Fallout Amazon Show adds three cast members, including Kyle MacLachlan

The TV series adaptation Fallout on Amazon has added Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones and Aaron Moten to its cast as series regulars. diversity only learned.

The trio join previously announced cast members Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins in the production version of the popular video game franchise. As with previous casting announcements, exact details of who will play the newcomers are being kept under wraps.

Like the video games it is based on, the Fallout series is set in a world where the future Americans envisioned in the late 1940s is being shattered by a nuclear war in 2077.

MacLachlan is an iconic actor of the big and small screen, known for his work with David Lynch on projects such as Twin Peaks (both the original and the Showtime revival), Dune and Blue Velvet. On television, he is also known for playing the mayor of Portland on the comedy series Portlandia and most recently appeared in the Peacock limited series Joe vs. Carole. He is represented by UTA, Entertainment 360 and attorney Alan Wertheimer.

In 2021, Mendes-Jones graduated from the Identity School of Acting. They will next appear in the Netflix feature Havoc alongside Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker and Timothy Olyphant. They will also have a recurring role in Season 2 of The Wheel of Time, also on Amazon. They are repeated by IAG.

Moten was last seen in the feature film Father Stu opposite Mark Wahlberg and will next be seen in the Apple film Emancipation, starring Will Smith. His credits to date include shows such as Disjointed, Next, The Night Of, and Mozart in the Jungle. It is repeated by Gersh.

Fallout is slated to begin production later this year. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serve as executive producers and co-showrunners. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are executive producers through Kilter Films as part of their overall Amazon deal, with Nolan also set to direct the first episode of the series. Athena Wickham of Kilter Films is also executive producing along with Todd Howard for Bethesda Game Studios and James Altman for Bethesda Softworks. Amazon Studios and Kilter Films are producing in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks.