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News by Tom Bramwell

20 April, 2009

Bethesda Softworks recently applied for additional Fallout trademarks to do with "an ongoing television programme" and "motion picture films about a post-nuclear apocalyptic world".

As spotted by Dwell On It (thanks Joystiq), the trademarks were filed on 5th February.

We've contacted Bethesda for comment, but don't expect much. Our guess is the company is safeguarding the brand, rather than actively making a TV show or film. (Update: Bethesda subsequently told Eurogamer it couldn't comment.)

On the plus side, this is a good excuse to point out that Matthew Perry is biased towards Fallout, having told USA Today about his gaming tip for High School Musical actor Zac Efron:

"The biggest advice I had for him was to start playing Fallout 3 instead of Call of Duty 4. It has more of a story."

Apparently Efron "could not figure it out". Re-roll, idiot.

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Tyronne
20/04/09 @ 08:07
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If treated properly, it could be a very good telly series but who knows!
the_dudefather
20/04/09 @ 08:13
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rated 18 due to strong scenes of whackin' and smackin'
Cyclone
20/04/09 @ 08:22
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Potentially yes, but the odds are that it'd turn out a mess. Can anyone really see a black comedy set in a post apocalyptic wasteland being a big crowd puller? Unfortunately I can't.
Miths
20/04/09 @ 08:26
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"If treated properly, it could be a very good telly series but who knows!"

And if it airs on Fox in the US it could be cancelled after a season or two, even if it's great :). I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for a third season of The Sarah Connor Chronicles, but that seems rather unlikely - even with the new Terminator 4 movie coming next month.
And I assume Joss Whedon's Dollhouse will be lucky if all 13 episodes will even be aired (admittedly that show took too many episodes to become decent), just like Firefly.

Given the low ratings for shows like those I mostly blame the viewers though - clearly most morons... ehh, sorry, people will rather just watch one braindead reality show after the next these days. I have a strong feeling a Fallout series would suffer a similar fate.
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crwoody
20/04/09 @ 08:35
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Jericho anyone?
Bangaioh
20/04/09 @ 09:02
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Should be HBO / Showtime kind of series...
kinky_mong
20/04/09 @ 09:06
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That Chandler Bing is a wise man.
Tomo
20/04/09 @ 09:11
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Is Zac Efron old enough to play Fallout 3?!
Ninja_Tino
20/04/09 @ 09:14
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He is in America. 'Could Fallout 3s story BEEE any better than COD4s?!'
Eraysor
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Chandler is evidently even more awesome than I thought he was.
PierrePressure
20/04/09 @ 10:17
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I still miss friends.

There.

I said it.
PlugMonkey
20/04/09 @ 11:33
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"Given the low ratings for shows like those I mostly blame the viewers though - clearly most morons... ehh, sorry, people will rather just watch one braindead reality show after the next these days. I have a strong feeling a Fallout series would suffer a similar fate."

Yeah, but you've got to give these shows a chance to build momentum. Not everyone is glued to Ain't It Cool? News to find out what the next hot show is going to be. It's perfectly normal for a TV show to take a couple of seasons to build momentum and for regular folks to even hear about it.

You look at the huge hit TV shows of that past and wonder how many would have made it in today's climate. X-Files, for example, would probably have got canned before the end of season 1.
MrED209
20/04/09 @ 11:51
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He can't figure it out because he's a fucking idiot that can't do anything without his entourage to do it for him.
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20/04/09 @ 13:04
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+ 1 for PierrePressure
Twin_snakes
20/04/09 @ 15:49
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2+ for PierrePressure
Harmonica
20/04/09 @ 16:48
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Fallout given the same treatment as shows like Carnivale or Deadwood would be an absolutely fantastic spectacle. Sadly I'm not sure if anyones budget would stretch to doing it justice. Deadwood cost a lot of money, and it only had one location. The location shooting required for a good apocalyptic drama series (ie, what Jericho lacked - they never tackled the nuclear aspect) would put the budget through the roof.
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FWB
21/04/09 @ 14:13
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Post-apocalyptic TV show full of mutants? Guess there are few people who will be back at work.
RedSparrows
21/04/09 @ 16:26
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zac efron falls ever further in my estimation.

not that he was anywhere good to begin with.
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21/04/09 @ 20:52
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Threads with MIRV Mini-Nuke Launchers?

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