The live-action Fallout series now has an official release date.
On the official account for Fallout on X, a teaser was posted with the title “Important Dated Message.” The teaser is presented in the style of the Pip-Boy from the video games, and along with an animation of Vault Boy, a specific date is shown on the screen.
This reveals that the Fallout series will be premiering on Prime Video on April 12, 2024. This follows a previous tease that announced a 2024 release for the series without divulging a specific date.
PLEASE REMAIN CALM. An Important Dated Message Brought to You By Your Friends at @PrimeVideo. pic.twitter.com/yyaFynVjAK
— FALLOUT⚡️ (@falloutonprime) October 23, 2023
The Fallout series was developed for Prime Video by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, with the two serving as head writers on the project. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner are the series showrunners. Joy, Nolan, Robertson-Dworet, and Wagner also executive produce alongside James Altman, Todd Howard, and Athena Wickham. Cast members include Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Mike Doyle, and Johnny Pemberton.
Like the video games, the Fallout series is set in a post-apocalyptic world that was ravaged by nuclear warfare. Bethesda’s Todd Howard previously shared how the series is not a reimagining of the plotline from Fallout 3, Fallout 4, or any of the other video games. He revealed that the Prime Video series is actually set in the same universe as the video games, so that serves to further expand the lore while keeping the door open for countless references and Easter eggs.
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“It’s not retelling a game story. It’s basically an area of the map. Let’s tell a story here that fits in the world that we have built, doesn’t break any of the rules, can reference things in the games, but isn’t a retelling of the games,” Howard said on Lex Fridman’s podcast. “[It] exists in the same world but is its own unique thing, so it adds to it. While also, people who haven’t played the games, who can’t experience how crazy cool Fallout is, can watch the series.”
The Fallout video game series was first launched in 1997, followed by its first sequel in 1998. After a decade, the franchise was revived with 2008’s Fallout 3, with Fallout 4 later arriving in 2015. A fifth main game is in the works, while there have also been various spinoffs released in previous years, including 2010’s Fallout: New Vegas, 2015’s Fallout Shelter, and 2018’s Fallout 76.
Fallout will premiere on Prime Video on April 12, 2024.