The latest trend in television is to create a fictional dystopia and then try to make it real. Squid Game turned playground games into deadly competitions, then simulated the drama with Squid Game: The Challenge. Reality shows depicted in works like The Running Man are replicated in the shameless real-life reality competition Beast Games. Now, Fallout is trying to turn its satirical wasteland into a reality show, but the odds may already be stacked against the strange idea.
Prime Video announced that it’s greenlit Fallout Shelter, a reality competition series set in the world of its hit Fallout show. “Set inside Vault-Tec’s bomb-proof vaults, Fallout Shelter drops a diverse group of contestants into an immersive, high-stakes world inspired by the games’ signature dark humor, retro-futurism, and post-apocalyptic survival storytelling,” the press release reads. “Across a series of escalating challenges, strategic dilemmas, and moral crossroads, contestants must prove their ingenuity, teamwork, and resilience as they compete for safety, power, and ultimately a huge cash prize.”
