George R. R. Martin, the mastermind behind the intricate world of *Game of Thrones*, has tantalized fans with his strongest hint yet about a potential *Elden Ring* movie. However, he also acknowledges a significant hurdle that could limit his involvement in such a project. Martin, who co-created the lore and history of FromSoftware's *Elden Ring*—a game that soared to the top of the sales charts in 2022—shared these insights during IGN Fan Fest 2025.
When asked about his interest in a sequel to *Elden Ring*, Martin cleverly sidestepped the question but dropped a tantalizing hint about 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 the idea of an *Elden Ring* movie. FromSoftware's president, Hidetaka Miyazaki, has also expressed openness to such an adaptation, provided a "very strong partner" is involved. In an interview with *The Guardian*, Miyazaki stated, "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. 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 around a potential *Elden Ring* movie, Martin highlighted a significant challenge to his involvement: his ongoing work on *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 told IGN. "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 excruciating for fans, with Martin himself acknowledging the delays. In December, he admitted, "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. 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!”
The last installment in the series, *A Dance With Dragons*, was published in 2011, the same year HBO launched the wildly successful *Game of Thrones* series, bringing even more attention to Martin's fantasy world.
Regarding his contributions to *Elden Ring*, Martin explained to IGN how he helped 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. 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 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."
