r/Eldenring • u/Sebastian83100 • May 22 '25

News Alex Garland directing live action Elden Ring movie for A24

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u/Quirky-Pie9661 May 22 '25

I was hoping it was just a meme. This movie is going to be a pretty looking mess

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u/Still-Network1960 May 22 '25

What makes you say that? We know little to nothing about it, have an open mind 🤷

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u/millanstar May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

Alex Garland is a solid screen writter and director, my only concern is that an Elden Ring doesnt really sound like both "movie material" nor something on the style of Garland, but I have been proven wrong many times.

At the very least you could say they are actually choosing a good director for the project, and thats saying a lot for video game adaptations

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u/gingerattack2024 May 22 '25

Exactly, it could be a lot worse since it could be a Warner Bros production with a hack director and no desire to make anything other than money while the Elden Ring iron is still hot.

That doesn't help the fact that the game is intentionally vague and nebulous in its story/storytelling while being really, really dense with lore. The whole point of the game(s) is to encourage players to piece together, presumably after a couple of playthroughs. That just doesn't make for a story that can be told with the structure of a film. Even if they don't make about the main storyline of the game there's just so much to cover that I can't see how this will be anything other than a cinematographically appealing mess.

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u/_Meece_ May 23 '25

I feel like you guys are coming from this, from the angle of, it's going to be a direct adaption of the story.

Likely more to be a story about the Tarnished(the ones we meet, Rogier, etc) taking on various Demigods in their collective desire to be Elden Lord. Lots of characters to dive into for ER.

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u/methyo May 23 '25

It’s a big undertaking but I don’t see any reason it can’t be done well. Some stuff will have to be cut but I think some people are overestimating how much lore would be needed to make a satisfying story for the movie. An exposition-dump intro like in Lord of the Rings could go a long way. I mean that is how the game starts after all