A few years from now consumers of electronic media could be sitting down with a bag of popcorn and watching a motion picture based on Fallout. Similarly, there's a chance that TV viewers could be watching a series based on the franchise on the boob tube. That's because Bethesda's parent company, Zenimax, recently registered two specific trademarks which pertain to movie and TV show rights.

Blog Dwell On It noted that the company owns all other U.S. trademarks related to the game property:
On 5 February 2009, Bethesda Softworks LLC applied for the Fallout trademark for "Entertainment services in the nature of an on-going television program" (s/n 77663853) and for "motion picture films about a post-nuclear apocalyptic world" (s/n 77663852).
Does this mean that we'll be enjoying such new Fallout properties in the future? Perhaps. Trademarking in this manner is commonplace for publishers as simply a method of preventing anyone else from gaining access to an IP in name. But then there's the question of whether or not Fallout actually make for good viewing.

HBO viewing material?



Bryn says: They'd have to have a blinder of a scriptwriter to pull off a decent TV series in my opinion. I can see a motion picture being a more viable option than a TV show, but really, how accurate to the game would it be?

"This week, man from Vault 101 snipes faces of mutants with a minigun, again..."