Live-action Elden Ring film in works, directed by Alex Garland
A24 Films and Bandai Namco Entertainment will work with Ex Machina director Alex Garland on a live-action film based on the fantasy role-playing game Elden Ring.
Garland, who also wrote the novel The Beach, will write and direct the film, the companies said in a release on May 23.
George R R Martin, author of the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire that inspired the game, will be among the movie's producers, they said. No release date was announced.
FromSoftware's Elden Ring, directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, is set in a dark world full of dungeons, undead monsters and spells. It's shipped more than 30 million units.
A version of the game is set for release for Nintendo's Switch 2 this year, while a spinoff title, Elden Ring Nightreign, is slated for release on May 30. BLOOMBERG
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