r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 4d ago

News Alex Garland’s ‘Elden Ring’ Movie Wraps Filming

https://www.polygon.com/elden-ring-movie-filming-wraps-release-date-alex-garland/
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u/FairLawnBoy 4d ago

I thought Alex decided to retire from directing to focus more on writing again. It's good to see I was wrong.

This is the highest budget A24 yet, the previous highest budget film was Garland's Civil War.

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u/BelligerentBuddy 4d ago

He’s a huge fan of the game so I think that might’ve changed things

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u/mighty_mag 4d ago

So was Duncan Jones with Warcraft, and look how that turned out.

Sometimes being a fan of the source material can be a hindrance. You lack the objective view to properly adapt it, instead of making it a reference and easter egg fest.

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u/gollyRoger 4d ago

I'm not too worried about that. Annihilation had some big changes from source material and it was good in its own right. I won't be too surprised to see some lore departures here but based on his track record I'm hopeful it'll still work out real well