It was rumored. The chat was all over the internet. Turns out it was true. The writer/director of Ex Machina and Civil War is locked in by A24 for Elden Ring.
It was originally reported on Nexus Point News and then all sorts of online shenanigans broke out with claim and counter claim across various outlets.
It turns out Jeff Sneider was on the money.
Variety has confirmed that Garland will both write and direct.
The game is massive. It has shipped millions of copies and won numerous awards. The lore was co-created by Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin.
Elden Ring takes place in the Lands Between, a realm influenced by entities called Outer Gods. Most prominent is the Greater Will, who created the Elden Ring – a collection of runes that govern the laws of reality.
The Greater Will’s emissary, the Two Fingers, made a woman named Marika the Elden Ring’s vessel, ascending her to godhood.
She then formed a religion called the Golden Order alongside a consort, the Elden Lord; two held this title: Godfrey, a barbarian warlord banished for unknown reasons, and Radagon, Marika’s male alter ego.
I am afraid that I got this far and lost the will to live while reading about it, so we are all going to have to take it on a promise that there is much more to it.
The film will be produced by Peter Rice, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Martin and Vince Gerardis.
Brace yourselves. Fantasy is incoming.
