From Script to Screen: Inside the creation of Fallout with Jonathan Nolan & Ella Purnell | English Movie News – Hollywood

Jonathan Nolan, the man who scripted ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Interstellar’ with his famous sibling Christopher Nolan, is making his directorial debut with the upcoming drama series ‘Fallout’. The web series, based on the hit videogame saga of the same name, immerses viewers into a post-apocalyptic landscape, a narrative that seems to run parallel to Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning film ‘Oppenheimer’, an epic biographical on J. When ETimes asked the director about the recurring themes in ‘Fallout’ and his brother’s recent box office blockbuster- ‘Oppenheimer’ – the director shared insights into the series’ development. Considering that ‘Fallout’ is set 200 years after a nuclear attack, with Ella Purnell’s character Lucy stepping out from The Vault into the real world, it begged the question if the show was the internet-dubbed ‘Barbenheimer’ (‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’) crossover fans had been waiting for, and he quipped, “It may be.”