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, the mastermind behind the intricate world of *Game of Thrones*, has once again teased the possibility of an *Elden Ring* movie. As the creative force behind the lore and history of FromSoftware's critically acclaimed game, which became one of the best-selling titles of 2022, Martin's involvement was prominently featured in the game's promotional efforts and credits, alongside FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki.

During IGN Fan Fest 2025, when asked about his potential involvement in a sequel to *Elden Ring*, Martin cleverly sidestepped the question but hinted at a cinematic 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 dropped such hints, and FromSoftware's president, Hidetaka Miyazaki, has also expressed openness to an adaptation, provided a "very strong partner" is involved.

However, Martin acknowledged a significant hurdle to his deep involvement in any *Elden Ring* movie project: his ongoing commitment to *The Winds of Winter*, the long-awaited sixth book in his *A Song of Ice and Fire* series. "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 agonizing for fans, with the last book, *A Dance With Dragons*, released in 2011—the same year HBO's *Game of Thrones* premiered, bringing even more attention to Martin's fantasy universe. Martin himself has admitted to being 13 years late on the book, yet he remains determined. "But that's still a priority," he emphasized. "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 shared insights into his collaboration with FromSoftware on *Elden Ring*, detailing his role in crafting the game's rich backstory. "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 further explained the iterative process of working with the FromSoftware team, who would fly in for sessions, return to work on the game, and then come back to show him their progress. When asked if all his material was used in the game, Martin noted, "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."