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Bethesda not interested in Elder Scrolls and Fallout movies because it knows they probably 'wouldn't be as good as the games'

It might be open to one director though...

Christopher Hooton
Wednesday 10 August 2016 05:20 EDT
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Two things we know for certain: Video games are big money. The modern Hollywood studio system loves to make big money from big existing properties.

Why then, following the international box office success of the Warcraft movie, haven’t we seen big screen adaptations of game giants Elder Scrolls and Fallout?

It seems it’s because, hearteningly, developer Bethesda doesn’t want to sell the films rights to the games unless they’re done justice.

Bethesda head honcho Todd Howard revealed that discussions have been had with studios/producers, but he wasn’t convinced.

“We’ve had a couple of in-roads, particularly with Fallout, which is a bit stickier than Elder Scrolls, but everybody’s kind of asked and I’ve taken a number of meetings over the years and nothing quite clicked where I felt, ‘Oh, that would be as good as the game.’” he told WCCF Tech.

Bethesda’s VP of Public Relations and Marketing did however suggest they’d be tempted if a certain director was on board (please god don’t let this happen, The Hobbit trilogy was enough):

“I think if Peter Jackson turned up at Todd Howard’s office and said, ‘I want to do The Elder Scrolls‘, well that would be a pretty serious conversation…but I think Peter is probably pretty busy.”

Elder Scrolls would perhaps be best adapted as a parody, centring on a group of disgruntled adventurers forced into retirement after taking an arrow in the knee.

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