Bethesda declined Fallout screen deals for a decade until it found the right partner

Gamesradar reports studio veteran Emil Pagliarulo said Bethesda could have made a Fallout movie or TV show a decade ago, but the studio continually refused Hollywood offers until it found the right partner.

In an interview with PC Gamer, Pagliarulo credited Todd Howard and explained the rejections were deliberate: Hollywood had been asking for a decade, but studios "wanted to throw 'the videogame directors' at us," he said. "We don't want the guy who makes videogame movies. We want the best director, the best showrunner possible…a lot of it was waiting to find the right partner, and not just doing it because you could."

According to Pagliarulo, that insistence on top talent and the right collaborators explains the delay; the property is now a Prime Video TV show adaptation. Beyond his comments that Bethesda waited for the right partner, Pagliarulo did not detail the earlier offers.

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