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Amazon is developing a Wolfenstein TV show
Amazon is developing a Wolfenstein TV show

Engadget

time5 days ago

  • Entertainment
  • Engadget

Amazon is developing a Wolfenstein TV show

Following the success of Fallout , Amazon is turning its attention to another video game adaptation. The company is reportedly developing a series based on the Wolfenstein franchise with the help of some of the creative team behind Fallout , according to Variety . The details of how the Wolfenstein show will adapt the alternate history action of the games are still under wraps, but the subject matter remains unfortunately timely. The show's logline is "The story of killing Nazis is evergreen," according to Variety , which seems like a direct acknowledgement of that fact. Patrick Somerville, the writer and showrunner of Station Eleven , will reportedly serve as the writer of the Wolfenstein adaptation, with Lisa Joy, Athena Wickham and Jonathan Nolan producing the show through their company Kilter Films. The production company also made the adaptation of the William Gibson's The Peripheral for Amazon, and currently produces Fallout. While it might make sense to pair a new show with a brand new Wolfenstein game, the series has effectively been on hold since 2019. MachineGames, the Microsoft-owned developer of the last five Wolfenstein games, hasn't produced a new entry since 2019's Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot . The studio released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in December 2024. Given the tumultuous state of Microsoft's Xbox division, the series could be your best bet for getting more Wolfenstein, assuming Amazon decides to move forward.

The Guide #195: How Reddit made nerds of us all
The Guide #195: How Reddit made nerds of us all

The Guardian

time13-06-2025

  • Entertainment
  • The Guardian

The Guide #195: How Reddit made nerds of us all

It only ended a few years ago, but Westworld already feels a bit of a TV footnote. A pricey mid-2010s remake of a 70s Yul Brynner movie few people remembered, HBO's robot cowboy drama lumbered on for four lukewarm seasons before getting cancelled – with few people really noticing. Still, when it premiered, Westworld was big news. Here was a show well-placed to do a Game of Thrones, only for sci-fi. Its high production values were married to an eye-catching cast (Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright) and it was run by the crack team of Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, who promised they had a playbook for how the whole show would shake out. This, of course, was an important promise in that immediate post-Lost period, where everyone was terrified that they would be strung along by a show that was 'making it up as they went along' (as a Lost defender, I have to say at this point that they weren't 'making it up as they went along', but that's an argument for another newsletter). But even the best laid plans, and the most tightly plotted of TV shows, have a way of unravelling. The first inkling I had that Westworld might not be TV's next big series was when fans of the show on forum/social media hybrid Reddit started correctly guessing how plotlines would pan out. Twist after twist in the show's first season were predicted, sometimes a week early or more, by Redditors well-versed in the rhythms and tropes of telly, or otherwise just willing to go above and beyond in the search for the most minuscule of clues. Things got so bad that, in the second season, Joy and Nolan were forced to rewrite the script to alter a plotline the Redditors had already rumbled. It was a sign not just of Westworld's fragility, but the strength of Reddit and its users, who were able to make even seasoned showrunners quake in their boots. Reddit has, of course, comfortably outlasted Westworld. This month, the site – immodestly self-described as 'the front page of the internet' – celebrates its 20th birthday. It's an anniversary that sits in the shadow of a more seismic 2005 web debut: YouTube, which celebrated its own birthday back in February. But Reddit's impact on popular culture, though not at YouTube's 'we've replaced TV' levels, has been sizeable. That Reddit's arrival came in lockstep with an era of intense fandom and parasocial relationships doesn't seem coincidental. Fan forums existed long before Reddit – from message boards for bands and solo artists to the acid-tipped TV show chat on the still-missed Television Without Pity – but Reddit organised and supercharged these communities. Suddenly, just about any enthusiasm big or small, Marvel movies to musical microgenres, could be discussed under one roof, freely and openly. Such freedom and openness come at a cost, and Reddit's – misogyny, racism, conspiracy theories, threats of violence – have been widely documented. (Though, in contrast to so many social media platforms these days, Reddit has done a pretty decent job in cleaning up its act over the past decade). Pop-culturally, it's a place where fan enthusiasm can occasionally curdle into something more unpleasant (witness the long and messy history of the Rick and Morty subreddit). But too often discussion around Reddit has zeroed in on its less salubrious aspects and overlooked what a remarkable space it can be. Supported by some truly heroic moderation, it is one of the last outposts for that old internet – hobbyist, collaborative, more than a little eccentric. As this Atlantic defence puts it, Reddit is 'simultaneously niche and expansive' – which means you can use it as superficially or deeply as you wish: whether you're asking for a new TV recommendation, or getting detailed advice on building a hurdy-gurdy. In a sense, it has mainstreamed obsessiveness. Where once these hyper-specific communities were hidden away from the wider world, now they're accessible to anyone seeking them under one giant Reddit umbrella – almost 100 million people actively use the site every day. I'm not really one of them. At best, I'm a Reddit lurker – never bold enough to properly dive in and post – but, as someone who writes about pop culture, I find it endlessly useful. It's where I go if I want to get to the bottom of a puzzling Severance plot point on the show's endlessly insightful subreddit, or discover a lost 70s paranoid thriller on the extremely useful r/Movie Suggestions. And lord knows how many bands I've discovered on boards like the massive r/indieheads (3.6 million members and growing). Fittingly, when I last looked in on r/indieheads, I was greeted with users marking Brian Wilson's death by discussing his influence on the chillwave genre (with the song All I Wanna Do), exactly the sort of informed, spirited, geekish back and forth you'd hope for. Sign up to The Guide Get our weekly pop culture email, free in your inbox every Friday after newsletter promotion That spirit seems to, for now, have held despite a stock market flotation that some justifiably worried would ruin the site. Perhaps that fear will one day come to pass. Or maybe not. Maybe Reddit is too big, too singular, too defiantly peculiar to be blandified by big business. Let's hope we're still celebrating it in another 20 years' time, as it topples another pedestrianly plotted TV show. If you want to read the complete version of this newsletter please subscribe to receive The Guide in your inbox every Friday

Fallout season 2 will arrive this year, and season 3 is confirmed
Fallout season 2 will arrive this year, and season 3 is confirmed

Digital Trends

time13-05-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Digital Trends

Fallout season 2 will arrive this year, and season 3 is confirmed

Just over a year ago, Fallout season 1 premiered on Amazon Prime Video and it quickly established itself as a hit series. Typically, a big-budget genre show like Fallout takes two years or longer to produce another season in the streaming age. But Amazon has announced that Fallout season 2 will premiere later this year, and the series has already been renewed for season 3. Via Deadline, Amazon made the announcement during its Prime Video upfront presentation this week. The premiere window for Fallout season 2 is December 2025, roughly 20 months after the first season dropped on Prime Video. Recommended Videos 'The holidays came a little early this year – we are thrilled to be ending the world all over again for a third season of Fallout,' said Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy in a statement. The executive producers of the series went on to thank their 'brilliant cast and crew' and 'our showrunners Geneva [Robertson-Dworet] and Graham [Wagner], and our partners at Bethesda,' before adding that they are 'grateful to our incredible collaborators at Amazon MGM Studios and to the amazing fans as we continue our adventures in the wasteland together.' Yellowjackets standout Ella Purnell stars in the series as Lucy MacLean, a young woman who lived in a vault for her entire life. When her father, Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), was kidnapped by raiders, Lucy left the safety of Vault 33 behind and went into the wasteland to find him. Along the way, she befriended Maximus (Aaron Moten), a squire in the Brotherhood of Steel, and she went up against the Ghoul (Walton Goggins). However, the events of the season finale caused Lucy to turn on her father after she learned disturbing secrets that he kept from her. She also joined forces with the Ghoul to find her dad, who was last seen heading towards New Vegas. Presumably Fallout season 2 will have eight episodes, just as the first season did. However, there's no new trailer at this time.

Fallout Season 2 Coming in December and Season 3 Is a Go
Fallout Season 2 Coming in December and Season 3 Is a Go

Gizmodo

time12-05-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Gizmodo

Fallout Season 2 Coming in December and Season 3 Is a Go

Fallout is going beyond New Vegas. Monday, Prime Video announced that season two of the hit video game adaptation is debuting in December 2025, and that it will be followed by a third season too. 'The holidays came a little early this year—we are thrilled to be ending the world all over again for a third season of Fallout,' executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy said in a press release. 'On behalf of our brilliant cast and crew, our showrunners Geneva [Robertson-Dworet] and Graham [Wagner], and our partners at Bethesda, we're grateful to our incredible collaborators at Amazon MGM Studios and to the amazing fans as we continue our adventures in the wasteland together.' Season one of the show ended with Lucy (Ella Purnell) and the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) teaming up to attempt to find the leaders of Vault-Tec, the company responsible for everyone's favorite Fallout chambers, which also just so happened to cause the apocalyptic event that led to their use. And all signs point to that happening in New Vegas, one of the most notable locations from the hit video game series. 'We are absolutely thrilled that our global Prime Video customers will be able to delve deeper into the wonderfully surreal and captivating world of Fallout,' Vernon Sanders, global head of television for Amazon MGM, said. 'Jonah, Lisa, Geneva, and Graham have done an exceptional job bringing this beloved video game franchise to vivid life on Prime Video. Together with our amazing partners at Bethesda Games and Bethesda Softworks, we are delighted to announce a third season of Fallout, well ahead of the much-anticipated debut of season two.' It will have been about a year and a half between seasons when season two debuts, so a 2027 premiere seems likely for season three. Will things go beyond that? I guess we'll find out once we see where season two goes. Are you excited to return to the world of Fallout? What game stories would you like to see adapted?

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