All posts tagged: jonathan nolan

‘My brother and his kids are big fans of Fallout,’ says Jonathan Nolan: ‘It’s what a Christopher Nolan TV show would look like’ | Web-series News

‘My brother and his kids are big fans of Fallout,’ says Jonathan Nolan: ‘It’s what a Christopher Nolan TV show would look like’ | Web-series News

Published by Parlour News

The first season of Emmy Award-nominated post-apocalyptic show Fallout ends on an explosive note. Lucy (Ella Purnell) discovers her father Hank MacLean (Kyle MacLachlan) has been instrumental in causing the apocalypse for reasons of his own. With season 2, her quest to find her father continues, for different reasons, as she sets out on a renewed mission across New Vegas, a post-war city located in the ruins of Las Vegas, in this video game adaptation. “The Fallout games have always been about going to new places, meeting new factions and moral dilemmas. We’d like to keep our characters moving in honour of the structure and nature of the games,” says showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet Lucy in an exclusive interview with SCREEN. With relentless action taking place in the heart of the desert, the opening of Fallout season 2 gives a lot of Mad Max, George Miller’s blockbuster dystopian franchise. Walton Goggins as The Ghoul in Fallout season 2. “I always imagined that the game developers would say there’s a nod to Mad Max there as well. There’s …

Jonathan Nolan says Bollywood has ‘fearlessness, ambition’ that Hollywood lacks: ‘That is very exciting’ | Interview

Jonathan Nolan says Bollywood has ‘fearlessness, ambition’ that Hollywood lacks: ‘That is very exciting’ | Interview

Published by Parlour News

Published on: Dec 17, 2025 06:06 am IST Jonathan Nolan speaks to HT about his impressions of Indian cinema and what makes it stand out against Hollywood. When Jonathan Nolan last visited India in 2024, he immediately became everyone’s favourite international filmmaker as he called Bollywood ‘bigger than’ Hollywood. As he prepares for the release of the second season of his acclaimed series Fallout, Nolan spoke to Hindustan Times about Indian cinema’s place in the global milieu and what edge it has over Hollywood. Jonathan Nolan is all praise for Indian cinema. Jonathan Nolan on Indian cinema Nolan attended the Asia premiere of Fallout season 2 in Tokyo this week, where HT reminded him of his statement from last year. When asked what gives Bollywood an edge over Hollywood, the writer-director says, “I think it’s very clear, and you sort of started to see the global fascination with Indian filmmaking. It is fearless in those ways at its best. Hollywood can be, too. But (in India), there’s a level of ambition that is very exciting.” …

‘They said we destroyed the franchise’: How Heath Ledger Joker backlash helped Jonathan Nolan block noise for Fallout

‘They said we destroyed the franchise’: How Heath Ledger Joker backlash helped Jonathan Nolan block noise for Fallout

Published by Parlour News

In a storied career, Jonathan Nolan has adapted some of the most iconic pop culture stories, created original universes, and given us some memorable TV shows and films. His legacy of successfully adapting the ‘un-adaptable’ titles has continued with Fallout, the Prime Video series based on the popular video game franchise. The writer-filmmaker was recently in Tokyo for the Asian premiere of Fallout season 2, where he sat down with HT for a chat about the show, taking in fan feedback, and ‘tuning out the noise’. Excerpts Jonathan Nolan with Ella Purnell, the star of Fallout. How do you adapt something like Fallout? Because it’s a beloved game with such lore, such intricate lore, how do you balance between fidelity to the source material and making it your own and making it more engaging for a wider audience? Very carefully, I think, would be the first answer. But the reason we’re doing this project in the first place is that I love these games. That’s really where it comes from. For me, it comes from …

When and where to watch this American post-apocalyptic series

When and where to watch this American post-apocalyptic series

Published by Parlour News

Fallout season 2 OTT release date: When and where to watch this American post-apocalyptic series Home News and Gossip Fallout season 2 OTT release date: When and where to watch this American post-apocalyptic series Fallout season 2 is preparing for its upcoming digital launch. Fallout Season 2 stars Ella Purnell in the main role. The live-action series is crafted and directed by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet. Fallout season 2, is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series starring Ella Purnell, is preparing for its upcoming digital launch. The live-action series is written and directed by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet. The first season The series depicts the aftermath of the Great War of 2077, an apocalyptic nuclear exchange between the United States and China. The series takes place in an alternate history of Earth where advances in nuclear technology after World War II led to the emergence of a retrofuturistic society and a subsequent resource war. The second season …

Fallout review: Prime Video’s big-budget video game adaptation wants to be a Boys-level event, but feels too broad-strokes | Web-series News

Published by Parlour News

They used to say that television storytelling lacks stakes; for instance, characters that were killed off in season two could find ways to return in season four. Death was no longer sacred. Remember Jon Snow? But the same theory could also apply to the television industry itself. No longer does a big-budget bomb like Citadel kill a network’s future plans. In fact, not only does Citadel return, but its failure encourages the production of equally expensive new projects. This week’s Fallout is hardly as irredeemable as that show, but it certainly points to where Prime Video wants to be as a leading programmer in the streaming age. Expansive and expensive, the eight-part series is based on the popular video game franchise of the same name, but seems to owe a far greater debt to post-apocalyptic cinema such as the Mad Max films and the recent Last of Us TV adaptation. Like that acclaimed HBO series, Fallout also features an epic quest across an apocalyptic wasteland, but this time, the central roles have been reversed. It …

Fallout hits Prime Video a day early, and netizens can’t wait to ‘dwell immediately’ | Web Series

Published by Parlour News

The gaming community can’t keep themself calm as Amazon Prime Video has released its live-action series adaptation of Bethesda Softworks’ iconic ‘Fallout’ franchise. Fallout: From game to live-action(Amazon Prime Video) The series debuted on April 10, a nostalgic nod to the beloved video game that has captivated players since its inception in 1997. Unlock exclusive access to the story of India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Fans of the series have spent countless hours exploring the game’s post-nuclear war setting, with many likely toasting to the occasion with the game’s signature, Nuka-Cola. Fallout lore Set against the backdrop of a world ravaged by nuclear war, Fallout plunges viewers into the chaos of October 23, 2077, when World War III unleashes a barrage of atomic bombs that decimate the United States. The cataclysmic event drives survivors underground into specially designed vaults or leaves them to fend for themselves in the treacherous wastelands. ALSO READ| Idea of exploring a new world was bracing for me: Jonathan Nolan on post-apocalyptic show ‘Fallout’ The Prime …

Idea of exploring a new world was bracing for me: Jonathan Nolan on post-apocalyptic show ‘Fallout’ | Hollywood

Published by Parlour News

Mumbai, “Fallout” is a story about the end of the world but it is also about the beginning of many new ones, says writer-director Jonathan Nolan, who is exploring dystopia again after hit show “Westworld”. HT Image Nolan has been the co-writer on many of his brother, filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s films such as “The Prestige”, “The Dark Knight” trilogy, “Interstellar”, and “Memento”. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. The writer-director has created a separate identity for himself in television with his critically-acclaimed, high concept sci-fi shows like “Person of Interest”, “Westworld” and now “Fallout”, an adaptation of a popular video game series of the same name. He has created the new show with wife and creative partner Lisa Joy. Asked why he is so interested in dystopian stories, Nolan said it may be because humans are designed to think about how things could go badly. “It scratches a Darwinian itch for most people… One of the things that was so exciting to me about ‘Fallout’ is that it’s about the …

Jonathan Nolan Opens Up About Brother Christopher Nolan’s Oscar Win: ‘I Got to Be There…’ | Exclusive

Published by Parlour News

Reported By: Dishya Sharma Last Updated: April 04, 2024, 11:23 IST Jonathan Nolan talks about Christopher Nolan winning the Oscars for Oppenheimer. (Pic: Reuters) Jonathan Nolan got candid about his brother Christopher Nolan’s Oscar win and his upcoming series Fallout. Jonathan Nolan has two reasons to celebrate in the recent few weeks. While he is gearing up for the release of his upcoming series, Fallout, his brother and director, Christopher Nolan, won two Oscars for his acclaimed movie Oppenheimer. In an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha during his recent visit to India, Jonathan opened up about Christopher’s first ever Oscar win. He revealed he was at the Dolby Theatre to witness his brother’s win. “I got to be there, at the Oscars, with Emma (Thomas, producer of Oppenheimer and Christopher Nolan’s wife) and Chris (Nolan), my mom, Emma’s dad and their kids, it was pretty great,” Jonathan told us. For the unversed, Jonathan has closely worked with Christopher on numerous projects. He was the writer on Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight …

Jonathan Nolan interview on Fallout and comparison to Oppenheimer: ‘Joked with my brother I made a Barbenheimer show’ | Web Series

Published by Parlour News

A couple of years after Westworld, director-screenwriter Jonathan Nolan is back with another sci-fi dystopian show, Fallout, based on the popular video game franchise. In order to promote the series, Jonathan visited India last month, over a decade after he couldn’t make it to the country for the filming of his brother Christopher Nolan‘s 2012 superhero film The Dark Knight Rises. In an exclusive interview, Jonathan revealed that Fallout took him back to the Batman days, where he felt like the kid lost in a candy store. Jonathan Nolan joked with his brother Christopher Nolan that he made a show on Barbenheimer (Also Read – Exclusive: Oppenheimer book author Kai Bird opens up on hits and misses of Christopher Nolan’s movie) Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. Adapting the game into a show “To be given the opportunity to take something you experienced as a fan, as a gamer, that you love… I didn’t know anything about the game when I sat down to play Fallout 3. I just wanted …