FromSoftware's acclaimed action RPG Elden Ring returns to the spotlight following the release of its first and final major expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. Packed with new content and plenty of challenging boss fights, the DLC has kept players coming back to the game. The renewed focus on Elden Ring following the critical and commercial success of the new expansion has led to talk of a film or television adaptation. The game's director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, reportedly spoke of the “interest” in an Elden Ring adaptation following the release of Shadow of the Erdtree. Now fantasy writer George RR Martin, who helped build the world of Elden Ring, has teased the possibility of a movie or TV show based on the game.
Adaptation of Elden Ring provoked
In a blog post published on June 29, the author hinted at an Elden Ring adaptation by enthusiastically feigning ignorance about a possible project. “Oh, and about those rumors you may have heard about a feature film or TV series based on ELDEN RING… I have nothing to say,” Martin said. “Not a word, no, not a thing, I don't know a thing, you never heard a beat from me, mother, mother, mother. What rumour?” added.
Martin's coy suggestions follow FromSoftware president and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki's admission that he wouldn't mind seeing the game adapted to a different medium. In an interview with The Guardian published after the release of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Miyazaki had said: “I see no reason to deny another interpretation or adaptation of Elden Ring, a film for example.
“But I don't think myself, nor FromSoftware, have the knowledge or the ability to produce something in a different medium. So that's where a really strong partner would come in. We'd have to build a lot of trust and agreement about what we're trying to achieve, but there is interest, for sure,” he added.
Nebula Award for Elden Ring
Martin, whose epic fantasy novels in the A Song of Ice and Fire series were adapted into the HBO TV show Game of Thrones, helped FromSoftware write the world and story of Elden Ring. On his blog, he also thanked the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association for presenting its Nebula Award for game writing to Elden Ring last year. “I did the world building for this project; Hidetaka Miyazaka [sic] and his team did the rest. We were both honored with trophies,” the writer said in his blog post.
The Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree expansion launched on June 21 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. Since its release, it has become Metacritic's highest-rated DLC, although the game has received some criticism from players for its high degree of difficulty.
