Today, publisher Rebellion has announced that its 2025 action-survival game, Atomfall, is the latest game to make the transition from console to TV screen. Rebellion and Two Brothers Pictures have announced a television adaptation of Atomfall (which won Best British Game at 2026’s BAFTA Game Awards, by the way), but no casting or release window information has been revealed just yet.
There is already some very interesting talent attached to the show behind the scenes, however. The series will be written by Emmy and Golden Globe winning producer/writer duo Harry and Jack Williams (credits on Fleabag, The Assassin, The Missing, Baptiste, The Tourist), and executive producers by the pair, plus Alex Mercer (The Assassin, Maya, The Tourist, Doctor Who). Jason and Chris Kingsley, co-founders of Rebellion, will executive produce the title from the publisher’s side of things.
Inspired by the real‑world Windscale disaster of 1957, Atomfall was developed from an original idea by Jason Kingsley, and offers a distinctly British take on the post‑apocalyptic genre. Taking place in a Quarantine Zone established in the Lake District, the game tackles themes of Britain’s post-war identity crisis, nuclear paranoia, and the ever-tantalising question of ‘what happens if you isolate one small British town from the rest of the outside world’.
“Atomfall has such a distinctive British tone and setting, and it’s been a real joy developing it alongside the Rebellion team – especially as two brothers working alongside two brothers (Jason Kingsley and Chris Kingsley),” said Harry and Jack Williams. “There’s something very exciting about expanding this strange, unsettling story for television.”
Jason Kingsley and Chris Kingsley added, via joint statement: “We are delighted to be partnering with Two Brothers to bring the world of Atomfall to television. Harry and Jack demonstrated a clear love for Atomfall and talked about their own particular endings when they were playing the game. It is always exciting to work with people who share the same passion for creating and telling great stories and we are sure that this partnership will help to deliver a television series that will delight fans of the game and beyond.”
In his three star review of Atomfall, our own Tom Orry said of the game: “If you can get over a difficult start and fancy a lean take on the survival genre, Atomfall delivers an intriguing tale worth discovering.” He carried on to note that it was the gameplay systems that often let the title down, however, and that he “really enjoyed the world that Rebellion created, the duplicitous main characters, and the post-war sci-fi story.” Which all bodes well for a TV show, don’t you think?
