Fallout TV show release date, cast, story, and everything you need to know

Season one of the Fallout TV series from Amazon Prime Video is set to launch in April.

The Fallout TV Show is now just weeks away, with the upcoming TV show set to depict the Wasteland like you’ve never seen it before. Inspired by the best Fallout games (and set in the same shared universe), the Fallout TV series is being made in collaboration between Amazon Prime Video and Bethesda Game Studios, tracking Ella Purnell’s Lucy as she leaves the safety of a Vault to explore a devastated Los Angeles. 

What Lucy will discover in The City of Angels is anybody’s guess, but the first Fallout TV show trailers showcase a wild adventure, packed with plenty of iconography which will delight series fans and intrigue any of you who have never sat down with any of the games before. Following the success of HBO‘s The Last of Us TV show, the pressure is certainly on to deliver a faithful adaptation of the post-apocalyptic world, but everything we have seen so far has been promising. Below you’ll find details on the setting, story, and cast of the new Fallout Amazon Prime show, as well exclusive images and the first trailers ahead of the Fallout season one premiere this April. 

Fallout TV show release date

The Fallout TV show release date has been set for April 11. A 2024 window was teased back in August, following an exclusive first look at the series given to Gamescom 2023 attendees. The show was then dated on March 7 alongside the release of the first trailer, with Amazon confirming that all eight episodes of the Fallout TV series would land on Prime Video on April 11. 

Fallout TV show release schedule

With the premiere locked in for April 11, you may be wondering when and where you can watch the Fallout TV show. Typically, Prime Video tends to stagger episodes of its biggest shows – with new installments landing weekly, rather than all at once, as is the case with the best Netflix shows. Amazon is going in a different direction with the Fallout TV show release schedule, opting instead to drop all eight episodes on April 11. The distributor is yet to confirm the episode titles just yet, but we do know that Westworld writer Jonathan Nolan will direct the first three. 

Fallout TV Show trailer

The Fallout TV show trailer has us exceptionally excited about this adaptation. We’ve been feeling that way since Prime Video pushed a teaser out at CCXP last December, and our hype was pushed into overdrive when the first full Fallout show trailer landed on March 7. In it, we got a fresh look at the post-apocalyptic LA setting, the faithful recreation of in-game elements like the Brotherhood of Steel and the Vaults, and deeper dives into characters like Walton Goggin’s Ghoul. Watch the Fallout TV show trailer above to see why we’re getting so excited. 

Fallout TV Show cast

The Fallout TV show cast is coming together, although there are still some big unanswered questions. Below you’ll find a list of the actors who have confirmed roles in the Prime Video production, with Yellowjackets regular Ella Purnell and Justified star Walton Goggins taking the lead alongside performances from heavyweights like Twin Peaks’ Kyle MacLachlan. We know that actors like Chris Parnell (30 Rock), Leslie Uggams (Empire), and Zach Cherry (Severance) will appear, but haven’t yet had their roles detailed in the Fallout TV show cast list – we’ll update this once we know more. 

• Ella Purnell – Lucy
• Walton Goggins – The Ghoul / Cooper Howard
• Kyle MacLachlan – Hank
• Mike Doyle – Mr. Spencer
• Matt Berry – Mr. Handy
• Moisés Arias – Norm
• Johnny Pemberton – Thaddeus
• Cherien Dabis – Birdie
• Dale Dickey – Ma June
• Matty Cardarople – Huey
• Michael Emerson – Wilzig
• Dave Register – Chet
• Rodrigo Luzzi – Reg
• Annabel O’Hagan – Steph

Fallout TV show plot

The broader strokes of the Fallout TV show plot should be pretty familiar to any of you who have played the video games. But for those of you who are new to the concept, let’s run over the basics: Before the world is consumed by nuclear annihilation, certain members of society are selected to take refuge in experimental fallout bunkers built to preserve humanity known as Vaults. The show follows Lucy, a resident of Vault 33, who leaves behind the only life she has ever known to explore an irradiated Los Angeles in an effort to rescue her father, Hank. Out there in the wilds, she’ll need to survive a strange and lawless land, one beset with strange characters, dangerous bandits, and mutated creatures – oh, and contend with the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) a mysterious bounty hunter who holds within him a 200-year history of the Wasteland. 

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