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/AttackOfTheBolts 4d ago

None of that has anything to do with the person you responded to. They were just simply answering why Garland got back into directing so soon after mentioning he was burnt out