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Dave Bautista’s ‘Fallout’ Replacement Officially Hits Streaming Ahead of ‘God of War’ Debut
Dave Bautista's post-apocalyptic film Afterburn has become one of the ten most-streamed movies on MGM+ in the US, offering fans a stopgap while they wait for further seasons of Fallout, the hit video-game adaptation that helped establish the genre's popularity. Fallout, starring Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell, has been one of Prime Video's biggest successes, with its second season drawing 83 million viewers in just 91 days, but a third season is not expected until at least 2027 as production continues in California.
Afterburn is set a decade after a solar flare wipes out global technology and follows a hired treasure hunter attempting to track down the Mona Lisa. The film stars Bautista alongside Olga Kurylenko and Samuel L. Jackson, though its starry cast failed to translate into box-office success, taking only a few million dollars against a reported $60 million budget. Bautista, best known for playing Drax in the Marvel films, has said he has "completely closed" the book on that character and is unlikely to appear in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
In short
- Bautista's film Afterburn is now trending on MGM+ streaming
- Fallout Season 3 isn't expected until 2027 at the earliest
- Afterburn flopped at the box office despite its star-studded cast
Explained simply
Fallout is a television series based on a video-game world where people try to survive after a nuclear war. Its mix of ruined landscapes, danger and dark humour has attracted a large audience, but viewers face a long wait for the next season.
Afterburn is a separate post-apocalyptic film, set after a solar flare destroys much of the world’s technology. Dave Bautista plays a treasure hunter seeking the Mona Lisa, alongside Olga Kurylenko and Samuel L. Jackson.
Bautista is also known for playing Drax in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy films. Afterburn’s move to streaming gives audiences another story in a damaged future, though its cinema earnings were modest compared with its reported budget.
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