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Fallout show writers ditched ideas already planned for Fallout 5

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." Nolan, who was also present during Den of Geek's interview, clarified his earlier comments, stating it would be "very presumptuous for someone to assume that we'd reach the calibre of the games", while fellow showrunner Graham Wagner quipped: "I think we made Fallout 6." Amazon's upcoming adaptation will follow an original Fallout story, with new characters such as Ella Purnell's Lucy introduced.

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