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This Fallout Movie Almost Got Made

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by Phil Kollar on March 19, 2011 at 02:10 PM
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The Fallout franchise may still be waiting on a big screen debut, but way back in the series' early days a script for a potential Fallout film was already written. New details about that movie have now surfaced.

Fallout wiki site The Vault has uncovered and posted a full PDF of the second revision of a Fallout movie script from 1998. The script was created as part of the Interplay Films spin-off studio before Fallout 2 had even been released, and it was abandoned when Interplay Films shut down in 2000.

The Fallout film's story -- detailed here or available in full PDF form here -- follows a vault-dwelling 20-something hero as he leads a group looking for a replacement water purifier for Vault 13. It's a familiar but classic tale that could have served as a fun structure to introduce the desolate world of Fallout.

Check out the full story for yourself at the links above. Personally, I could easily see a reasonably good movie set in the Fallout universe being made, though I'm sure Hollywood would figure out some way to screw it up.

[via Kotaku]

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  • by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 02:38 PM
    Man. Maybe one day it will happen. All you can do is hope that Hollywood doesn't suck the life out of it when it does.
  • by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 02:39 PM
    Ha, hollywood not screw something up? I think it would have been more screwed up by them if they had made it back then though. There is a better chance today of limited screw up. If they use the same locations and style as The Book of Eli, they at least wouldn't mess up the way the setting looks.
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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 02:42 PM
    "I could easily see a reasonably good movie set in the Fallout universe being made, though I'm sure Hollywood would figure out some way to screw it up." we've all seen it the Fallout-movie with Book of Eli... although every falloutstory is better than that.
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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 02:49 PM
    I don't think you could ever capture the expanse of Fallout (or most video games today) in the length of a movie. It would at least need to be a planned trilogy.
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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 02:54 PM
    I think fallout would be great onscreen go watch the first fight in the movie doomsday it looks like BOS vs Radiers its sweet. I'll post a link to it when I find it.

    EDIT: Apparently the freakin clip exists no where on the freakin internet! NOWHERE ;_;
    Those of you that have seen that movie and remember the hostpital battle, that is the fight im talkin about. It makes me think of the Brotherhood of Steel fighting Raiders! The movie isn't great but it's pretty fun.
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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 02:55 PM
    For every "King's Speech", you have dozens, perhaps hundreds, of "Meet The Spartans" & other such trash. I cringe at the thought of Hollywood's foul hands taking this fine franchise's name into ruination.

    I request the name of a movie that used a videogame as it's inspiration accomplishing any level of "watchability" beyond `passable`.
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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 03:16 PM

    I pray to God every night for a Fallout movie. I also pray that whoever makes it doesn't screw it up.

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 03:17 PM

    A Fallout movie would be awesome. That is, if Hollywood doesn't screw that up to.

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 03:18 PM

    Make it happen!

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 03:31 PM

    Hollywood is smarter than we think, they know exactly how to screw something up in movie form.

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 03:32 PM

    I would have loved a Fallout movie, but you're right. Hollywood would screw up a simple but great concept

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 03:36 PM

    This would be awesome! I wonder if this is where they got FO3's story from

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 04:07 PM

    That sounds eerily familiar to the Fallout 1 storyline, oh wait, its the exact same story :)

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 04:24 PM

    I have a friend who wants to be a movie director, and I'm sure he'd love to make a video game movie that doesn't suck. He's pretty good at not sucking.

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 04:36 PM

    You're right.  Holloywood would find a way to screw it up.

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 04:46 PM

    it would be awesome to watch a fallout movie but it would have to be good.

  • by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 04:55 PM
    Now THAT is a movie I'd love to see. Unless they had Uwe Boll direct it, then you'd have to pay me to watch it.
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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 05:32 PM

    Yep, Hollywood was and will screw it.

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    by Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 06:17 PM
    I just want a good Halo movie. Battle For Los Angeles proves it could rock!
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