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Amazon’s Fallout adaptation is set to release later this month, and in preparation the cast and crew have started sharing titbits about its production and their work on the series.<\/p>\n

Fallout executive producer Jonathan Nolan – who co-wrote many of his brother Christopher Nolan’s films, such as The Dark Knight and Interstellar – said his love for the games began with Fallout 3. In fact, he had such a good time playing, he claimed this is the reason he didn’t write any films for two years.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know much about it and I was in the mood for a distraction,” Nolan recalled. “I think Chris had tasked me with writing The Dark Knight Rises and so if that movie was slightly delayed, it was probably in part because of Fallout 3.”<\/p>\n

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Amazon’s Fallout adaptation is set to release later this month, and in preparation the cast and crew have started sharing titbits about its production and their work on the series. Fallout executive producer Jonathan Nolan – who co-wrote many of his brother Christopher Nolan’s films, such as The Dark Knight and Interstellar – said his love for the games began with Fallout 3. In fact, he had such a good time playing, he claimed this is the reason he didn’t write any films for two years. “I didn’t know much about it and I was in the mood for a distraction,” Nolan recalled. “I think Chris had tasked me with writing The Dark Knight Rises and so if that movie was slightly delayed, it was…<\/p>\n

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