Elden Ring, directed by Alex Garland, will be released in 2028 and is being shot for Imax.
A24 and Bandai Namco Entertainment’s live-action film adaptation of the hit fantasy video game is currently in production, with release details and full cast announced.
The film stars Kit Connor, who broke out in “Heartstopper,” and is scheduled to be released on March 3, 2028. Rumors have already confirmed that he will be reuniting with Garland following “Warfare.”
Connor will be joined by Ben Whishaw (Black Doves, This Is Going to Heart), Kailey Spaeny (Alien: Romulus, Civil War, also Garland), Tom Burke (Furiosa, Black Bag) and Havana Rose Liu (The Tuner, The Bottoms). Other notable cast members include Sonoya Mizuno (Ex Machina and another former Garland co-creator), Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, The Crown), Ruby Crews (Bottoms, Threesome), Nick Offerman (The Last of Us, Margo’s Got Money Trouble), John Hodgkinson (Dear England, Napoleon), and Jefferson Hall (House of the House). The Dragon, Oppenheimer), Emma Laird (28 Years Later: Temple of Bones, The Ghost of Venice), Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace).
Peter Rice will produce the film along with DNA’s Andrew McDonald and Aron Reich, George R.R. Martin and Vince Gerardis.
One of the most critically acclaimed video games ever created, this dark fantasy action RPG debuted in 2022 and was developed under the direction of From Software’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, based on Martin’s mythical tales. It has since sold over 30 million copies worldwide and won over 400 Game of the Year awards.
Garland is believed to be a long-time fan of the game, and personally pitched the game to publishers Bandai Namco and FromSoftware to make it into a film.
