"Elden Ring Movie Discussed, Martin's Involvement Limited - IGN Fan Fest 2025"

George R. R. Martin, the acclaimed author behind the "Game of Thrones" series, has dropped a tantalizing hint that an Elden Ring movie might be on the horizon. However, he also pointed out a significant hurdle that could impact his involvement in the project—his ongoing commitment to completing The Winds of Winter, the long-awaited sixth book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Martin's creative input was instrumental in crafting the intricate world and history of FromSoftware's Elden Ring, which soared to become one of the top-selling games of 2022. Both FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco highlighted Martin's contribution in their promotional efforts, with the game's credits acknowledging that the world was co-created by FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin.

When asked about his potential involvement in a sequel to Elden Ring during IGN Fan Fest 2025, Martin cleverly sidestepped the question of a sequel but hinted at the possibility of an Elden Ring film. He stated, "Well, I can't say too much about it, but there is some talk about making a movie out of Elden Ring."

This isn't the first time Martin has teased the prospect of an Elden Ring movie. Hidetaka Miyazaki, president of FromSoftware, has also expressed openness to an adaptation, provided it involves a "very strong partner." In an interview with The Guardian, Miyazaki remarked, "I don’t see any reason to deny another interpretation or adaptation of Elden Ring, a movie for example. But I don’t think myself, or FromSoftware, have the knowledge or ability to produce something in a different medium."

He continued, "So that’s where a very strong partner would come into play. We’d have to build a lot of trust and agreement on whatever it is we’re trying to achieve, but there’s interest, for sure."

Despite the excitement surrounding the potential Elden Ring movie, Martin acknowledged to IGN that his involvement might be limited due to his focus on The Winds of Winter. "We'll see if that [the Elden Ring movie] comes to pass and what the extent of my involvement was, I don't know," he said. "I'm a few years behind with my latest book, so that also limits the amount of things that I can do."

The wait for The Winds of Winter has been arduous for fans, with the last installment, A Dance With Dragons, released in 2011—the same year HBO launched the wildly successful Game of Thrones series, which brought even more attention to Martin's fantasy world. Martin himself has admitted to being 13 years late on The Winds of Winter, saying, "Unfortunately, I am 13 years late. Every time I say that, I’m [like], ‘How could I be 13 years late?’ I don’t know, it happens a day at a time."

Yet, he remains determined, noting, "But that’s still a priority. A lot of people are already writing obituaries for me. [They’re saying] ‘Oh, he’ll never be finished.’ Maybe they’re right. I don’t know. I’m alive right now! I seem pretty vital!”

Martin also elaborated on his contributions to Elden Ring, explaining to IGN how he assisted FromSoftware with worldbuilding. "When they came to me, FromSoftware, they wanted the world. They knew the action of Elden Ring that the players would get into would be in the ‘present.’ But something had created that present, had created that world. So where did that world come from? And I've done a lot of world building, most notably on Westeros and the backgrounds of A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones. And I like doing world building. So what had happened 5,000, 10,000 years before the current day action in Elden Ring that led them to that place? And I had some ideas about the magic and the runes. There was a lot about runes. And I worked it all out."

He described the collaborative process, saying, "It was interesting that the team flew in and we had a number of sessions and they would fly back and do their magic, and then they would come back here a couple months later and show me what they had, which was always amazing to see what they came up with."

When asked if all his material was used in the game, Martin responded, "Yeah, I think especially when you're world building, there's always more that you actually see on the screen. And that's true of any of these big epic fantasies. I mean, you look at Tolkien and there are hundreds of pages of past history before you get to even the era of the Hobbit and dozens of kings and wars and things like that."