• The creators of Elden Ring have said or have teased that there is interest in film or TV series based on the best-selling videogame.
• “I have nothing to say. Not a word, nope, not a thing, I know nothing, you never heard a peep from me,” writes worldbuilder George RR Martin about a possible adaptation for the big screen.
• Director Hidetaka Miyazaki says that such an adaptation would require a trusted and strong partner.

The two “creators” of Elden Ring, director Hidetaka Miyazaki and worldbuilder George RR Martin have separately indicated that a film or series involving the world of the game is a likely possibility. For new fans of FromSoftware’s games, this may not seem strange but for those aware of the series’ humble origins, it is a major achievement if it comes to fruition.

In a blog post about winning the Nebula Award for Best Writing in a Videogame, A Song of Ice and Fire writer George RR Martin teases that an Elden Ring movie or television series is in the works, or at least is being talked about with the right people.

“Oh, and about those rumours you may have heard about a feature film or television series based on ELDEN RING… I have nothing to say. Not a word, nope, not a thing, I know nothing, you never heard a peep from me, mum mum mum. What rumour?” writes the most notable author of our generation.

Martin says that he wrote the world-building of Elden Ring, adding “Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team did all the rest.”

The tease follows just a few days on from an interview The Guardian held with Miyazaki, where the director mentions “interest” in the story of Elden Ring captured by another medium other than a game.

“I don’t see any reason to deny another interpretation or adaptation of Elden Ring, a movie for example,” Miyazaki tells the interviewer.

“But I don’t think myself, or FromSoftware, have the knowledge or ability to produce something in a different medium. So that’s where a very strong partner would come into play. We’d have to build a lot of trust and agreement on whatever it is we’re trying to achieve, but there’s interest, for sure.”

That bang you just heard was our heads exploding.

If you told us in 2011 that anything remotely related to Demon’s Souls – which the PlayStation’s president at the time called an “unbelievably bad game” – would become mainstream enough to get a feature film, let alone a notable author to work on it, we would have called you a wretched hollow and told you to return from whence you came.

Somehow the plucky Japanese developer of mecha games and dark fantasy slogs actually managed to do it, with Elden Ring having sold 25 million units by June 2024, becoming publisher Bandai Namco’s fastest-selling game of all time in the process.

With uber-popular streamers, pro-wrestling legends and many more clearly taking an interest in the game, the Souls-like is now a part of the gaming zeitgeist, and may soon be on screens streaming from the likes of Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, scooping up as many videogame IPs as they can.

Right now, any talks happening between FormSoftware, Martin and any Hollywood companies are likely in the very early stages, but difficulties in adaptation will likely arise swiftly once deals are done.

The story of Elden Ring, like most games from the company, is told in a non-linear way which means adaptations will either have to change things drastically like the official manga or get supremely creative.

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