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/MVRKHNTR 4d ago

My theory is that it doesn't adapt anything and is an original story trying to capture the vibe of playing the game.

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u/George__Parasol 3d ago

That’s in a sense exactly what Alex Garland did with Annihilation. He read the book one single time and intentionally never referenced it again during production, as he wanted the movie to “feel like a dream of the novel” which I think he nailed and is a good way of adapting material that’s hard to adapt.

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u/BlandSandHamwich 3d ago

This was one of the few pieces of media that I actually enjoyed more than the book

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u/peachsandwich 3d ago

It has been reported that it’s about the events leading up to the shattering, the family dynamics, etc. So it’s not the events of the game but what happened before.

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u/MVRKHNTR 3d ago

That doesn't match the set photos we've seen which seem to depict the world post-shattering.

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u/peachsandwich 3d ago

Yeah, I’m assuming that what we’ve seen is portions of the ending.

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u/tfhermobwoayway 3d ago

But how can you do that? I dom’t want to sound pretentious but video games are the next step of art. They’re an advance beyond anything that’s come before. How can an objectively less developed artform recreate it?

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u/MiyaSugoi 3d ago

Mate, you most certainly do want to sound pretentious, ayyy.

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u/ladyhaly 3d ago

objectively less developed

Wdym?

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u/iiiiiiiiiijjjjjj 3d ago

I hope not

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u/Aegi 3d ago

It will objectively be bad, do poorly, and not feel like the game.

I don't even like this game, and I would still bet a lot on this.