Four years after a live-action Fallout TV adaptation was officially announced, the show is almost here. And ahead of its debut on Amazon Video on April 12, and after years of official images, unofficial behind-the-scenes shots, and even a sizable teaser, we have our best look yet at the adaptation, courtesy of a new trio. Minute series trailer.
Following the trailer below, the adaptation makes a positive first impression, convincingly capturing the ever-changing tone of the Fallout games: combining 1950s Americana music with grungy post-apocalyptic chaos when Vault's protagonist Jean Ella Purnell's Dweller leaves her lifelong underground home. venture into the wasteland of Los Angeles.
Speaking during a press panel ahead of today's trailer reveal, co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet explained that while the adaptation takes place in the world of Fallout, it's also a “new story that comes after the events that we've seen” in the games. . “The show is based on 25 years of creativity, thinking and building,” added co-showrunner Graham Wagner, “and we thought the best thing we could do was continue with that rather than retread it. Because that's what has worked for “The consequences over the years. It's changed hands… it's a living thing… and we felt like we should try to build a new piece on top of all that.”
Fallout – Official Trailer | main videoWhile its story may be unfamiliar, Fallout's vibe is not, and the TV show's team was keen to praise the series' authenticity. “The tone was very important,” explained executive producer and director of episodes 1-3, Jonathan Nolan. “I think the tone was maybe the most challenging and intimidating thing for me… And the power armor in particular was one of those things where you're like, 'Oh, how the hell are we going to do that?' But we got there.” Graham joked: “And when they got the Brylcreem hair… I thought, I made it.”
“The trick with Fallout,” continued Bethesda's Todd Howard, who serves as executive producer of the Amazon series, “is that it has a lot of different tones. It goes between serious, dramatic and action. And some humor and music nostalgic, and dramatic music, and I think… what the show does really well is weave those different things into a unique combination that only Fallout can offer and they've done an incredible job.”
As for what the show has taken from Fallout beyond its familiar iconography, Robertson-Dworet referred to the social commentary “inherent in the idea” of Vaults. “[There are] these incredibly prescient themes, factionalism being perhaps the most obvious when you play.”
“The world seems to be getting more frightening and harsh [right now]”Nolan added, “And so it's an opportunity for us to work on a show that allows us to look that in the eye, when we talk about the end of the world, but do it with a sense of humor. [and] “There's a thread of optimism woven into it, I think for us it's a little bit of atonement to be able to work on this every day.”
Ultimately, though, Nolan says the goal is not to create a series that will please fans, but rather a series that can stand on its own terms. “I don't think you can really set out to please fans of anything or please anyone but yourself,” he explained. “I think you have to come to this by trying to make the show that you want to make and trusting that as fans of the game we will find the pieces that were essential to us and the games to try to make the best version of the game that we can. “I think it's kind of silly to try to figure out how to make people happy. And that way you'll make yourself happy and I've made myself very happy with the show.”
And Howard agrees. “It's been a great collaboration,” he added, “and everyone on stage and what they've done, for someone like me and the team here at Bethesda, it's a real blessing to see what they've done with it.”
It remains to be seen whether fans will be equally excited about Amazon's adaptation, and whether it will get the critical acclaim of HBO's The Last of Us or the critical shrug of Paramount's Halo. But today's trailer makes a promising first impression, and with the April 12 release approaching, it won't be long before the show, starring the likes of Ella Purnell, Aaron Clifton Moten, Walton Goggins and Kyle MacLachlan, will be upon us.
