Vaulting to the next level
EMPIRE GOES ON SET FOR SEASON 2 OF STREAMING SENSATION FALLOUT
WORDS AMON WARMANN
WHEN THE FIRST season of post-apocalyptic series Fallout landed on Prime Video in 2024, its impact was nuclear. Based on the cult video-game franchise — which sees a group of vastly different characters navigate a dystopian world 200 years after an atomic armageddon — the show earned 65 million viewers in its first 16 days, 16 Emmy nominations, and became Prime’s second-most-watched title in history.
For executive producer Jonathan Nolan (who co-created Westworld), this success wasn’t a complete surprise. “It’s uniquely gonzo, ambitious, hilarious, dark, and there’s nothing quite like it in the gaming space,” he tells Empire. “Which is why we felt there would be nothing quite like it on TV.”