Fans React To Elden Ring Movie News: 'We’re In The Best Hands Possible with Garland'

It's been specified hours since a live-action Elden Ring movie was revealed to beryllium successful the works, and already, fans are making their views — some affirmative and antagonistic — known.

Debates person sprung up connected each aspects of the production, from the determination to marque a film, not a TV show, the prime of its writer and manager — Alex Garland directed Ex Machina and Civil War — and whether the story, which is considerably convoluted, should beryllium focused connected the Tarnished, the demigods themselves, oregon thing other entirely. A Song of Ice and Fire writer George R. R. Martin, who wrote Game of Thrones and helped make Elden Ring's world, is attached arsenic a shaper connected the movie, arsenic is Vince Gerardis.

"Sigh why? No 1 ask[ed] for this support FromSoftware distant from hollyweird plz," complained 1 player, portion different said: "I was hoping it was conscionable a meme. This movie is going to beryllium a beauteous looking mess."

Some are disquieted astir the storyline, fixed truthful overmuch of Elden Ring's lore is implied and has chiefly been interpreted by the community.

"This is the the main occupation with adapting immoderate of the Fromsoft Souls games into movies, astir each the lore is interpreted by the instrumentality base, precise seldom volition the games archer you precise straight astir anything, a movie can't beryllium similar that since it'll effort to entreaty to the bulk of people, truthful things volition beryllium spelled retired successful large detail, ignoring 1 of the main attractions of these benignant of games," 1 subordinate added. Another suggested that portion that whitethorn beryllium the lawsuit if a communicative was based upon the Tarnished, "a movie astir the lore oregon NPCs? That could work."

That said, plentifulness of players are relieved that Garland has been selected arsenic director, fixed his emotion of the game. Even putting speech his game-writing credentials (he wrote Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and DmC: Devil May Cry), successful a Reddit AMA past month, Garland revealed helium was presently connected an NG+6 tally of Shadow of the Erdtree.

"Have you seen [Garland's] films?" asked this player. "They're fantabulous movies but they're a spot weird and truthful they origin mixed opinions. They're precise 'artistic' successful the consciousness that a batch of radical bounce disconnected them for being 'weird'. This, successful my opinion, is precisely the feline you privation progressive successful an Elden Ring movie due to the fact that helium tin grip weird."

"Garland makes astonishing worldly and I was gonna accidental this is an out-there manager choice, but helium did marque Ex Machina which is each sorts if f***ed up," this subordinate added. "Could beryllium epic."

"Say what you volition astir the thought of an Elden Ring movie, but astatine the precise slightest we’re successful the champion hands imaginable with Garland," commented this impressed player. "Go ticker his video with [Last of Us creator] Neil Druckmann if you request immoderate convincing that helium volition beryllium arsenic existent arsenic imaginable to the root material."

For now, plot, casting details, and a merchandise day for the Elden Ring movie person yet to beryllium announced, and fans are besides speculating connected that, too, including a cheeky proposal for Jack Black to play Godrick — oregon Torrent; I've seen suggestions for some — and different for Chris Pratt arsenic a Tarnished.

Outside of the movie world, Elden Ring has continued to pull gaming fans with much contented successful the years since its release. DLC arrived successful 2024 successful the signifier of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, and adjacent week, players volition yet get their hands connected a wholly separate, multiplayer spinoff called Elden Ring Nightreign.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.