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Brent V. Friedman. Producer: Dark Skies. Brent V. Friedman was born in 1962. He is a producer and writer, known for Dark Skies (1996), Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) and The Twilight Zone (2002).
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Brent V. Friedman is movie and video game writer and producer who wrote the treatment for a Fallout movie in 1998 for Interplay Films, a division of Interplay. Eventually the division was disbanded and the movie was canceled. The full treatment was later released at The Vault. His film and TV writing credits include Necronomicon: Book of the Dead, Dark Skies, Star Trek: Enterprise and Mortal ...
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The following is the second revision of the canceled Fallout movie treatment, written by Brent V. Friedman in early 1998, before the release of Fallout 2. 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. A full script for the movie was never written, as Interplay Films was disbanded before that happened.
The treatment was released on March 19, 2011 by the writer himself. You can download the PDF or read the full version below.
Note: Unlike the original, this version has had its paragraphs numbered for ease of reference.
1.Commuters waiting for Metro. Looks like present day LA. All reading LA Times except one, our Hero. 20-something, handsome, restless. He confides in a friend that he had that dream again… of fishing in a creek and actually catching a fish. “It’s not healthy to dream of fish,” warns Friend.
2.Tram arrives, passengers board. Out window is blur of countryside. Hero calls out scenery highlights (red Caddy, girl in yellow slicker) before they appear… then suddenly they flicker and leave passengers in dark. A voice informs: “Due to technical difficulties, there will be no view this morning.”
3.Reveal that the tram has only moved 10 feet from one side of cement wall to another. Scenery is just projected travelling matte, a spliced film loop. They are living inside an underground vault housing a couple thousand people. It’s a scaled down, low budget simulation of Los Angeles complete climate control and fake trees. The vibe is techno-retro, combining a 50’s idyllic with late 20th Century technology. Everything is designed to help vault dwellers cope with the reality of living in a claustrophobic, underground world. But our Hero is not coping well with this latest breakdown. In fact, he causes quite a stir, protesting aloud to the other commuters that he’s tired of having his whole life manufactured. There must be something better.
4.Video surveillance watching our Hero on his public rant. Vault Police stop Hero, chase him down for “disturbing the peace.” Female Officer paces Hero, who shows uncanny knowledge of this vault, ducking into secret doors and byways. Using her superior physical skills, Female Officer finally tackles our Hero. It’s clear she knows Hero and she’s been wanting to do this for some time. But to her disappointment, she is instructed to let Hero go.
5.Hero at prestigious job -- or so he’s told -- as Assistant Vault Supervisor, working on Supply Inventory. He inspects the G.E.C.K. -- The Garden of Eden Creation Kit. As part of his daily ritual as resident dreamer, he watches an old promo tape, which explains the G.E.C.K. is a miraculous, one-shot terra forming device to be used by the Vault Dwellers upon eventual emergence onto the surface. Our Hero can’t wait. Then he discovers some anomaly in the vault’s water supply. Makes presentation to Supervisor (his father), who is pleased at how sharp our Hero is... but also knows how bored he is. Father’s already seen video tape of the tram incident – this is not the first time Hero has disturbed the peace. Establish internal strife between those who believe salvation/damnation is above. It’s become a generational thing, like the 60’s. Hero points out that all his generation’s complaints with pre-fab Vault life are irrelevant without water…
Mar 19, 2011 · Brent V. Friedman was commissioned to write the script. The project was abandoned before he began, but he recently found a floppy disk with the 15-page treatment he wrote for the film.
Brent V. Friedman (born 1962; age ~62) is a writer, producer, and video game developer who worked on the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2003. He was Consulting Producer on the first half of the season and co-wrote with Chris Black the teleplay and with Paul Brown the story for the episode "Rajiin". He also teamed with Black to pen the episode "The Shipment". Among Friedman's early ...
Brent V. Friedman is movie and video game writer and producer who wrote the treatment for a Fallout movie in 1998 for Interplay Films, a division of Interplay. Eventually the division was disbanded and the movie was canceled. The full treatment was later released at The Vault. His film and TV writing credits include Necronomicon: Book of the Dead, Dark Skies, Star Trek: Enterprise and Mortal ...
Brent V. Friedman is known as an Writer, Screenplay, Creator, Actor, Co-Executive Producer, and Story. Some of his work includes Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Mortal ...
