George R. R. Martin, the mastermind behind the world of FromSoftware's blockbuster game *Elden Ring*, has recently hinted at the possibility of an *Elden Ring* movie. During IGN Fan Fest 2025, Martin tantalizingly mentioned, "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 he's teased the idea, and FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has also expressed openness to an adaptation, provided a "very strong partner" is involved.
However, Martin acknowledged a significant obstacle to his potential involvement in the project: his ongoing work on *The Winds of Winter*, the long-awaited sixth book in his *A Song of Ice and Fire* series. He confessed, "We'll see if that [the *Elden Ring* movie] comes to pass and what the extent of my involvement was, I don't know. 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 in the series, *A Dance With Dragons*, released back in 2011—the same year HBO launched the hugely successful *Game of Thrones* series. Martin has been candid about the delays, humorously noting, "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." Despite the setbacks, he remains committed to finishing the book, stating, "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's involvement in *Elden Ring* was substantial, as he explained to IGN. He was responsible for crafting the game's rich history and world, which set the stage for the players' present-day actions. "When they came to me, FromSoftware, they wanted the 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."
Martin's collaboration with FromSoftware was a dynamic process, involving multiple sessions where ideas were exchanged and developed. "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 work was used in the game or if there's more material that could be used in future projects, 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."
