Fantasy Elden Ring film reportedly in the works from Alex Garland/A24

[Deck Rickard]

A24 landing Death Stranding and Elden Ring is quite something. Can't help but wonder what sort of scope we're looking at here. A faithful adaptation of the game narrative would be... expensive, to say the least.

Yeah I’m really curious how they will do this. I’m not opposed to them trying to tell the story of the main game in movie form, with a lone Tarnished fighting their way through the Lands Between and encountering allies (who later turn into foes) along the way. But that would be a HUGE thing to cram into a 2-hour movie. On the other hand, perhaps they will use this to flesh out the backstory of ER so we can get more clarity on the demigods and the Shattering. There is plenty to explore there, and since that’s the stuff that GRRM had the biggest hand in (and he’s the one who keeps talking about the movie) I think there is a chance they could tell that story. Maybe a clever way to do it would be to do a movie that begins with Marika spurning Godfrey and creating the first of the Tarnished. It could center on one of the Tarnished who somehow is able to reenter the Lands Between, so it would have a similar feel to the game but they would interact with demigods in their prime. I don’t know, just spitballing here.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Also, in terms of casting, Thomasin McKenzie is the ONLY choice for Melina.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

Alex Garland Eyeing Reunion With ‘Warfare’ Actor Kit Connor For His ‘Elden Ring’ Adaptation At A24 And Bandai Namco Entertainment –The Dish

Kit Connor is the top choice to star in the new 'Elden Ring' Movie at A24 with Alex Garland directing.

deadline.com

 

[Pennywise]

 

[emielaen]

Hell of a casting.

 

[Filmfreak]

This is going to be something special.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yes! Love both actors!

 

[Elayis]

I don't know what aspect of the game Garland will be adapting, but I could definitely see her as Melina.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeah, same here.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Ben could make a creepy White Mask Varre.

 

[Drizzle]

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Going from Xenomorphs to Elden Ring. She is fearless.

 

[Pennywise]

A24’s Empire of Auteurs

The studio is brilliant at selling small, provocative films. Now it wants to sell blockbusters, too.

www.newyorker.com

A few years ago, Sacco visited Garland at home during a trip to London. The director, who had gushed on the phone about Elden Ring, showed off the game on his PlayStation, then asked whether A24 would back an adaptation. The lush visuals and fantasy setting reminded Sacco of the “Lord of the Rings” movies. He replied, “**** yeah.” Garland, in the hope of garnering the support of the game’s elusive creator, Hidetaka Miyazaki, offered to write a script on spec. Once he had completed an epic hundred-and-sixty-page draft (with forty additional pages of imagery), Sacco flew with him to Japan to close the deal with Elden Ring’s developer and publisher.

 

[Boom]

This is going to hit like crack.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Deck Rickard]

Arise now, ye Tarnished!
Ye dead, who yet live!
The call of long-lost grace speaks to us all!
Hoarah Loux, chieftan of the badlands!
The ever-brilliant Goldmask!
Fia, the Deathbed Companion!
The loathsome Dung Eater!
And Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-knowing!

And one other.

Whom grace would again bless.

A Tarnished of no renown.

Cross the fog, to the Lands Between.
To stand before the Elden Ring.
And become the Elden Lord.