The hit video game franchise Fallout finally made the leap to live-action with Amazon‘s new series. Fans were understandably cautious, especially with how important it is for video game adaptations to adapt the source material faithfully. Fortunately, Fallout has been a hit, and it’s been announced that Amazon Prime Video has renewed it for Season 2.
As shared by THR, “Prime Video renewed the series based on the popular Bethesda Softworks game franchise and adapted by showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner and produced by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.”
The outlet adds that the series premiered “to some of Prime Video’s best reviews ever, averaging a 94 percent average positive critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. The streamer also says the show is among its top three titles to date (though per usual, it didn’t back that up with any hard data).”
Amazon MGM Studios head Jennifer Salke shared the following statement:
“Jonah, Lisa, Geneva, and Graham have captivated the world with this ground-breaking, wild ride of a show. The bar was high for lovers of this iconic video game and so far we seem to have exceeded their expectations, while bringing in millions of new fans to the franchise,” Salke began.
She continued to emphasize the brilliant cast of the series, in addition to those behind the camera, and how all of their great work has paid off. As such, she was quite happy about the announcement for the second season, which she teases will bring us “even farther” into the franchise’s lore.
“The cast led by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, and Kyle MacLachlan have knocked it out of the park. We’d like to thank Jonah and Lisa and our friends at Bethesda for bringing the show to us, as well as Geneva and Graham for coming aboard as showrunners. We are thrilled to announce season two after only one week out and take viewers even farther into the surreal world of Fallout.”
As for producers Nolan and Joy, they shared the following about the Fallout Season 2 announcement:
“Praise be to our insanely brilliant showrunners, Geneva and Graham, to our kick-ass cast, to Todd and James and all the legends at Bethesda, and to Jen, Vernon and the amazing team at Amazon for their incredible support of this show. We can’t wait to blow up the world all over again.”
Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional updates regarding the television series Fallout and any other upcoming projects from Amazon Prime as we have them. It’s great to see that Fallout has become a hit with fans, however, and hopefully the second season will continue the winning streak.