Interplay Fallout Movie Script Found

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<p>After many pesterings from KoC to post news about some new lawyer bullshit I wasn't able to finish my task because I recieved some top secret information about a script Interplay made for a Fallout movie from Detective Ausir;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><span> </span> No, the news is not about any upcoming movie. It's about a <a title="Fallout (film)" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_% ... 9">Fallout movie</a> that was being planed by Interplay just after the release of the original </em><em><a title="Fallout" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout">Fallout</a>. In 1998, <a title="Interplay" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Interplay">Interplay</a> formed a division called <a title="Interplay Films" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Interplay ... >Interplay Films</a>, which was to develop some of the company&rsquo;s video game titles into movies. A </em><em>Fallout movie script was to be written by <a title="Brent V. Friedman" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Brent_V._Friedman">Brent V. Friedman</a>. Several studios were interested in the concept, but before a deal could be conconsummated, Interplay Films was disbanded around 2000 and the movie was canceled.</em></p>
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<p><em>A full movie script was never written, but writer Brent Friedman managed to find an early <a title="wikipedia:film treatment" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/film_treatment">film treatment</a> containing a full summary of the story on an old floppy, and was kind enough to send it to me. You can read the whole thing <strong><a title="Fallout film treatment" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_f ... atment">in this wiki article</a></strong> or <strong><a href="http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/fallo ... ">download the PDF here</a></strong>.</em></p>
<p><em>The treatment was written in early 1998, before the release of </em><em><a title="Fallout 2" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_2">Fallout 2</a>. The released version is the second revision. A third version, with some additions and refinements also existed, but is yet to be found. This isn't the definitive version (most of the character names are placeholders, for example) but it's still a decent overview of the story macro.</em></p>
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<em><span>It was surprisingly fun to read it after all these years (it was written around 1998 when Fallout 2 was released). There are some things I would definitely change (obviously, there are many outdated references, etc.) but there are also scenes and aspects of this story which I still love.</span></em>
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<div><em>&mdash;<a title="Brent V. Friedman" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Brent_V._Friedman">Brent V. Friedman</a></em></div>
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<p><em>The movie was not a faithful adaptation of the game's plot, and was never intended to be one, although the main story was loosely based on that of the original game. Some of the elements of the </em><em>Fallout universe that many players can't imagine a </em><em>Fallout title without, like <a title="Ghouls" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ghouls">ghouls</a>, <a title="Brotherhood of Steel" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Brotherho ... rotherhood of Steel</a> or <a title="Power armor" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Power_armor">power armor</a>, were not included, although it's understandable given that e.g. the BoS is not as essential to the plot of the original game as to the later ones. The only characters from the original game, aside from the <a title="Vault Dweller" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_Dweller">Vault Dweller</a> himself (although here we have a party three vault dwellers - aside from the main Hero, there's the Female Officer, Techy and Scholar), are the <a title="Vault 13 Overseer" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_13_ ... verseer</a>, the <a title="Master" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Master">Master</a> and <a title="Decker" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Decker">Dekker</a> - the movie was to focus on <a title="Vault 13" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_13">Vault 13</a>, the search for the <a title="Water chip" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Water_chip">water chip</a> and the <a title="Super mutant" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Super_mutant">super mutant</a> threat, and most other parts of the game did not make the cut. New characters and threads include Max (based on Mad Max), the hero's Intended and his relationship with his father (which may sound familiar to fans of </em><em><a title="Fallout 3" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3">Fallout 3</a>).</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>As for the rest of the story, <a title="Fallout film treatment" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_f ... tment">see for yourself</a> and tell us what you think!</em></p>
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<p>Surprisingly a movie based on Fallout made today would probably be cliche.</p>
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</div><p>Spotted @ <a href="http://fallout.wikia.com">The Vault</a></p>

[ColoredMSauce]

I know we trust the Vault. but this story seems fabricated.

[Ausir]

I got it straight from the writer himself. If you think it's fake, you can contact him yourself at contact@electricfarment.com (his current studio). It's quite easy to verify.

[Retlaw83]

Sounds like it would have been entertaining if done right.

[Blargh]

Forget it, Ted, it's Interplay.

[Retlaw83]

That's why I qualified my statement with "if done right."

[MadBill]

I'LL BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!

[Dogmeatlives]

Forget it, Ted, it's Interplay.

and it's a goddamned video game movie..