Will there be an Elden Ring movie? George R.R. Martin drops teaser for a potential video game adaptation

"Arise now, ye tarnished. Ye dead, who yet live," George R.R. Martin has something to say about an Elden Ring movie. If that movie ever comes to fruition, James Livingston needs to come back for that opening monologue. It seems like something's brewing after what A Song of Ice and Fire said recently.

He says that discussions are ongoing for the film adaptation of the Hidetaka Miyazaki-directed critically acclaimed video game. The worlds that come from Martin's imagination are just painfully mesmerizing, and the video game was no exception. But then the direction of the video game auteur added the flavor that made it more savory.

Miyazaki was already a fan of Martin's work and hoped he could put his imagination into the Bandai Namco game, and that's how the author became in charge of its worldbuilding. They gave the players a chance to explore the Lands Between and write their own story as the Tarnished.

What did Martin say about the Elden Ring film?

Film adaptations of video games have seen a slight surge lately and that shouldn't come as a surprise if we finally get one for Elden Ring. However, it's still in, sort of, the ideation phase, as George R.R. Martin explained during IGN Fan Fest 2025. He said during an interview there, saying,

"Well, I can't say too much about it, but there is some talk about making a movie out of Elden Ring. We'll see if that [the Elden Ring movie] comes to pass and what the extent of my involvement was, I don't know. I'm a few years behind with my latest book, so that also limits the amount of things that I can do."

Of course, if this gets a swing, Martin needs to be on the bandwagon to give his input. Fans won't want someone else to fiddle with the Lands Between and Lands of Shadow. But that would require unhinged freedom; that's something always on the jumbotron when we are talking about the veteran author.

Interestingly, he made this clear in 2011 when he sat with Entertainment Weekly for an interview. To that end, it is safe to say that he abides by the 'sky's the limit' formula, which ironically comes when a creative doesn't stick with a formula. That explains why Miyazaki let the veteran create a world on his own.

Who else is in favor of an Elden Ring movie?

It's the Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki himself. Yes, he's in favor of a film adaptation but that's it because bringing this game into a different media adaptation won't be a cakewalk. For one, this isn't really a linear narrative, but then the paths eventually meet at the same place in the end.

Miyazaki tells The Guardian's Keza MacDonald that,

"I don’t see any reason to deny another interpretation or adaptation of Elden Ring, a movie for example. But I don’t think myself, or FromSoftware, have the knowledge or ability to produce something in a different medium."

However, if we go by fans, they have a pretty much better idea. That it should be made into a show instead, given the scale of lore.

This actually makes more sense and given the fact that George R.R. Martin doesn't like his imagination cut short, a TV series might have a better shot at succeeding too.

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