It’s almost time to climb out of your Vault so you can see the world for what it really is. On April 11 (one day earlier than expected) Prime Video is bringing one of the most successful video game franchise’s ever to television. And the new trailer for the upcoming Fallout series promises to make an apocalyptic wasteland a whole lot of fun. Fun to watch at least. It won’t be quite as enjoyable for those trying to survive in a world that is always trying to kill them.
Know what makes any world—whether it be a pre or post nuclear war world—a better place to live? Walton Goggins. He’s all over this trailer, even if his nose isn’t. But he’s not the one having to figure out how to thrive on a dystopian, dead planet. That’s vault dweller Lucy (Ella Purnell), who is finding out what surface life is really like. Here’s the show’s official synopsis from Prime Video:
Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them.
The Fallout trailer also features Aaron Moten’ Maximus. He’s “a young soldier who rises to the rank of squire in the militaristic faction called Brotherhood of Steel.” And the great Walton Goggins is the Ghoul, “a morally ambiguous bounty hunter who holds within him a 200-year history of the post-nuclear world.”
The show also stars Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Sarita Choudhury (Homeland), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Leslie Uggams (Deadpool), Frances Turner (The Boys), Dave Register (Heightened), Zach Cherry (Severance), Johnny Pemberton (Ant-Man), Rodrigo Luzzi (Dead Ringers), Annabel O’Hagan (Law & Order: SVU), and Xelia Mendes-Jones (The Wheel of Time).
What Is the Premiere Date for Prime Video’s Fallout Series?
The series comes from producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, best known for Westworld. While we’re happy to get the series one day early, we are disappointed Prime Video has announced all eight episodes will drop on April 11. We were hoping to have some fun exploring the world of Fallout every week. Especially since we’d be able to do so from the safety of our home vaults.