Amazon Prime starts filming Fallout Season 3 with new cast

Production on the highly anticipated third season of Amazon Prime Video's "Fallout" series is set to begin this month in Los Angeles, accompanied by the announcement of several major new cast members. The streaming service confirmed on Thursday, June 18, that actors Emily Mortimer, Manny Jacinto, and Thomasin McKenzie will join the ensemble for the upcoming season.

They will appear alongside previously announced newcomer Aaron Paul and the returning core cast, including Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Aaron Moten, and Kyle MacLachlan. Details regarding the characters these new actors will portray have not been released.

The series, a critically acclaimed adaptation of Bethesda's post-apocalyptic video game franchise, has been a major success for Prime Video. Within the first 13 weeks of its second season's release, the show's first two seasons collectively surpassed 100 million viewers worldwide, ranking among the platform's top four most-watched seasons of all time. The first season earned 17 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series.

Set in the year 2296, centuries after a nuclear war, "Fallout" follows Lucy MacLean (Purnell), a sheltered "vault dweller" who ventures...