Overview
- Casting is open now with applications due by February 15, 2026, and notices specify entrants must be 21 or older with travel eligibility to the US and UK and standard background and medical checks.
- Production is expected to film in June 2026 over roughly three weeks, according to casting and production notices reported by multiple outlets.
- The 10-episode competition will stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories, with no premiere date or prize amount announced.
- Executive producers include Studio Lambert’s Stephen Lambert, Tim Harcourt, Jack Burgess, Toni Ireland, Stephen Yemoh, Stephen Lovelock and Amina Badresingh, along with Kilter Films’ Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy and Athena Wickham, and Bethesda’s James Altman and Todd Howard.
- Set inside Vault-Tec environments, the format features escalating physical, social and moral challenges that test Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck, emphasizing alliances and social strategy; Studio Lambert also produced Squid Game: The Challenge.