Lake District disaster game to be developed for TV
RebellionA Bafta award-winning game set in a post-apocalyptic Lake District will be adapted for TV, it has been announced.
Atomfall, produced by Oxford-based Rebellion, is based on an alternative history of the 1957 Windscale fire in Cumbria - the UK's worst nuclear accident.
The series will be developed by the game's makers and Two Brothers Pictures, who were behind series including Fleabag and The Tourist.
Harry Williams, from the production company, said it had been a "real joy" to develop a game that had "such a distinctive British tone and setting".
The video game follows a protagonist who wakes up inside a quarantine zone with no memory of how they arrived.
The alternative timeline sees the area surrounding the Sellafield plant walled and guarded, following a disastrous nuclear incident.
RebellionWilliams told BBC Radio Cumbria: "We haven't seen that kind of thing done on British TV before.
"Especially to see a British landscape, like the Lakes, we used to go there as kids all the time, so it's such a familiar landscape."
In a joint release, the producers said the TV adaptation would "expand on the game's mythology while remaining faithful to its tone, themes and British roots".
Two Brothers was founded by siblings Harry and Jack Williams, while Rebellion was established by siblings Jason and Chris Kingsley.
"Two brothers meet two brothers," Harry Williams said of their initial meetings.
Rebellion said: "We are sure that this partnership will help to deliver a television series that will delight fans of the game and beyond."
The disaster epic won Best British Game at BAFTA Games Awards earlier this year.
