipients Mariska Hargitay, Peter Morgan, and Lulu Wang.

Hargitay will be feted with the Anniversary Tribute for her “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” tenure of over 550 episodes of playing Captain Olivia Benson. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the procedural series on air...

Paramount Pictures has a few successful franchises, but the studio's apparent inability to do more with Star Trek is beyond confusing.

When J.J. Abrams relaunched the franchise in 2009, the stage was set for it to become a mainstream property, something which looked increasingly likely when the sequels - Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond - were also moderate box office hits. Unfortunately, Star Trek 4 has been stuck in development hell for several years.

Filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Matt Shakman, Lindsey Beer, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet are just some of the names who have been attached to the movie in recent years, with none of them ultimately sticking around.

Now, with it seemingly no closer to becoming a reality, it seems Paramount's next prequel project is finally taking shape.

According to Puck (via SFFGazette.com), X-Men franchise producer Simon Kinberg is in talks to produce the new...

Neither used the word “bro” and there was zero talk about any sibling rivalry or late-night phone calls about their respective work woes, but Emmy voters who wanted to learn more about Amazon’s Fallout were treated Tuesday to an interview with Executive Producer Jonathan Nolan by his Oscar-winning sibling, Christopher.

Jonathan Nolan — who was introduced by the Oppenheimer director as “my baby brother” — talked about directing the drama based on a post-apocalyptic video game and how the role of the Ghoul was specifically written for Walton Goggins. But the 40-minute conversation at the DGA Theater also offered some insight into how the siblings collaborate and routinely inspire one another.

“The exciting thing for me with this project was knowing that we needed showrunners to carry the story forward,” Jonathan Nolan told his brother about creators Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner. “I thought there was an opportunity for me to...

Amazon Prime Video has delivered a sublime hit the long-awaited TV adaptation of the video game “Fallout.” The post-apocalyptic sci-fi show depicts a Los Angeles 200 years after a nuclear apocalypse devastates the USA.

Created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, the series follows several story strands surrounding different characters, including vault dweller Lucy (Ella Purnell), Brotherhood of Steel squire Maximus (Aaron Moten), and a bounty hunter known as The Ghoul (Walton Goggins). The series has received rave reviews from newbies and devotees of the video game alike.

Lucy Mangan (The Guardian) observed: “For newcomers such as me, this intelligent, drily witty, immaculately constructed series set in the Fallout universe fully captivates and entertains on its own terms.”

Aramide Tinubu (Variety) stated: “Bizarre but intensely fun, ‘Fallout’ is like nothing you’ve ever seen; for that reason alone, you won’t be able to turn away.”

Richard Roeper (Chicago Sun-Times) declared...

For decades, the Gotham Awards have honored the best in independent film as decided by select committees of industry insiders, festival programmers, and media experts. In recent years they have expanded into TV, but in 2024, for the first time, they are holding a separate awards show dedicated to the best new television programs of the year. Scroll down for the complete list of inaugural nominees. Winners will be presented on Tuesday, June 4, in New York City.

Jeffrey Sharp, The Gotham’s Executive Director, said in a statement, “In a historic moment for The Gotham, we’re thrilled to recognize an extraordinary collection of TV series and the brilliant creators responsible for bringing them to the screen. As an organization dedicated to celebrating and nurturing independent media, we know the inaugural 2024 Gotham TV Awards will honor many truly deserving creatives while widening our reach and expanding our impact. We are enormously...

It’s been over a month since Prime Video launched the first season of the Fallout series, but the streaming giant is now looking to expand into the realm of gaming even further. Not only has Amazon given the go-ahead for Season 2 of the hit TV show, but it has also announced that another franchise will be getting its own adaptation.

Sure, Tomb Raider has had a few live-action adaptations in the past in the world of cinema, but with a talented name like Phoebe Waller-Bridge attached to the upcoming series, it could prove to be another successful attempt by the streaming service.

Fallout’s Triumph Paves the Way for Another Iconic Gaming Franchise

The Fallout television series showcased just how much potential game-to-tv adaptations truly possess.

It made sense for Prime Video to have some patience after releasing the first season of its latest game-to-tv adaptation, especially because one...

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations in seven competitive award categories for its inaugural Gotham TV Awards, recognizing a range of series, including Baby Reindeer, Ripley, The Curse, Shōgun, Bodkin, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Black Twitter: A People’s History as well as performances from Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder in The Curse, Andrew Scott in Ripley, Kristen Wiig in Palm Royale, Richard Gadd in Baby Reindeer, and Lily Gladstone in Under The Bridge, among others. The awards ceremony is set for June 4 in NYC.

“In a historic moment for The Gotham, we’re thrilled to recognize an extraordinary collection of TV series and the brilliant creators responsible for bringing them to the screen,” said Jeffrey Sharp, The Gotham’s Executive Director.

The longstanding Gotham Awards is focused on film but includes three television categories. From here on, they will migrate to the new event.

The Gotham Film & Media Institute has announced its nominees in seven categories for the inaugural Gotham TV Awards.

Baby Reindeer, Ripley, The Curse, Shōgun, Bodkin, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Black Twitter: A People’s History are among the nominees, with Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder (The Curse), Andrew Scott (Ripley), Kristen Wiig (Palm Royale), Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer) and Lily Gladstone (Under the Bridge) receiving nods in the acting categories.

“In a historic moment for The Gotham, we’re thrilled to recognize an extraordinary collection of TV series and the brilliant creators responsible for bringing them to the screen,” said Jeffrey Sharp, the Gotham’s executive director. “As an organization dedicated to celebrating and nurturing independent media, we know the inaugural 2024 Gotham TV Awards will honor many truly deserving creatives while widening our reach and expanding our impact. We are enormously proud to celebrate the remarkable talent represented in today’s nominations.

Does Walton Goggins smell an Emmy approaching? Probably not, but only because his character in Amazon Prime Video’s hit “Fallout” TV series doesn’t have a nose. But nevertheless, his performance is earning rave reviews and awards voters are known to love a transformation. Goggins spent hours in the makeup chair before almost every shoot to turn into The Ghoul, a lone-wolf wastelander who’s been around for hundreds of years. In an interview with Deadline Studio at Prime Experience, Goggins acknowledged the difficulties of taking on this character physically and emotionally.

“The very first time we did the application [of his mask],” Goggins said, “I asked to be left alone for an hour and a half outside and Jonah [Nolan] came by. I just sat outside by myself and just photographed it like in the sun and in the shade. I was extremely intimidated but excited to see how this Ferrari would work.

Despite Fallout taking place in the aftermath of a nuclear war, it’s truly not the end of the world for the Prime Video series, which has many miles to go.

Fans of video games are fanatics about how faithfully adapted into movies and series, and according to Fallout executive producer Geneva Robertson-Dworet, speaking recently during an interview with cast and creatives at Deadline Studio at Prime Experience, “there is so much we had to leave behind” in Season 1. “[There’s] potentially thousands of hours of gameplay; we have eight hours to tell our story.”

Watch the interview here and see photos from the event below.

With a Season 2 order under its belt, as well as becoming the most watched Amazon Prime series launch ever per Nielsen with 2.9 billion minutes viewed, Robertson-Dworet says they’ll now “be able to get to so much more that we love about the Fallout world.”

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