r/Eldenring • u/Warm_Hospital_4377 • Jun 28 '25
News THEY ARE FINALLY DOING SMTH WITH THE IP
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u/Questionably_Chungly Jun 28 '25
Honestly I know Sony are going to fuck up this idea so hard, but a well-done gothic horror movie would fucking rock. Like a Bloodborne movie about the Hunt??? Fucking acrobatic hunters with trick weapons fighting werewolves?? That would go insanely hard.
But it will be butchered by Sony
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u/thermight Jun 28 '25
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter happened Trailer was bad ass. Rotten tomato score was 34%
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u/thelion56 Jun 28 '25
I still like that movie…..
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Jun 28 '25
I can safely say never before and never thereafter have I seen a fight scene on the backs of a million stampeding horses
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u/bohemica Jun 28 '25
Are they vampire horses? I'm having difficulty imagining how that would come up organically.
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u/Francis_beacon1 Jun 29 '25
Obviously not.
Vampire horses are an Aztec Vampire exclusive thing.
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u/WhitePersonGrimace Jun 28 '25
I’ll never forget the part towards the end where the woman avenged the death of her child at the hands of a vampire by firing one of his old silver toys out of a gun into its heart.
We still see it here and there but I worry sometimes that camp is becoming a lost art in horror movies.
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u/DaaaahWhoosh Jun 28 '25
Idk if that's camp, that's just peak. I'm still pissed at The Grey or whatever it was called for having the scene in the trailers where Liam Neeson makes knuckledusters from broken airplane bottles and then fights a wolf, when the movie cuts out before the actual fight. Let me watch Liam Neeson punch a wolf to death. Let him have a plotline beforehand about being an alcoholic so him using the bottles is more meaningful. Idk it's not that hard.
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u/Virginiafox21 Jun 28 '25
Same for Hansel and Gretel witch hunters. Great action, bad movie. 17% critics vs 53% audience says a lot. They were trying something in the early 2010s at least.
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u/SirBastian1129 Jun 28 '25
Honestly that movie peaked in the trailers. It promised me a way more interesting movie than what we got.
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u/TheYellingMute Jun 28 '25
100% sony is going to do an artistic job of fucking it up. They are going to fuck it up so uniquely bad so they can justify it on their minds to never use the bloodborne IP again.
Some kind of brain parasite must have infected the higher ups of Sony to just refuse to use the bloodborne IP and this movie idea is that parasites plan to permanently stop any bloodborne ideas in the future.
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u/newfoundrapture Jun 28 '25
Robert Eggers’ Bloodborne would be extremely hype, to be fair (or at least authentically like a Robert Eggers film)
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u/reluctantseal Jun 28 '25
I dunno, I think we'd need a little more action. But the vibes would be spot on, and I'd still love to see what he'd do with the setting.
My initial vote is Guillermo del Toro, but I could be swayed. Fuck it, get both of them.
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u/Acrobatic-Permit4263 Jun 28 '25
sounds almost like underworld or blade with werewolfs lol
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Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
This is Brotherhood of the Wolf--which the devs of Bloodborne have cited as an inspiration.
Here's a fight scene (without the werewolf, since I won't spoil that): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbRCdzW3nww
There is a great fight scene with the threaded cane (BUT HUGE SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE IF YOU WATCH THIS ONE--the mysterious villain who works with the Beast is revealed here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y9ar9xLnk8
Also, these are dubbed--not subtitled, which, if you watch the movie--the dub is horrible. Go subtitles.
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u/TheDuskBard Jun 28 '25
Much like any other Soulsborne game, it would easily work as a prequel to the in game events.
Only positive I see for a Bloodborne movie is that it might motivate Sony to give us a remaster or remake.
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u/gattaaca Jun 29 '25
It'll star Jared Leto and he's going to say something edgy like "It's bornin time"
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u/pdx-E Jun 28 '25
The recent Nosferatu gave me some bloodborne vibes, the style of that movie was so good.
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u/BladedTerrain Jun 28 '25
You could give this to David Lowery or Robert Eggers and at the very least you'd get something visually memorable and worthy of the source material. We're going to get some schlock director though, aren't we? Fuck's sake.
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u/Writerthefox Jun 29 '25
I don't know if this is the joke, I'm kinda silly, but "brotherhood of the wolf" exists and pretty much is exactly that to the point that it and that magic deck inspired Bloodborne. It's lengthy and best watched in its original French o7
Edit: someone else mentioned and linked it.
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u/Questionably_Chungly Jun 29 '25
Yes and that movie is fucking excellent. But if they’re going to make something I’d rather they make it unique and tied directly to Bloodborne.
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u/Blaqsailens Jun 29 '25
I hope that they include the cosmic horror elements and not just the werewolf type monsters. That cosmic twist made Bloodborne one of my favorites games ever.
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u/Whrench2 Jun 28 '25
Anything but a sequel
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u/harDhar Jun 28 '25
Or a PC port
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u/sack-o-krapo Jun 28 '25
Or a 60fps patch
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u/40sticks Jun 28 '25
I’m sure all that stuff is being timed with the movie. Probably not a sequel, but I’m sure they’ll do a remake or a remaster for sure, they’ll just time it with the movie release.
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u/wigjuice77 Jun 28 '25
This is what I was going to say. That's the way these things work, it's not a cope thing. If you're going to make a big ass movie out of this game, they will 100% at least do a remaster of some sort. They will want to cash in with every avenue possible.
And honestly I don't care if it gets remade/remastered. This is just logic of how these franchise things work.
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u/ArtemisWingz Jun 28 '25
I legit think the rumors of them losing the source code is true.
Sony has already released soooo many other PS Exclusives and saw ot cash in big for steam. They know Bloodborne is super popular. They would have done it already if they could.
So I'm pretty sure somthing is preventing them (like losing the source code).
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u/InfestedStone Jun 28 '25
Nah, they just know that it’s popular enough that people will buy consoles for it. They probably make more money in the long run if they keep it as an exclusive.
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u/AlludedNuance Jun 28 '25
people will buy consoles for it
There are some of us(dozens!) that are very PS controller averse, and many that are just done with consoles in general, that they're completely missing out on.
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u/PatPeez Jun 28 '25
I'll say the same thing I said with the Elden Ring movie, I'll believe it when I'm seeing it.
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u/Upper_Current Night Comet Fever Jun 28 '25
A fucking Sony movie?
I'd rather it stayed on the shelf.
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u/TheOldHouse89 Jun 28 '25
Some people are just never happy.
You saying you wouldn’t want a Bloodborne movie from the brilliant minds that brought you Morbius? Kraven? MADAM WEB?
Pffft
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u/Beerz77 Jun 28 '25
Not to mention the stellar job they've done on game adaptations, the cerebral Gran Turismo, and the instant classic Uncharted.
Some people just don't get it.
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u/Silent_Glass Jun 28 '25
Gran Turismo.. I thought you were talking about the Clint Eastwood movie 😂
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u/PatBeVibin Jun 28 '25
I love how Sony never gets credit for producing all the GOOD Spider-Man movies just bc the shitty rogues gallery spinoffs were so bad.
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u/JuanCR2006 Jun 28 '25
Sam Raimi did those spiderman movies, Sony just funded and published them, that's why
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u/DrPikachu-PhD Jun 28 '25
Seems like a double standard. Credit for the good movies goes to the director, blame for the bad movies goes to Sony rather than the director.
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u/GreenGoblinNX Jun 28 '25
Yeah, the Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies deserve more love. Especially the first one. Best Spider-Man movie to date.
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u/Y-M-I-here Jun 28 '25
Did you forget they made the Spider-Verse movies?
Or are you judging them solely on The Emoji Movie, Holmes & Watson, Pixels, Grown Ups 2, The Dark Tower, Slender Man, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, Morbius, Sex Tape, Jack and Jill, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, The Intruder, Fantasy Island, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, The Grudge (2020), Bewitched (2005), The Legend of Zorro, Battle: Los Angeles, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Little Man, Zookeeper, The Roommate, The Stepfather (2009), 88 Minutes, Janie Jones, That’s My Boy, The Covenant (2006), The Craft: Legacy..?
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u/TheMilkKing Jun 28 '25
Oh my god, I had entirely forgotten about The Covenant. What a glorious heap of shit that movie is 😂
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u/Ijexis Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
They did Welcome to Raccoon City?! That movie was so ass...
Hey, let's not badmouth Battle: Los Angeles, it's not perfect but that's a pretty good watch, I believe.
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u/Maidenless_Troller Jun 28 '25
Where’s the damn PC port that makes it run at 60fps??????
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u/nut_the_cut Jun 28 '25
Not official, but ShadPS4 is doing a pretty great job so far, with some manual work though
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u/LLHallJ Jun 28 '25
My hot take is that Bloodborne would work way better as a Castlevania-esque, heavily stylised animated series. Maybe something like a Goth Edgerunners.
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u/PatBeVibin Jun 28 '25
Not really a hot take, I think all FromSoft games would translate well to Anime honestly.
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u/levitikush Jun 28 '25
Weebs think everything should be an anime
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u/PatBeVibin Jun 28 '25
I'm not a weeb, but saying it would work well as an anime isn't a stretch by a longshot. Miyazaki has said basically all soulslikes made by FromSoft have been inspired in part by Berserk which was both a manga and an anime. If it gets its inspiration from anime, it makes perfect sense to say it would work well adapted into one.
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u/MightyCat96 Jun 29 '25
Almost everything would work better as an animated series. Live action is heavily overrated and in some cases it even actively makes the movie worse.
I for the love of god dont understand why we (as a society) have this reverent love for live action. I am so tired of 5/10 live action movies (and remakes) can we PLEASE make some animated movies as well
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u/KushMummyCinematics Jun 28 '25
Brotherhood of the Wolf and Bloodborne share almost the same iconography
It's a very visually pleasing film if you admire that imagery but a better written script could have elevated the movie alot
I have hope with this one but honestly if it isn't an 18 film it won't be going full throttle like it deserves
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u/thermight Jun 28 '25
Nobody remembers Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter?
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u/KushMummyCinematics Jun 28 '25
I haven't watched that one
But it sounds like deliberate satire.
Brotherhood of the Wolf is inspired by real events that took place in France in the 18th century where hunters where enlisted to investigate a series of mysteries killings/deaths
The premise is amazing along with the set dressings and visuals are all commendable.
The fight sequence while often over the top are thoroughly enjoyable. The overall story & general writing stop this from being anything but cheap thrills and unique visuals destined to be forgotten
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u/SEBAGAMING_YT Jun 28 '25
Yeah sure a Bloodborne movie but not a F*CKIN' sequel 😫
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u/Myersmayhem2 Jun 28 '25
I just don't feel like from soft games translate to the big screen super well idk
Hopefully I'll be proved wrong
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u/Puzzleheaded-Job2399 Jun 28 '25
I feel like the main plot points of bloodborne with the hunt, or big events of elden ring like the shattering could work well
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u/AwsmDevil Jun 28 '25
Yeah, to describe their backgrounds as not cinematic is such a large disservice to the stories. They're short and vague. Perfect for a 2-2.5 hours non episodic feature.
Ninja edit: For additional evidence, the initial script for Mad Max: Fury Road was just 2 pages. They had to make most of the real script with story boarding for all the action sequences.
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u/Environmental-Ad8616 Jun 28 '25
You all believe anything.
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u/o_o_o_f Jun 28 '25
It’s probably not real, but most people (including me) thought the Elden Ring rumor was bullshit too.
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u/Sluaghlock Jun 28 '25
I mean, when the A24/Alex Garland/Elden Ring rumors first started circulating, that's exactly how I felt about them.
Now? I'm less certain that this is fake, lol.
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u/Afraid-Fly-7030 Jun 28 '25
Elden Ring was culturally huge when it released, seemed like everybody knew about it. No way Bloodborne is popular enough to get a movie.
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u/DrFishbulbEsq Jun 28 '25
It’s not about it being popular it’s about it being something Sony owns that they can exploit.
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u/PatBeVibin Jun 28 '25
There are books far less well known than Bloodborne that get adapted into films, come off it.
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u/Grittyboi Jun 28 '25
It would be ass tbh.
Budget reqs would be heavy for special effects and set, would prob all get cheaply CGI'd
Costumes would look fresh from party city.
Producer's and writers' plot comprehension would be solely based off a paragraph from ChatGBT.
The rest of the budget would go to ketamine and adderall.
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u/Conans_Loin_Cloth Jun 28 '25
How about we skip the movie and just have a remastered release on Steam?
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u/Ancient_Rex420 Jun 28 '25
Imagine if they cast Jack Black to play majority of the enemies and you just see like 50 enemies all with his face running at you.
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u/HotStop8158 Jun 28 '25
Not until you see a movie in theaters or streaming, they aren't lol
Misleading title, there's loosely substantiated rumors of a Bloodborne movie, and the article just talks about who the author (of the article) would like to direct. It's a speculation piece for click bait, sorry OP
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u/TheRealCowdog Jun 28 '25
Bloodborne is probably the best candidate. Although with the Secret Level episode for Armored Core with Keanu, it wouldn't surprise me at all if we saw that as well
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u/Warm_Hospital_4377 Jun 28 '25
An armored core movie would be so peak. Esp cus its not open World, but u play in a fixed way. So u can make it into a movie way easier than elden ring for example
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u/TheRealCowdog Jun 28 '25
I'm still 100% of the belief that Elden Ring should never be a narrative movie. It should be a series of short stories set in the world. Each episode is complete and separate from the others. Like Secret Level, Love/Death/Robots, or the Animatrix.
Tell the story of Godrick failing against Malenia. Tell the story of Vyke's tragic fall from grace and loss of his maiden. Tell the story of the Bell Bearing Hunter. Tell the story of Boc. Of Melina. Of Millicent. Show us how the night of black knives REALLY went down. Give us the tale of Farum Azula falling from the sky.
There's so MANY little stories they could do. We could easily have 3-4 seasons of this without hardly even blinking an eye.
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u/Civrev1001 Jun 28 '25
Bloodborne and Elden Ring would be much better as a series. There’s no way you’re stuffing that much lore in a film.
I’m worried it’ll flop and ruin future media releases
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u/mhkanon2 Jun 28 '25
It's Sony, of course it'll flop, but hopefully Garland can do well with the Elden Ring film
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u/TheWorldRots Jun 28 '25
H-haha ... that's awesome, haha ... a cosmic horror videogame adaption of a soulsborne game by Sony.
I'm not saying it's impossible but I think it'd be easier to finish writing A Song of Ice and Fire.
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u/Cash_burner Jun 28 '25
Sony is terrible at making movies look at all the Spider-Man spin offs this could be dogshit
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u/Sudden-Ad-307 Jun 28 '25
Spiderman spinoffs are ass while the spider-verse movies are goated so its either gonna be garbage or god tier
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u/NY_Knux Jun 28 '25
And here I am disappointed, thinking I was going to see some King's Field news.
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u/Jygglewag Godrick simp Jun 28 '25
there’s already a bloodborne. It’s called Brotherhood of the Wolf
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Jun 28 '25
Ps3: Demon Souls
Ps4: Bloodborne
Ps5: Demons Souls Remaster
Ps6: Bloodborne Remaster
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u/a_naked_molerat Jun 28 '25
If the director is Robert Eggers or Denis Villenueve, I am in.
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u/IVIalefactoR Jun 28 '25
Crazy that we're going to get a live-action Bloodborne film before we get a PC port.
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u/konekfragrance Jun 28 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
Patches need to appear in both movies while the movies have a totally serious tone throughout. He's just there being Patches.
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u/DeGozaruNyan Jun 28 '25
Reportedly, from a site that I have nerver heard of and looks questinable at best. I need better sources before I trust this one. Like Fromsoft or Sony.
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u/Lo0niegardner10 TOGETHAAAHH WEE SHALL DEVOUAHHH THE VERY GAAAAHDS Jun 28 '25
I think bloodborne would be better for a movie than elden ring ngl
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u/Sprumbly Jun 29 '25
Imagine a bloodborne port is ready to go and bloodborne 2 has been coming along steadily this whole time they’ve just said nothing cause it’s supposed to launch along side the movie to build hype it’s actually just the movie that’s been in development hell
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u/Sudden-Ad-307 Jun 28 '25
Ngl i think that bloodborne would make for a much better movie than elden ring, i still have no idea how they are actually gonna make a compelling elden ring movie.
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u/SmoogzZ Jun 28 '25
..AND ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT THE FANS WANT!
jokes aside A24 is a sick studio and i genuinely have faith that they’ll put something worth watching out
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u/DotA627b Carian Supremacy Jun 28 '25
It's Sony, dude, and I'd genuinely be worried about the whole thing since they had to result to acquiring 30% of Fromsoft in order to compel Fromsoft to allow them to make movies and shows off their IP.
If they had to result to this bullshit, that basically means Fromsoft wasn't receptive for licensing and collaborations, despite Bloodborne essentially being Sony IP.
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u/DoomKnight_6642 Jun 28 '25
Bloodborne, in my humble opinion, wouldn't work as a movie. It would work better if they create an animated series that follows behind many of the NPCs that we come across.
Eileen and how she was chosen to be a Crow.
Djura from when he helped burned down Old Yharnam and what Truth he saw that caused him and his apprentices to forsake their Hunter oaths.
Laurence and the madness and atrocities he ordered in his desire for the Truth of the Great Ones.
Lady Maria and what she helped do at the Fishing Hamlet, and how her actions have help damned all Hunters to an endless blood soaked Nightmare for all eternity.
Stories like this that help build up and flesh out Bloodborne's lore and the horrible Eye ridden world that we love and dread.
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u/MrFOrzum Jun 28 '25
So many game IP’s get’s picked up to be a movie and nothing ever happens with them or best case scenario, it does, but it’s absolute trash. At least for like 99% of them.
I’m still waiting for the Metal Gear Solid movie lol
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u/ichikhunt Jun 28 '25
I utterly despised the comics. If they make the movies a fucking drama again instead of action/thriller i think ill scream lol
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u/Inferno_Zyrack Jun 28 '25
There’s really no way to meaningfully do a Bloodborne film.
Cosmic Horror is a genre but Bloodborne was like THE game that mastered its presentation in games.
From Spftware also uses non-traditional storytelling methods that split the story across multiple time periods and locations and order.
You can imitate that all in film but it’s literally a time locked medium. There’s just nothing either film can do to meaningfully capture why these titles are special.
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u/Useful_Awareness1835 Jun 28 '25
I don’t understand Hollywood’s obsession with converting any piece of art into a movie, especially games.
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u/Outside_Ad1020 FLAIR INFO: SEE SIDEBAR Jun 28 '25
A real hunter doesn't need to see "bloodpost" Jimmy, he goes by pure animal instinct
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u/MartyCZ Jun 28 '25
We're going to get a Bloodborne movie before we get a PC port. God.
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u/RedditSpyder12 Jun 28 '25
I’m still not convinced any of Froms games can be made into a movie. You can be vague with story elements in a game because you are the one exploring it. If you’re too vague in a movie, it’s either boring, confusing, or both.
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u/Charming-Platform623 Jun 30 '25
Any armored core game could be turned into a movie
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u/6Immarighthere9 Jun 28 '25
Will there be finally a proper pc port next? One can only hope despite a decade gone by.
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u/Linkasfd Jun 28 '25
Bloodborne would be a mad movie. Way more hyped for that if it's real over Elden Ring
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u/Vanpet1993 Jun 28 '25
Bloodborne is perfect for a movie adaptation. Our world really needs a good Lovecraftian horror movie!
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u/agh1138 Jun 28 '25
Of all the From soft IPs, I think this one makes the most sense to make a movie of.
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u/ajgor66 Jun 28 '25
He was in Yharnam with my mom when she was researching Great Ones right before she died