With a franchise stretching back to the Nineties and a dedicated fan base, the post-apocalyptic Fallout games seem like an obvious choice for a live action adaptation in some respects. But as anyone who has played through some of them can attest, there are a lot of complex moving parts that needed to be wrestled with in order to make a successful adaptation.
The show, developed by Westworld co-creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan (brother of Christopher), tells an original story within the same retro-futuristic world as the video game series; a land blown to smithereens by nuclear war, leaving behind a wasteland filled with survivors, a rather ominous military, and all sorts of radioactive beasts.
