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Some ideas planned for Amazon’s Fallout adaptation had to be nixed, because Bethesda has them earmarked for Fallout 5.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Den of Geek<\/a>, Bethesda’s Todd Howard – who is serving as an executive producer on the Amazon series – said on occasion he had to tell the show’s team: “Don’t do this because we are going to do that in Fallout 5.”<\/p>\n

While it’s a shame we don’t know exactly what those ideas were, it’s proof of how authentic this adaptation is shaping up to be.<\/p>\n

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Some ideas planned for Amazon’s Fallout adaptation had to be nixed, because Bethesda has them earmarked for Fallout 5. In an interview with Den of Geek, Bethesda’s Todd Howard – who is serving as an executive producer on the Amazon series – said on occasion he had to tell the show’s team: “Don’t do this because we are going to do that in Fallout 5.” While it’s a shame we don’t know exactly what those ideas were, it’s proof of how authentic this adaptation is shaping up to be. 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