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Elden Ring movie: Alex Garland’s A24 adaptation gets March 2028 release date and a stacked cast
A24’s live-action adaptation of Alex Garland’s Elden Ring has begun principal photography in the United Kingdom, with a confirmed theatrical release date of March 3, 2028. The film will be shot in IMAX, marking one of the most ambitious productions in A24’s history. both in scale and budget, with sources indicating costs well north of $100 million and a principal photography schedule of approximately 100 days.
Alex Garland, the writer-director behind Civil War and Ex Machina, wrote the screenplay and is directing. Garland is himself a longtime player of the game and reportedly pitched Bandai Namco and FromSoftware directly on his vision for the adaptation, a level of personal investment that will reassure a fanbase notoriously protective of the source material.
Full Elden Ring movie cast confirmed
The full cast is now confirmed and spans some of the most exciting names working in film and television. Kit Connor and Ben Whishaw lead the production, joined by Cailee Spaeny, Tom Burke, Havana Rose Liu, Sonoya Mizuno, Jonathan Pryce, Ruby Cruz, Nick Offerman, John Hodgkinson, Jefferson Hall, Emma Laird, and Peter Serafinowicz. Character details have not yet been disclosed.
Several cast members have prior connections to Garland’s work: Mizuno appeared in his directorial debut Ex Machina, while Laird collaborated with him on both films in the 28 Years Later series. The ensemble also draws heavily from the prestige television world, with Pryce, Mizuno, and Hall all veterans of HBO’s House of the Dragon. Peter Rice produces alongside Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich from DNA Films, with George R.R. Martin and Vince Gerardis serving as executive producers.
Why the Elden Ring movie is such a big deal
Elden Ring is not merely a successful video game; it is a cultural phenomenon. Since its release in February 2022, the dark fantasy action RPG has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and accumulated over 400 Game of the Year awards, ranking among the highest-rated games ever made. It set records on Twitch at launch and dominated Google search trends globally, generating a devoted community of players, lore scholars, and fan creators that remains intensely active four years on.
The game was developed by FromSoftware under the creative direction of Hidetaka Miyazaki, built around a mythological story written by George R.R. Martin, the author behind A Song of Ice and Fire, the novel series that became Game of Thrones. That combination of literary pedigree and game design mastery gives the source material a depth unusual for the genre, and makes Garland — whose films consistently grapple with complex ideas inside genre frameworks — a genuinely compelling choice to bring it to the screen.
