A week after the release of the first season of Fallout, streaming service Amazon has confirmed a second season. This was written on the Instagram page of the series and the actor Walton Hoggins, who played the ghoul.
The eight-episode post-apocalyptic series premiered on April 10, 2024 at 6:00 PM PT on the Prime Video streaming service. That is, it was available in Ukraine already on the 11th.
So far, there are no specific figures on how successful the series has become. While Amazon says that in its first four days, the show was «a hit with global audiences, ranking among the service's top three most-watched series and the most-watched season worldwide since Lord of the Rings.». The last one was released in 2022, and was not very warmly received by the audience.
What is known
A series based on the cult game Fallout was announced in 2020. According to Gamespot, the series is not an adaptation of the games, it is an original story that takes place in the Fallout setting. The events of the series take place 200 years after a nuclear apocalypse. The trailer itself is actually a nuclear explosion that changes the world forever. The executive producers of the series are Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, known for the series «Wild West World», as well as Todd Howard — the director of the Bethesda studio, which develops the game. The main roles in the series were given to Walton Hoggins (Sons of Anarchy, The Hateful Eight) as the ghoul, Aaron Moten (Disjointed, Transfiguration) as Maximus, Kyle McLachlan (Twin Peaks) and Zach Cherry (The Rift). The role of the main character Lucy was performed by Ella Purnell («Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children», «Arcane»).