ISLAMABAD: To become the Elden Lord in FromSoftware’s hard-as-nails fantasy game Elden Ring takes some serious kit: we’re talking Blasphemous Blades, Golden Greatshields, and other such alliterative wares. To become the Elden Lord in Alex Garland’s upcoming live-action Elden Ring movie for A24 however might take another kind of kit entirely. Namely, Kit Connor. Yes, according to Deadline, Garland could be looking to reunite with his Warfare star as he prepares to venture into the Lands Between. Now, with this scoop coming from Deadline’s ‘The Dish’ sidebar, we would as ever advise all to take this news with a healthy pinch of salt. However, if the trade’s sources are accurate, while the state of negotiations and the existence of any formal offer from studio to prospective star is unknown, apparently Garland has already held talks with Connor. What’s more, it sounds like talks are at least at a serious enough stage for potential scheduling conflicts to be in the ironing out process, though A24 officially has yet to comment on Deadline’s story. Still, the prospect of Connor continuing to branch out after having burst onto the scene in Netflix’s queer YA favourite Heartstopper is a tantalising one, and in Warfare the young actor more than showed his capacity to act as a guide into a world we can barely even comprehend. ONLINE
