The world is going to end one day sooner on Prime Video. The Amazon-owned streaming service stated on Monday night that all 8 episodes of “Fallout” will premiere on April 10, which is this Wednesday, instead of the previously announced April 11.
Adjust your vault settings accordingly.
And according to Prime Video, “The special release includes a live global fan premiere of the first episode on April 10 at 6 p.m. PT on Prime Video, where fans worldwide can choose their faction and interact with others via a live chat function filled with surprises.”
Based on the long-running video game series from Bethesda Softworks, “Fallout” is set in an alternate history where advancements in nuclear technology after World War II reshaped the world and ultimately led to its destruction through a devastating nuclear war. Centuries later, survivors establish new civilizations among the ruins, while the descendants of those who escaped the devastation by hiding in nuclear shelters called “Vaults” begin to resurface and work toward rebuilding.
The Prime Video series, which keeps the retro-futuristic aesthetics and black comedy of the games, follows Lucy (Ella Purnell), a descendant of the original Vault Dwellers who ventures out of her Vault into the roach-infested wasteland that Los Angeles has become 200 years after the war. Her initial optimism is significantly dampened as she encounters the absurdly violent new world where killing or being killed is the norm.
“Fallout” also stars Walton Goggins as Cooper Howard, a formidable gunfighter who survived the nuclear war and is somehow still alive in the present, and Aaron Moten as Maximus, a member of The Brotherhood of Steel, who gather and preserve (and hoard) prewar knowledge.
Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Mike Doyle, Moisés Arias, Johnny Pemberton, Dale Dickey, Matty Cardarople, Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson, Leslie Uggams, Chris Parnell, and Zach Cherry also star.
The series was co-created by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner and developed by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan through their Kilter Films production company. Joy and Nolan are best known for creating the HBO sci-fi series “Westworld.”
