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Fans React To Elden Ring Movie News: 'We’re In The Best Hands Possible with Garland'
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67294" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2022/03/02/eldenringtwitch-1646228417694.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>It's been mere hours since a <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/live-action-elden-ring-movie-on-the-way-from-a24-and-director-alex-garland" target="_blank"><u>live-action Elden Ring movie</u></a> was revealed to be in the works, and already, fans are making their views — both positive and negative — known.</p><p></p><p>Debates have sprung up on all aspects of the production, from the decision to make a film, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt9iot/comment/mts546n/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank"><u>not a TV show</u></a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1ktd6ni/kinda_makes_me_worried_not_gonna_lie/" target="_blank"><u>the choice of its writer and director</u></a> — Alex Garland directed Ex Machina and Civil War — and whether the story, which is considerably convoluted, should be focused on the Tarnished, the demigods themselves, or something else entirely. A Song of Ice and Fire writer George R. R. Martin, who wrote Game of Thrones and helped create <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring" target="_blank"><u>Elden Ring</u></a>'s world, is attached as a producer on the movie, as is Vince Gerardis.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Sigh why? No one ask[ed] for this keep FromSoftware away from hollyweird plz," <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1ktetgx/comment/mtsyb14/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank"><u>complained</u></a> one player, while another <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt4piv/comment/mtqs5g5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank"><u>said</u></a>: "I was hoping it was just a meme. This movie is going to be a pretty looking mess."</p><p></p><p>Some are worried about the storyline, given so much of Elden Ring's lore is implied and has chiefly been interpreted by the community.</p><p></p><p>"This is the the main problem with adapting any of the Fromsoft Souls games into movies, almost all the lore is interpreted by the fan base, very rarely will the games tell you very directly about anything, a movie can't be like that since it'll try to appeal to the majority of people, so things will be spelled out in great detail, ignoring one of the main attractions of these type of games," one player <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt4piv/comment/mtqvfva/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank"><u>added</u></a>. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt4piv/comment/mtqt548/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank"><u>Another</u></a> suggested that while that may be the case if a story was based upon the Tarnished, "a movie around the lore or NPCs? That could work."</p><p></p><p></p><p>That said, plenty of players are relieved that Garland has been selected as director, given his love of the game. Even putting aside his game-writing credentials (he wrote Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and DmC: Devil May Cry), in <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1jucgre/comment/mm14377/" target="_blank"><u>a Reddit AMA</u></a> last month, Garland revealed he was <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt9iot/director_and_writer_of_a24s_elden_ring_adaption/" target="_blank"><u>currently on an NG+6 run of Shadow of the Erdtree</u></a>.</p><p></p><p>"Have you seen [Garland's] films?" <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1ktd6ni/comment/mtsq30b/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank"><u>asked this player</u></a>. "They're excellent movies but they're a bit weird and so they cause mixed opinions. They're very 'artistic' in the sense that a lot of people bounce off them for being 'weird'. This, in my opinion, is exactly the guy you want involved in an Elden Ring movie because he can handle weird."</p><p></p><p>"Garland makes amazing stuff and I was gonna say this is an out-there director choice, but he did make Ex Machina which is all sorts if f***ed up," this player <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt4piv/comment/mtqqujq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank"><u>added</u></a>. "Could be epic."</p><p></p><p>"Say what you will about the idea of an Elden Ring movie, but at the very least we’re in the best hands possible with Garland," <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt9iot/comment/mts3c9e/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank"><u>commented</u></a> this impressed player. "Go watch his video with [Last of Us creator] Neil Druckmann if you need any convincing that he will be as true as possible to the source material."</p><p></p><p>For now, plot, casting details, and a release date for the Elden Ring movie have yet to be announced, and fans are also speculating on that, too, including a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt9q51/so_is_jack_black_gonna_play_godrick_or_what/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank"><u>cheeky recommendation</u></a> for Jack Black to play Godrick — or Torrent; I've seen suggestions for both — and another for <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt7rv6/now_that_the_movies_been_confirmed_i_hope/" target="_blank"><u>Chris Pratt as a Tarnished</u></a>.</p><p></p><p>Outside of the movie world, Elden Ring has continued to attract gaming fans with more content in the years since its release. DLC arrived in 2024 in the form of <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree" target="_blank"><u>Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree</u></a>, and next week, players will finally get their hands on a completely separate, multiplayer spinoff called <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring-nightreign" target="_blank"><u>Elden Ring Nightreign</u></a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social" target="_blank"><em>BlueSky</em></a><em>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/fans-react-to-elden-ring-movie-news-were-in-the-best-hands-possible-with-garland" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67294, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2022/03/02/eldenringtwitch-1646228417694.jpg[/IMG] It's been mere hours since a [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/live-action-elden-ring-movie-on-the-way-from-a24-and-director-alex-garland'][U]live-action Elden Ring movie[/U][/URL] was revealed to be in the works, and already, fans are making their views — both positive and negative — known. Debates have sprung up on all aspects of the production, from the decision to make a film, [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt9iot/comment/mts546n/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button'][U]not a TV show[/U][/URL], [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1ktd6ni/kinda_makes_me_worried_not_gonna_lie/'][U]the choice of its writer and director[/U][/URL] — Alex Garland directed Ex Machina and Civil War — and whether the story, which is considerably convoluted, should be focused on the Tarnished, the demigods themselves, or something else entirely. A Song of Ice and Fire writer George R. R. Martin, who wrote Game of Thrones and helped create [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring'][U]Elden Ring[/U][/URL]'s world, is attached as a producer on the movie, as is Vince Gerardis. "Sigh why? No one ask[ed] for this keep FromSoftware away from hollyweird plz," [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1ktetgx/comment/mtsyb14/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button'][U]complained[/U][/URL] one player, while another [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt4piv/comment/mtqs5g5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button'][U]said[/U][/URL]: "I was hoping it was just a meme. This movie is going to be a pretty looking mess." Some are worried about the storyline, given so much of Elden Ring's lore is implied and has chiefly been interpreted by the community. "This is the the main problem with adapting any of the Fromsoft Souls games into movies, almost all the lore is interpreted by the fan base, very rarely will the games tell you very directly about anything, a movie can't be like that since it'll try to appeal to the majority of people, so things will be spelled out in great detail, ignoring one of the main attractions of these type of games," one player [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt4piv/comment/mtqvfva/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button'][U]added[/U][/URL]. [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt4piv/comment/mtqt548/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button'][U]Another[/U][/URL] suggested that while that may be the case if a story was based upon the Tarnished, "a movie around the lore or NPCs? That could work." That said, plenty of players are relieved that Garland has been selected as director, given his love of the game. Even putting aside his game-writing credentials (he wrote Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and DmC: Devil May Cry), in [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1jucgre/comment/mm14377/'][U]a Reddit AMA[/U][/URL] last month, Garland revealed he was [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt9iot/director_and_writer_of_a24s_elden_ring_adaption/'][U]currently on an NG+6 run of Shadow of the Erdtree[/U][/URL]. "Have you seen [Garland's] films?" [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1ktd6ni/comment/mtsq30b/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button'][U]asked this player[/U][/URL]. "They're excellent movies but they're a bit weird and so they cause mixed opinions. They're very 'artistic' in the sense that a lot of people bounce off them for being 'weird'. This, in my opinion, is exactly the guy you want involved in an Elden Ring movie because he can handle weird." "Garland makes amazing stuff and I was gonna say this is an out-there director choice, but he did make Ex Machina which is all sorts if f***ed up," this player [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt4piv/comment/mtqqujq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button'][U]added[/U][/URL]. "Could be epic." "Say what you will about the idea of an Elden Ring movie, but at the very least we’re in the best hands possible with Garland," [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt9iot/comment/mts3c9e/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button'][U]commented[/U][/URL] this impressed player. "Go watch his video with [Last of Us creator] Neil Druckmann if you need any convincing that he will be as true as possible to the source material." For now, plot, casting details, and a release date for the Elden Ring movie have yet to be announced, and fans are also speculating on that, too, including a [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt9q51/so_is_jack_black_gonna_play_godrick_or_what/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button'][U]cheeky recommendation[/U][/URL] for Jack Black to play Godrick — or Torrent; I've seen suggestions for both — and another for [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1kt7rv6/now_that_the_movies_been_confirmed_i_hope/'][U]Chris Pratt as a Tarnished[/U][/URL]. Outside of the movie world, Elden Ring has continued to attract gaming fans with more content in the years since its release. DLC arrived in 2024 in the form of [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring-shadow-of-the-erdtree'][U]Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree[/U][/URL], and next week, players will finally get their hands on a completely separate, multiplayer spinoff called [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/elden-ring-nightreign'][U]Elden Ring Nightreign[/U][/URL]. [I]Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at [/I][URL='https://bsky.app/profile/vixx.bsky.social'][I]BlueSky[/I][/URL][I].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/fans-react-to-elden-ring-movie-news-were-in-the-best-hands-possible-with-garland"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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