{"id":9001,"date":"2025-05-30T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9001"},"modified":"2025-05-30T12:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:06:57","slug":"kit-connor-eyed-for-lead-role-in-alex-garlands-elden-ring-movie-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9001","title":{"rendered":"Kit Connor eyed for lead role in Alex Garland\u2019s Elden Ring movie adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>British actor Kit Connor may soon reunite with director Alex Garland for a major role in the live-action film adaptation of Elden Ring, the acclaimed video game franchise from FromSoftware. According to Variety, Garland is eyeing Connor\u2014his star from A24\u2019s Warfare\u2014for a lead role in the upcoming film, although no formal offer has been made yet.<\/p>\n<p>Garland was recently confirmed to write and direct the adaptation, which is being produced by A24 in partnership with Bandai Namco. The story, drawn from the mythos co-created by George R. R. Martin\u2014renowned for A Song of Ice and Fire, the basis for HBO\u2019s Game of Thrones\u2014will bring the game\u2019s dark fantasy world to the big screen. Producers include Peter Rice, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Vince Gerardis, and Martin himself.<\/p>\n<p>Released in 2022, Elden Ring became a global phenomenon, shipping over 30 million units. It earned multiple Game Awards, including Game of the Year. A new spinoff, Elden Ring: Nightreign, is set for release on May 30, followed by Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition for the Nintendo Switch 2 later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Connor rose to international fame as Nick Nelson in Netflix\u2019s Heartstopper, which will conclude with a movie this summer. He recently starred in Warfare, co-directed by Garland and Ray Mendoza, based on real military experiences. Speaking about Garland, Connor told Variety earlier this year, \u201cWorking with Alex is creatively fulfilling\u2014he brings out your best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While casting remains unofficial, speculation has already sparked buzz among fans online, many praising the possible casting as a \u201cperfect fit\u201d for the game\u2019s tone and lore. Industry watchers are now keenly watching for confirmation in the coming weeks.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British actor Kit Connor may soon reunite with director Alex Garland for a major role in the live-action film adaptation of Elden Ring, the acclaimed video game franchise from FromSoftware. According to Variety, Garland is eyeing Connor\u2014his star from A24\u2019s Warfare\u2014for a lead role in the upcoming film, although no formal offer has been made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}