Despite their characteristic approach to environmental storytelling, the developers at FromSoftware have been praised for over a decade for the remarkable depth of their worldbuilding. The existential struggle between humanity and power-hungry demigods reaching for immortality in Dark Souls, the horrific consequences of scientific scholars and religious fanatics exploiting Eldritch alien entities in Bloodborne; many of FromSoft’s games contain complex behind-the-scenes lore that players only uncover with rigorous exploration. Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s most recent game, is different in one key way: that world was co-created by George R.R. Martin, the architect of Game of Thrones and its many spin-offs.
Given Elden Ring’s immense and immediate success, it was practically a given that fans would see more of the Lands Between in some capacity, but no one would’ve predicted a major motion picture announcement from indie darling A24. Yet the project, directed by Alex Garland, has already begun production, and the first glimpses of the set promise a faithful depiction of the setting. While the film is still shrouded in secrecy, some recent updates have given fans insight into when to expect, as well as who might be portraying the major players of Elden Ring’s epic mythology.
