Fallout Showrunners On "Dancing Between" Canonical Game Stories & Hopes For Season 2

Fallout showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner discuss their approach to adapting the games and their hopes for a season 2.
Fallout premieres April 11 on Prime Video. Read our full interview and article here: screenrant.com...
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[@drewtwon7374]

I loved the show, they did a great job. It’s been on repeat on my tv since it was released.

[@magicoddball1452]

NCR MENTIONED BY THE WRITERS HOOOORAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@doms5450]

The NCR are in the show, there flag is seen in the trailer

[@xxxsu8z3r0xxx6]

I was waiting for someone to mention New Vegas! Finally in this interview!

[@Name-ck9pv]

Really? Thats all it took to get you acting like an ape? No wonder this franchise is dead.

[@mortagon1451]

You see them in the trailers

[@loreidcomics4545]

Someone should really tell him. Bethesda didn't make fallout 1 or 2

[@ergohash2517]

Tim Cain published a video about him going to the premiere of this show and he said that Graham (the guy in this video) specifically asked for him and spent a lot of time talking to him, so even if he misspoke here (or genuinely didnt know who made the first games) at least now he definitely knows because he talked with the creator of Fallout.

[@jvazacas]

They didn't make it, but they do own it now

[@drewtwon7374]

I would love to see the characters they have developed continue in season 2 and make a 16 hour movie but if not, if all the writers and directors stay the same whatever they do is in good hands. Season one is amazing. Loved it.

[@JBS512]

It's funny how they are terrified about upsetting the fanbase. Very wise to fear Fallout fans.

[@ghastcast7639]

Real, a fair too many of them are insane lmao

[@SpicyRikers]

@@ghastcast7639 "I dont want to set your house on fiiiiire"

[@TMV420]

its invevitable. there are already idiot fans who are outraged and against the show and it hasn't even been released. we need to start learning how to tune those kinds of negative people out and just enjoy the things we enjoy

[@davidchang8122]

They are man child. Sure the products can be not up to their standards, but their critics are too vulgar and negative. Truth is, the products are not that bad either. It does not deserve that much of passion and hatred. But They acting like the company invade their house and kill their dog. Bashing a average corporate products is really worth their time and energy?

[@dabrams84]

I would just not watch it if they did what they do with most video games movies or shows. Most of them just vaguely use some of the names or elements from the stories and throw everything else out and just slap some huge stars on camera talking about stuff totally unrelated to the stories.

[@RealMajora]

Wow unless this guy owns a time machine I think it would be pretty weird to know Bethesda would own the Fallout games all the way back in 1997.

[@istrumguitars]

Yeah. I can still see why he misspoke. Seems evident that Fallout and Arena would’ve shared a similar fanbase.

[@Fenr]

I think he's misremembering or embellishing details, but yeah. Who knows?

[@jvazacas]

They do own them now...any sales today goes to Bethesda

[@otrupper4869]

"Express no preference?" and he jumped out when she mentioned New Vegas when she had to clarify its not that she thinks its best? Damn, Bethesda got them scared if they talk good about new vegas? lol

[@ClellBiggs]

The more interviews I see with these two the better I feel about the show. Just a few more days.

[@istrumguitars]

When you have writers that care about the source material and aren’t just motivated by their own hubris, you can have a successful product.

[@vast634]

1:53 did he just made up that story? Bethesda (Arena/Daggerfall) had nothing to do with Fallout 1. It was Interplay. Noone would have described it as "X Com game from the guys from Arena"

[@shesh2265]

Its called misremembering something that happened to you 27 years ago. Everytime we remember things theres a chance of literally rewriting that memory and the older it gets the worse that becomes. Im sure someone said it was like arena and xcom together to him.

[@jvazacas]

Bethesda does own 1 and 2 now

[@zhulikkulik]

He said it was described like that and that got him hooked. He also said that it's not accurate to what the game really is. He probably knows it's not bethesda's game. Also he might just confuse several events into one. It was 27 years ago after all.

[@parkitonurchin1697]

I swear it sounds like he says "The world is gonna nuke you ..to build a better day after"

[@filthycasual8187]

I think he does say "need" but the video is edited in such a way that the audio pops to make it sound like he says "nuke."

[@mimino0125]

Fallout 2 !!!!

[@nsu300zx]

Show already greenlit for second season!

[@sw-gs]

Proof?

[@alexlyster3459]

​@sw-gs It's not been fully confirmed yet, but Califprnia has provided the show a 25 million dollar tax credit to film season 2 there. So it sounds like Season 2 is at very least being explored, but is also likely greenlit

[@crobinson2624]

Not that I know anything about what’s going to happen or be shown during season 1, but I’d like to see the Enclave and Deathclaws appear.

[@alexlyster3459]

Death claw maybe, but I DOUBT we'll see the Enclave

[@robertusher5612]

@@alexlyster3459Enclave will be there, I’m sure of it.

[@username1660]

Oh Christ please not the Enclave. I love them to bits but I just know if they do show up the Objective Criticism(tm) crowd'll come out of the wood work to complain how Fallout's 'suddenly' woke because it made the US government the bad guys

[@crobinson2624]

@@username1660 the U.S. government isn’t the bad guy? Think about it…

[@username1660]

@@crobinson2624 Every game since '97 certainly doesn't portray them as good guys

[@istrumguitars]

It’s good to hear the writers are fans. Some of the actors seemed like they didn’t even know it was a video game

[@michaelgibson3479]

I mean 1, 2 and 3 all have a canon ending. Its new Vegas and 4 that do not have one. I would say yes man and having the railroad, minutemen and BOS coexist would be the "canon" endings as I feel they are the best. It very well could be the house and Institute ending too though. Just Giving slight nods I guess for them would be the safest option for the tv show. Just don't pull an elder scrolls and make all the endings canon because "magic"..

[@idiotidiot5821]

Im curious if theyll do Liberty Prime. I love my capitalist super-robot

[@poshervanyt2413]

I hope the house ending is cannon hes the GOAT

[@Vocu]

after the rings of power disaster, they better be terrified of fucking up lore

[@Flismz]

They had nothing to do with the Rings of Power... 🙄

[@paulietens1212]

I don't care. I'm still gonna watch it. lolol

[@Vocu]

@@Flismz Amazon did.......

[@alexlyster3459]

​@Vocu Amazon did, these show runners and the production companies involved did not. All Amazon really have to do with these shows is providing funding. And their only real mistake was providing funding to the wrong people to make Rings of Power

[@Death2GenZ]

Only diehard fan girl’s would complain about lore fuck ups smh!

[@leithblower]

Waited years for this.Don,t care if small details aren't canonical.Gonna enjoy it no matter.🤗

[@jeffhenjes1722]

The right attitude. I dare say that as many viewers who care less about the games will be watching the show.

[@kaelzus]

The guys from the ARENA?? Lie sweet little lies lol. He dosen`t even know bethestda was nothing to do with FO1 and FO2

[@bruceyboysvideos]

Just because we know that doesnt mean he does.

[@Enceladeans]

I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume, for some reason, his old college roommate lied to him back then, but it'd be a strange thing to make up, especially since Interplay was a bigger deal than Bethesda in 1997.

[@axiomcomplex5579]

The hype I gained and immediately lost hearing that. First, he says he was a fan since 1997 which gives me hope that he may be very passionate and knowledgeable of Fallout, then in the next sentence he reveals that he thinks Fallout 1 was made by Bethesda, which would be an honest misunderstanding today, but not back in 1997.

[@MrBoxen]

@@axiomcomplex5579 Most people don't really care for the developer names back then like we do now. Especially back then, think about it. When a new game came out , you'd skip past the Dev logo appearing in the intro and go straight to playing. People still say Interplay made Fallout 1/2, when it was Black Isle Studios themselves that were the devs, they were the RPG Development branch of Interplay.

[@axiomcomplex5579]

​@@MrBoxenHis story specifically says he was recommended the game based on what dev supposedly made it. A dev that, back in 1997, would not have been confused for having made/owned Fallout.

[@magicoddball1452]

amazing job overall. you did butcher the canonical location of shady sands, but great show overall! Amazing set design and acting!

[@nikerboker1995]

Honesty, this is one of the most genuine and earnest interviews I've ever seen. Buzarre energy, but I like it

[@kaelzus]

The guy lied, dind`t you catch that? "The guys from the ARENA" lol

[@nikerboker1995]

@kaelzus Yeah, I caught that. Figured it for a mistake or wires getting crossed more so than a lie

[@radthadd]

Garbage TV show written into the ground even more by woke, boring "writers" undoing canon and selling out a franchise loved by actual gamers. The franchise is dead and they keep parading it around like some bloated corpse.

[@BlackScisir]

tHe FrAnChIsE iS dEaD come on dude don't be ridiculous. don't embarrass yourself. Everyone fucking loves it. it has an 8.7 on IMDB. All the games have increased in playerbase. The franchise has been resurrected. There is nothing woke in the show. literally nothing about canon has been undone. That was all pure paranoia and misunderstanding.

[@MLPDethDealr32]

@@BlackScisir Yea, no. And by resurrected you mean people that will only play Betehsda's f*cking bs, and not the Black Isles games. The fact people like you trust Corporate Paid sites should scare people. Not once did it cross your mind that Review sites are paid to give glowing reviews and demand you not use CRITCIAL Thinking at all.

[@scoutrava]

​@@MLPDethDealr32 ​Who in 2024 gonna play f*cking relict 2,5d games made over 15 years ago just because some religious fanatics thinks that it's one and only 'true' Fallout, whatever the f**k that means? And of course, Review sites are dirty, every single one of them apparently, just because you said so. Just don't try to think why those sites couldn't boost user rating of another Amazon adaptations like Lord Of the Rings and The Wheel of Time. Don't use your CRITICAL Thinking.

[@amarug]

I must have missed the "woke part". Having one nonbinary-looking person around in the tiniest of roles (oh and mind the fact that they are JUST there, not even the most indirect of mentions about any "gender issues" ever, it's just part of the world)? I can't judge the accuracy with respect to the game. Although I have seen my wife play many of the Fallout series, but I have never played any video games myself, so I have no clue. But it was a hell of an entertaining ride.

[@MLPDethDealr32]

@@BlackScisir yes, because you suddenly get to speak for others right??? EVERYONE LOVES IT!! Yes, if you happen to be in access media, and your job relies on not critsizing something. Which games? Fallouts made by Bethesda. How many have gone back to Fallout 1 and 2 and realized Bethesda cant write worth sh*t??? So according to you, we cant call them out and want another studio to give us a better written Product? I get to watch people like you and Bethesda r*pe the franchise more by removing the RPG elements further in the " next" game.