Fallout Season 2 Cast Teases Arrival Of Major Video Game Villain: “A Very Popular Ene

Fallout season 2 is officially only one week away, and the show’s cast decided to spill a few details on the red carpet.

Prime Video held an event for the video game adaptation’s upcoming second season at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The festivities included season 2 stars Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Justin Theroux, Aaron Moten, Kyle MacLachlan, as well as Todd Howard, the executive producer of the Fallout video games and game director at Bethesda.

Speaking exclusively to Deadline, Howard revealed that the part he was looking forward to the most was for the video game’s infamous antagonists, the Deathclaws, to make their debut in the series. He explained that the reason why these creatures didn’t appear in Fallout’s first installment was that there just wasn’t enough room in season 1’s storyline to do the characters justice. So, the creative team decided to introduce them in season 2 instead.

The game director said that he was very happy with the Deathclaws’ presence in the series. He told the publication that he was also happy with Fallout season 2 as a whole, adding that everything came together beautifully.

When you see the Deathclaw on the screen, which is a very popular enemy in the world of Fallout. We were doing Season 1, like, ‘Are we gonna do Deathclaw?’ [We said] Well, we should give them their own time in season 2, really do them right, tell a little bit of a Deathclaw story. So, it really came together awesome.

Deathclaws are a reptile-like species in the Fallout universe, created by the U.S. government to be bioweapons. After the Great War, they escaped from captivity and joined what remained of civilization in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. They became the world’s most terrifying apex predators. Deathclaws are known for their incredible speed and claws that can tear through armor. The deadly creatures remain one of the franchise’s worst nightmares.

Fallout season 2 premieres on December 17, 2025, exclusively on Prime Video.