George R. R. Martin Reveals 'There Is Some Talk About Making a Movie Out of Elden Ring,' but There's One Big, Obvious Thing That Could Limit His Involvement With It – IGN Fan Fest 2025

George R. R. Martin has dropped the most tantalizing hint yet about the possibility of an Elden Ring movie, but he's also acknowledged a significant hurdle to his potential involvement in such a project. The mastermind behind the epic world of Game of Thrones lent his world-building prowess to FromSoftware’s Elden Ring, which became a blockbuster hit in 2022. Both FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco prominently featured Martin's contribution in their marketing efforts, with the game's credits boldly stating that the Elden Ring universe was co-created by FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin.

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

This isn't the first time Martin has teased fans with the prospect of an Elden Ring movie. FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has also expressed openness to the idea, albeit with a caveat. "I don’t see any reason to deny another interpretation or adaptation of Elden Ring, a movie for example," Miyazaki told The Guardian. "But I don’t think myself, or FromSoftware, have the knowledge or ability to produce something in a different medium."

Miyazaki emphasized the need for a "very strong partner" to bring such a project to life, highlighting the importance of trust and alignment in vision. "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," he added.

However, Martin's involvement in an Elden Ring movie might be limited due to his ongoing commitment to his long-awaited novel, 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 told IGN. "I'm a few years behind with my latest book, so that also limits the amount of things that I can do."

Fans of Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series have been eagerly awaiting The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in the saga, for over a decade. Martin himself has acknowledged the delays and the skepticism surrounding its completion. "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," he admitted in December.

Despite the challenges, Martin remains committed to his work. "But that’s still a priority," he insisted. "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!"

The wait for The Winds of Winter has been increasingly disheartening, especially since the last book, A Dance With Dragons, was published in 2011, the same year HBO launched the immensely popular Game of Thrones series, which brought even more attention to Martin's world of Westeros.

Reflecting on his work with FromSoftware, Martin shared insights into his role in shaping Elden Ring's universe. "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 explained to IGN.

Martin also highlighted the collaborative nature of the project, noting the iterative process between him and the FromSoftware team. "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 or if there was more for future projects, 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."