Mud blows throughout the cracked desert flooring and neon glints on the horizon. Fallout’s second season is coming this December on Prime Video. After the primary season’s explosive premiere, Amazon’s adaptation of Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic online game collection is doubling down, taking its characters – and its followers – to the long-lasting, loopy metropolis of New Vegas.
Ella Purnell’s Lucy MacLean, the wide-eyed Vault-dweller, remains to be the guts of the present, her optimism battered however not damaged by the tough floor world. Alongside her, Walton Goggins’ Ghoul, a 200-year-old bounty hunter with a face like worn leather-based, remains to be stealing scenes along with his drawl. Aaron Moten’s Maximus, a Brotherhood of Metal squire wrestling with loyalty and ambition, rounds out the core trio. New images from Amazon present Lucy and the Ghoul slogging via the Mojave Desert, their tense alliance hinting at extra battle to come back. Maximus is a Brotherhood member, and his energy armor sparkles within the solar. These images recommend that Season 2 will decide up proper the place the primary left off, with every character pursuing their very own solutions in a world the place reality is as scarce as pure water.
New Vegas, the glittering, lawless metropolis from the 2010 recreation Fallout: New Vegas, is the main target of this season. Followers of the sport comprehend it as a hub of factions, vice and ethical ambiguity, rebuilt from the ashes of Las Vegas by the enigmatic Robert Home. Amazon’s first-look images don’t present the Strip but however they do tease its presence. One picture reveals the Ghoul in his pre-war life as Cooper Howard, standing in a pre-war Las Vegas along with his spouse Barb, performed by Frances Turner. This flashback will peel again extra of the Ghoul’s tragic previous and tie his story to Vault-Tec’s function within the nuclear apocalypse. One other picture reveals Lucy’s father Hank MacLean (Kyle MacLachlan) wanting suspiciously clear after his escape in Season 1, hinting at his continued scheming.
Macaulay Culkin joins the forged as a recurring character, described as a “loopy, genius-type”. Particulars are below wraps however he’s most likely related to Robert Home or the Vaults’ experiments. Moisés Arias returns as Norm, Lucy’s brother, nonetheless coping with Vault 31’s secrets and techniques and Frances Turner returns as Barb, whose pre-war actions are looming massive. The ensemble additionally contains Sarita Choudhury, Michael Emerson and Leslie Uggams with new faces like Kumal Nanjiani bringing recent vitality. Showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, with government producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Pleasure, are constructing on the world whereas staying true to the video games’ irreverent tone. Filming wrapped in April 2025 in California with places like Baker standing in for Novac with its dinosaur statue.
Season 2 goes deeper into the Mojave’s factions and ethical dilemmas. Robert Home will play an even bigger function, with set leaks displaying Dinky the T-Rex. The story will get into the facility struggles of New Vegas the place the Chairmen, Omertas and White Glove Society are vying for management below Home’s thumb. This implies a darker, extra sophisticated story as Lucy, Maximus and the Ghoul navigate a metropolis the place each selection is their final.
