According to Deadline, the Fallout TV show has added Macaulay Culkin to the cast of the series’ second season. Culkin is primarily known for his role in the original Home Alone films. Deadline describes his character as “a crazy genius-type character.” Only time will tell if he will be playing a completely original character or someone who has previously appeared in other entries in the Fallout franchise.
The announcement precedes the imminent filming of Fallout season 2, which will begin in November 2024. While the release date for the second season is unknown, based on the recent announcement and a further production update, season 2 of Fallout will likely air in 2025-2026.
Fallout is one of Bethesda’s most prolific franchises. The most recent game in the series was Fallout 76, a controversial MMO-styled first-person shooter. Recently, Bethesda released the Fallout TV series on Amazon Prime. The series’ success affected the franchise drastically, jumping up the player rate for most of the games in the series, including Fallout 4, whose sales increased by 7,500%. Recently, Bethesda released the next-gen update for Fallout 4.
Earlier this year, Variety published an interview with one of Bethesda’s biggest (and most infamous) directors, Todd Howard. In the interview, Howard revealed that Fallout 76‘s player base has reached 20 million players as a result of the success of the Fallout TV series. According to Howard, because of the series, “Depending on the Fallout game, you’re looking at a 4-6x increase in daily players, which is beyond anything I’ve ever seen in my 30 years of doing this.”
