Fallout: The Movie?

[DeToxRox]

Trademark Filed For Fallout Movie Adaptation | /Film

Joystiq has discovered that Bethesda Softworks has filed for a trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office staking claim on the Fallout name for “motion picture films about a post-nuclear apocalyptic world.” Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean that anything is in the works (although, I’d be very surprised if something wasn’t in the early stages of development), but it does confirm that Bethesda is considering their options.

Fallout is a popular series of role-playing games which started in 1997. The games are set in and after the 22nd and 23rd century, but the story and artwork are heavily influenced by 1950’s post-war American culture. The world has been devastated by the great 2077 nuclear war, but privileged segments of the population were able to hide away in “Vaults,” fallout shelters which were built by the US government around the country.

The original Fallout took place in southern California in the year 2161, with the protagonist of the game is tasked to recover a water chip to replace the chip that broke in his Vault. Fallout 2 took place 80 years after the original game and centered around a descendant of the original protagonist who tries to save Arroyo, his village, after several years of drought.

And Fallout 3 picked up the story 30 years after that, or 200 years after the nuclear war, and follows the story of a vault-dweller who must venture out into the Wasteland around Washington, D.C. to find his father who went missing outside in the wasteland shortly after his 19th birthday. Fallout 3 won numerous awards including Best Overall Game 2008 from IGN, Best RPG and Best PC Game from GameSpot, Best Overall Game of the Year 2008 from GameSpy, and many others.If a film was made of the series, it is more likely that the film would be adapted from the third game.

Right now the story is very speculative, but with Hollywood rummaging through board games and action figure lines for potential film properties, it seems only a matter of time before every popular video game franchise is optioned for the big screen,

[JediKooter]

Please don't be like Doom, Please don't be like Doom, Please don't be like Doom, Please don't be like Doom, Please don't be like Doom, Please don't be like Doom...

[ISiddiqui]

Needs to be based on Fallout 1.

[hawk4669]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Needs to be based on Fallout 1.

Agreed.

[SportsDino]

Fallout 1, with a true adaptation, would make a good movie. Even has passable dialog for the most part.

Spoiler

Start Vault
Go through a Hub Scene
Stage a run-in with the Cathedral
Meet the Brotherhood (skip the glow probably)
Exchange Vault-info for going to Mariposa
Mariposa scene, hide some of the details (for the ending)
Hit up Necropolis
Finish in the cathedral with the climatic Master scene
Get your ass kicked out of the Vault.

Easily can be rearranged, but really Hub, Necropolis, Mariposa, and the Cathedral are all you need to hit in the movie, everything else can be cut and inserted as time allows. Edit the water chip out altogether, and you can drop Necropolis for a more streamlined story.

[JediKooter]

Add me to the list of the movie should be based on Fallout 1.

[ISiddiqui]

This isn't really a spoiler, but for the F1 movie, you NEED the waterchip. Its the only reason you left the vault.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

This isn't really a spoiler, but for the F1 movie, you NEED the waterchip. Its the only reason you left the vault.

+1

[JonInMiddleGA]

I saw this yesterday too, thought it was interesting but not something I'm holding my breath over either.

But if it does happen, F3 sold how many copies vs all previous incarnations of the game? I can't imagine a first movie would be based on anything other than 3 if it happens at all.

[ISiddiqui]

Well, part of the reason it sold so much is nostalgia for the old games compared with the Oblivion fans and console game fans.

F1 has by far a better story.

[bulletsponge]

for the love of god keep Uwe boll away from this

[jeff061]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I saw this yesterday too, thought it was interesting but not something I'm holding my breath over either.

But if it does happen, F3 sold how many copies vs all previous incarnations of the game? I can't imagine a first movie would be based on anything other than 3 if it happens at all.

I think Fallout, even in 3, is more about the atmosphere. They can make a story based on anything as long as the central character is a loner in a post apocalyptic world.

[ISiddiqui]

Damn, "The Road" is gonna steal their hook!

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Needs to be based on Wasteland.

Fixed!

[hawk4669]

Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

Fixed!

I think I love you.

Wasteland is my favorite game of all time.

Cheers!

[Abe Sargent]

Heh. I loves it. Don;t get me wrong, i love Fallout massively too, I mena you have too, but there will always be an RPG soft spot in my heart for Wasteland.

[Abe Sargent]

That reminds me, a bit of a threadjack - does anybody know any more about the Jagged Alliance movie?

[Crim]

Originally Posted by bulletsponge

for the love of god keep Uwe boll away from this

Sorry, bulletsponge, there are tax laws in place that expressly forbid anyone other than Uwe Boll from making this movie.

[Abe Sargent]

I like that Uwe Boll makes movies! It's nice to know that if I made a crap pot of money and decided to produce, write and make movies, then there would be an established director I'd be better than.