Summary
Game of Thronesauthor, George R.R. Martin, has finally offered up his heartfelt opinions on theElden Ringmovie and its recently appointed director, Alex Garland. Any fan of Martins or even video games will know by now that a live-action adaptation of Hidetaka Miyazaki’s 2022Elden Ringis in the works by film production company A24 and game publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment. As of writing, not a lot is known about the film, other than theAnnihilationdirector helming the project, and actorKit Connor is being eyed for the lead role.
What fans do know is that the movie won’t be released anytime soon, at least not this year anyway, and that casting for the adaptation hasn’t officially been announced, which is likely to be some time away, also, including any kind of trailer. However, Martin did hint that theElden Ringmovie could be in pre-developmentwhile promoting his upcomingLost Landsproject on Max last month, but it seems likely that his involvement in the film could be kept to a minimum since he has so many other projects on the go, although that hasn’t stopped him before. Toying with fans last year,Martin played coy about the rumors of theElden Ringgetting a film makeover, stating that he knew nothing about it all, which, of course, only added fuel to the fire of the adaptation rumors in the end.
George R.R. Martin Offers His Support for Elden Ring Movie and Director Alex Garland
Posting on hisNot A Blogwebsite,George R.R. Martin, who worked on the backstory for FromSoftware’s beloved game, gave praise to not only theElden Ringmovie’s production company, A24, but also to its director,Alex Garland. While theGame of Thronesauthor didn’t provide any concrete details about his actual involvement in the film, as he’s been very careful about anything he says now, his current mood on the blog has been changed to “hopeful” while also linking out to a YouTube video from Zayf the Scholar called, ‘Why the Elden Ring Movie WON’T SUCK - Director Reveals His TRUE Power Level’, so fans can read into that whichever way that they prefer.
“A24 is a kickass studio, and Alex Garland is a first-rate director,” remarked Martin on his blog about the Elden Ring movie.
While Martin seems very excited about theElden Ringmovie and Garland leading the project, there have been no suggestions so far about what capacity he’s actually involved in. Fans already know that the writer has a host of projects up his sleeve, likethe recently announced animated movie,A Dozen Tough Jobs, something that those who have been waiting forThe Winds of Winterhave been very vocal about.
This comes after Martin enraged his loyal fandom yet again byannouncing that he had collaborated with Colossal Bioscienceson the reveal of its first-ever de-extinction of an animal, the dire wolf, leaving fans confused at his involvement in such a massive project while they wait for his long-delayed next novel in the book series.
