Talking on the premiere of Amazon’s Fallout present in Los Angeles, Bethesda’s Todd Howard admitted he’ll probably flip down any pitches for a TV adaptation of The Elder Scrolls. Not solely that, however he was initially in opposition to the concept of a Fallout TV present.

When requested by IGN if different Bethesda properties will see comparable variations within the wake of Fallout, Howard revealed there’s nothing within the works in the meanwhile, including, “All people asks, like, about Elder Scrolls, and I hold saying no additionally. And I’d strategy these—I’ll most likely say no.”

This may increasingly appear baffling since online game variations are all the trend these days, plus Elder Scrolls is a highly regarded franchise. Nonetheless, Howard defined how he rejected pitches for a Fallout present, in addition to a film, for a few decade. Amazon’s adaptation solely grew to become about as a result of he hit issues off with Jonathan Nolan, who serves as an government producer on the present.

Howard liked Nolan’s work as a author on motion pictures like The Darkish Knight and Interstellar, and after assembly and talking with him, Howard “felt like, ‘hey, do you wanna do that? I’d prefer to strategy it prefer it’s one other entry within the video games.’ Like, let’s do a brand new location, new story, let him and his loopy lunatic individuals he works with type of do what they do.”

It very a lot appears like Howard doesn’t wish to make an Elder Scrolls present only for the sake of it. He felt the identical means about Fallout, including, “I believe this actually got here out of, ‘we predict issues are aligning to do a high-quality job.’ It wasn’t pressured. It was type of a pure relationship and ‘hey, this sounds actually cool.’”

This information could also be disappointing to some, however at the very least this implies if Howard ever adjustments his thoughts (which he doesn’t rule out), it’ll be as a result of he’s discovered the best inventive associate for an Elder Scrolls present. Fallout might have required one thing of a ‘stars aligning’ second for it to return to be, however Howard’s insistence on letting it occur naturally appears to have paid off, with the Fallout present getting close to rave evaluations from critics. You possibly can watch all eight episodes proper now in order for you so long as you may have entry to Amazon Prime Video.