The long-rumoured Elden Ring live-action movie has now been officially confirmed, with production house A24 and director Alex Garland at the helm. Yep, watch out Super Mario Bros and Minecraft, FromSoft is sending a legion of souls-loving nerds after your box office records.
It’s taken a while for the chatter about this kovie possibly being a thing to cyrystalise into something 100% solid, but at least now we won’t have to deal with George R.R Martin being all coy about it, with the author having been brought on as a producer.
“We’re thrilled to announce that Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc and A24 are teaming up with writer and director Alex Garland to bring FromSoftware Inc’s world-renowned video game ELDEN RING to life as a live-action film,” Bandai Namco tweeted.
“We’re truly excited to bring the world of ELDEN RING to fans in a new form, outside the game. Stay tuned. The path ahead is only beginning.”
Ex Machina and Civil War director Alex Garland will write and direct this ER film, with R. R. Martin, Peter Rice, Vince Gerardis, as well as DNA Films duo Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich, attatched as producers (thanks, Deadline). There doesn’t look to be any word yet as to how involved Hidetaka Miyazaki or any other FromSoftware devs will be in the project.
There are also no plot details right now, so for all we know Radahn’s tiny horse is the main character. Maybe it’s a musical in which he’s followed around by an Albinauric chorus with voices that’d make Pavarotti blush. Whatever happens, if Malenia pops up on screen, I’d wager we’ll get clips of cinemas erupting into chaos like we did with the Minecraft movie’s Chicken Jockey.
What are you hoping to see from this Elden Ring movie and has it being confirmed got you even more keen to jump into Elden Ring Nightreign on May 30? Let us know below!