It’s Friday! And there’s exciting news! Elden Ring remains one of the biggest games of all time, its Soulslike action crafted and honed by FromSoftware, who have got pretty good at the whole thing, having created the Souls genre in the first place. As one of the biggest games of all time, it’s little surprise to find that someone has eventually decided to turn Elden Ring into a movie, with Alex Garland – known for writing hit films like 28 Days Later and Sunshine, before moving into directing with titles like Ex Machina and Civil War – at the helm.
While this is undoubtedly exciting news, it does raise a few questions. While Alex Garland undoubtedly has the chops to craft a fantastical and emotionally resonant story, and to then bring it to fruition from the director’s chair, this will be his first true foray into the fantasy genre, previously having specialised in science fiction. It’s not his first brush with gaming though, as he co-wrote the excellent Enslaved: Journey to the West, a sci-fi take on the classic Monkey mythology, as well as serving as a story supervisor for DMC: Devil May Cry.
Elden Ring was created under the guidance of FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, based on a mythological story written by George R. R. Martin, author of the fantasy novel series, “A Song of Ice and Fire.” That’s Game of Thrones if you’ve been living under a rock. The game has sold an astonishing 30 million copies worldwide, and we’re just about to witness the launch of a new entry in the series with Elden Ring: Nightreign due to launch on the 30th of May.
Elden Ring’s dark and menacing world of brutal challenges is undoubtedly an evocative setting, and, if done well, could be a fantasy epic to rival Lord of the Rings, or Martin’s own Game of Thrones. We’re definitely intrigued, and we can’t wait to find out more.
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An intriguing proposition for certain!