Ever since FromSoftware revolutionized the RPG world with 2009’s Demon’s Souls, it feels like each subsequent release has begged to be given a cinematic adaptation. Dark Souls and its decaying, grimdark high-fantasy setting, Bloodborne and its nightmarish fusion of Gothic horror and H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic terror, Sekiro and its blood-splattered, Edo-era tale of revenge; every game they’ve put out in the last 17 years could make for a high-concept blockbuster with a compelling setting. Luckily for fans, one of their games is soon to become exactly that.
Announced in 2025, an adaptation of FromSoft’s Elden Ring is in development from indie darling A24. Directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, last year’s Warfare), the film will be produced by frequent Garland collaborators Peter Rice, Andrew Macdonald, and Allon Reich, along with the writer of the game’s dense backstory, George R.R. Martin himself, as well as his Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon co-producer, Vince Gerardis. When the announcement dropped last May, fans assumed it would be a while before they heard anything more about the adaptation. The start of production, however, just broke that assumption.
