Prime Video’s Fallout TV show is already a huge hit amongst fans due to its riveting trailer, which featured Hollywood stars like Walton Goggins, Aaron Moten, and Ella Purnell. However, the creation of the show was not all roses, as executive producer Jonathan Nolan took his time to discuss the various challenges that they faced while adapting the popular video game concepts from the franchise into the TV show.
Designed to be a standalone story, keeping in mind the core principles of the Fallout universe, Jonathan Nolan said that the TV show should be treated as another entry in the franchise.
Created as an original story inside the Fallout universe, the TV show is already turning heads with its blockbuster trailer. Now all that remains to be seen is how it will perform once released on April 11, 2024.
The Many Hurdles in Creating the Fallout TV Show
The Fallout franchise is renowned for posing philosophical dilemmas in front of its players through its games. In addition to that, the TV show has also been designed to ask questions about humanity’s existence. Jonathan also says that during COVID, he had conversed with Todd Howard, who had waxed lyrical regarding the show, about recreating the post-apocalyptic world of the show by taking inspiration from the present.
Speaking to IGN, he also explains in detail the primary question that the show revolves around, saying,
why humans are so tribal and fractious? Why do we find it so difficult to come together and rise above these things? We do sometimes, but not often, and that’s one of the things that we’re most excited about with them versus these other sort of bleak nihilistic takes on the end of the world where there’s nothing left.
Apart from this, Ella Purnell faced her own set of challenges during the filming of the series, as she had never before taken part in physically exerting stunts and fights, all the while ensuring that the core narrative didn’t budge from its direction. And Walton Goggins broke the internet with his iteration of The Ghoul.
But, if Aaron Moten’s words are to be believed, Jonathan has not only successfully navigated the many nuances of creating such a complex environment, but the rich experience that he has offered his stars has, in Moten’s words, “ruined all other jobs for us“.
The Variety of Tones and the Challenges
Setting up a post-apocalyptic world with the right amount of humor while tackling the grand scope of a story in a wide-open waste world, is no easy feat. But Jonathan Nolan and his team have not only delivered successfully, but they have also ensured that they navigate all the philosophical questions with proper discretion.
Asking questions about humanity’s intent has been a huge part of the Fallout franchise. The uselessness of human endeavors for peace, even in a post-apocalyptic scenario, has been played with nicely by the team. Speaking in riddles while asked about the specialty of Vault 33, the setting of the TV show, he said that the vault is actually in three parts and its significance will be revealed as the season progresses.
We have to keep waiting for the first episode to drop to learn more about Prime Video’s Fallout TV show, but so far, the signs are looking pretty good.
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