Westworld creators team up with Amazon for epic Fallout TV series set in nuclear apocalypse
WESTWORLD creators have teamed up with Amazon to turn Fallout into a TV series.
Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan have teamed up with the streaming platform to bring the long-running post-apocalyptic video game to the small screen.
To whet the fans' appetite, Amazon Studios made the announcement on Twitter on Thursday (July 2), sharing a short clip for the new series.
The creative duo issued a joint statement which read: "Fallout is one of the greatest game series of all time.
"Each chapter of this insanely imaginative story has cost us countless hours we could have spent with family and friends. So we're incredibly excited to partner with Todd Howard and the rest of the brilliant lunatics at Bethesda to bring this massive, subversive, and darkly funny universe to life with Amazon Studios."
The first game in the Fallout franchise was released in 1997 and are set in a 1940s vision of what the future looks like, which includes lots of robots and gadgets and America has been left in ruins due to a nuclear war.
The games are set in a radioactive wasteland with various members of the population only being able to survive by sheltering in underground vaults.
Chief Operating Officer and Co-Head of Television at Amazon Studios Albert Cheng said: "Fallout is an iconic global franchise, with legions of fans worldwide and a rich, deeply compelling storyline that powers it. And Jonah and Lisa are the perfect storytellers to bring this series to life."
He added: "We're thrilled to join with Bethesda to bring Fallout to television."
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