The sci-fi series vaulting into the zeitgeist
THE CREATORS OF FALLOUT ON ADAPTING THE EPIC, ECCENTRIC VIDEO-GAME SAGA FOR THE SMALL SCREEN
WORDS OLLY RICHARDS
EDITED BY BETH WEBB
Vault resident Lucy (Ella Purnell); Overlander Maximus (Aaron Moten) with one of the metal warriors from their Brotherhood Of Steel army; Ruthless mutilated cowboy The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) has a nose for bounty hunting; Serious hardware abounds.
Purnell on location with one of the show’s creators, Jonathan Nolan.
“YOU’VE GOT KIND of a peanut butter and Cheez Whiz combination here —and I happen to love peanut butter and Cheez Whiz.” Graham Wagner is trying to explain the unusual tone of Fallout, a TV adaptation of the post-apocalyptic video-game series that unites a seemingly mismatched group of creatives. The peanut butter would be the show’s creators, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, best known for developing Westworld, the epic, serious, twisty sci-fi Western. The Cheez Whiz is showrunners Wagner (Silicon Valley, Portlandia) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel), bringing an altogether goofier skillset. It’s a collective that doesn’t wholly make sense on paper, but will hopefully produce something simultaneously dramatically complex and weirdly funny.