It's a wonderful time to be a fan of the acclaimed developers over at FromSoftware. They’ve got a highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods (a vampiric action RPG set in what looks like the Victorian Era), arriving later this year, and it was recently announced that there’s going to be an animated adaptation of 2015’s Bloodborne, a game widely seen as one of the medium’s great works. But Yharnam won't be the only one of FromSoft’s worlds getting the cinematic treatment, as fans will soon get a chance to visit the Lands Between at their local multiplex.
Directed by Ex Machina’s Alex Garland, and produced by A24, Bandai Namco Filmworks, and a host of other folk (including the game’s co-writer and A Song of Ice and Fire architect George R.R. Martin), an official Elden Ring movie is on the way. The project is set to become A24’s most expensive movie ever, with a rumored production budget of over $100 million. At first glance, the obvious question would be how an adaptation of the game could even work, considering that FromSoft’s games rely on environmental storytelling as opposed to traditional cutscenes and exposition. But based on the set photos that have leaked, Garland might just be going out of his way to clear up some of the game’s ambiguity.
