Fallout Games Boss Confirms: Prime Video’s TV Show Is ‘Basically Fallout 5’
Todd Howard doubles down on Jonathan Nolan’s claim about Fallout the TV show, but don’t get your hopes too high about all that Fallout 5 business.
Summary:
- Jonathan Nolan, the creator of Prime Video ’s Fallout TV show, previously called it “basically Fallout 5.”
- In his recent Q&A session, Bethesda boss Todd Howard doubled down on Nolan’s statement.
- Howard also revealed that while creating the series, they tackled it just like they would a video game.
Prime Video’s latest and hottest TV show Fallout is famously set in the popular video game universe of the same name. Thanks to staying faithful to the source material and carefully adding countless references to the games, the new series earned the love of OG and new fans alike. Much of it can be attributed to the long and passionate planning that Jonathan Nolan and Todd Howard’s team did together.
Fallout the TV Show Isn’t an Adaptation
Unlike most live-action movies and TV shows set in animated or video game worlds, Prime Video’s Fallout is no adaptation: it’s a completely standalone story with original characters which exists in the same universe as the Fallout games. During the process of its creation, the series was treated as such, and it led to a great result.
Jonathan Nolan, the creator of the Fallot TV show, previously claimed that his project is “basically Fallout 5” in the sense that it expands the in-game universe and not adapts it. He’s not the only one treating it as such: Todd Howard, the head of Bethesda (the game studio developing Fallout games) supported Nolan’s claims.
Howard Reveals How Fallout Was Made
In his recent Q&A session, the Bethesda boss talked a lot about all things Fallout — primarily, of course, about the new TV show and how it ties together with the games. Todd Howard praised Prime Video’s team for creating an “authentic” experience that “keeps true to the world of Fallout.” He also revealed the thought process behind it.
“It’s a new entry, so just like we approach a game — where we’re gonna tell a new story, put it in a new location — the show does that. It’s exciting for us that people who maybe wanted to experience [Fallout], now they can in a new way — and people who never have, they get the opportunity,” Howard explained.
According to the Bethesda boss, the idea of a Fallout TV show has been discussed since Fallout 3, and it took over 16 years to bring it to life — but he’s content with the end result. Judging by the show’s reviews, the wait was worth it in everyone’s book.