By Jacob Hall/July 2, 2020 10:23 am EST
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Set in a future ravaged by nuclear war, the Fallout video games task players with exploring a post-apocalyptic landscape, interacting with the remnants of civilization, scavenging for supplies, running away from mutant monsters that want to eat your guts, teaming up with Very Good Dogs, and shooting wasteland-dwelling raiders. Shooting lots and lots (and lots) of wasteland-dwelling raiders.
The Hollywood Reporter has further details, including this statement from Nolan and Joy:
When it comes to providing fodder for a television adaptation, the Fallout games are more of a canvas than anything else. In both the early games and the newer ones, players have a great deal of control over the narrative. Are they a hero or a villain? Do they talk their way out of fights or go in guns blazing? Do they care about rebuilding civilization or do they simply want to survive? The real star of Fallout has been the setting: a ruined world struggling to get back on its feet, filled with all kinds of funny, tragic, frightening, and dramatic stories.
Maybe this is just what the Fallout franchise needs. The original games remain beloved, and Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas (the latter is one of the best video games ever made) reinvented the series for a new generation. Reaction to Fallout 4 was more mixed and the online-only Fallout 76 has been nothing short of a disaster, with news of its problems making headlines for months after release. If done well, a Fallout TV show could remind everyone why we fell in love with this world in the first place.
