Elden Ring quickly solidified itself as one of the greatest games of all time, so moving the Lands Between to the movies seemed like a no-brainer. The project is helmed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Civil War), who is set to both write and direct the upcoming film–and knows his way around the game.
Talking to IGN, Garland didn’t reveal any details from the movie, but explained his strategy for defeating Starscourge Radahn, who has definitely given players some trouble. He also confessed to being on his seventh playthrough.
“Radahn’s really easy”, stated Garland. “I thought Radahn was quite easy, because as long as you sort of activated the people who can assist you in that fight, they get on with fighting him, and they take off whatever it is, half his energy, and you finish him off. It’s all about activating those little summon signs dotted around.”
But what about the boss that actually gave Garland trouble? Of course, it’s Malenia, Blade of Miquella.
“It’s Malenia who’s the tough one”, Garland said. “I’m now on my seventh playthrough of that game. I’ve leveled up, I’ve got lots of juice, and a cool sword, and stuff like that, and I just throw myself at them again, and again, and again, and again. That was the technique I learned with Dark Souls,” he continued. “It’s not that you get better, it’s more like monkeys and typewriters. You just keep doing it, and eventually, one day they’re dead.”
Since the movie was just announced not even a month ago, details are thin outside of the game’s co-writer, George R. R. Martin, who will serve as one of the game’s producers. He’ll be joined by Peter Rice, DNA’s Andrew MacDonald, and Allon Reich.
Aside from the film adaptation, Elden Ring recently had a spinoff, Nightreign, that received “generally favorable” reviews from critics. It sold 2 million units within its first 24 hours from release, and 3.5 million within five days.
