At the time, details were relatively sparse. The main piece of info that had fans feeling the adaptation was likely in good hands was the announcement of its director, Alex Garland. Garland has directed several critically acclaimed films during his 24-year-long career in Hollywood, including the horror sci-fi movies Ex Machina and Annihilation. However, his writing talents are arguably even more well-regarded, as he\u2019s credited as the screenwriter for the likes of 28 Days Later, Sunshine, and Dredd.<\/p>\n
The production-related announcements also helped, as it was revealed that Bandai Namco\u2019s film production house, Bandai Namco Filmworks, was attached to the project as well, alongside production companies A24 and DNA Films. Plus, George R. R. Martin, who is credited as one of Elden Ring\u2019s writers (alongside FromSoftware\u2019s Hidetaka Miyazaki), was also attached to the film adaptation as a producer.<\/p>\n
Alex Garland gets outed as a Gamer\u2122 <\/p>\n
In the months that followed the official announcement, further info regarding the Elden Ring film was noticeably scant. However, a couple of stories about director Alex Garland\u2019s gamer cred did make their way into the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For instance, Garland was asked during an interview with IGN about which boss in Elden Ring he found the hardest<\/a>, and he unsurprisingly revealed that Malenia, Blade of Miquella, was the fight he struggled with the most. He also said that Radahn was an absolute cakewalk. He also noted that he was, at the time, on his seventh playthrough of the game.<\/p>\n 28 Years Later writer Alex Garland is directing the Elden Ring movie (but won’t tell us anything about it) pic.twitter.com\/n5VaAwDZl6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 IGN (@IGN) June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n A couple of months later, The New Yorker added to Garland\u2019s gamer cred by revealing in a report that the director personally delivered<\/a> a 160-page-long \u201con spec\u201d (which is a fancy way of saying \u201cwithout pay\u201d) Elden Ring screenplay to FromSoftware\u2019s Hidetaka Miyazaki in Japan. Considering where we are now, it\u2019s safe to assume Miyazaki was a fan of Garland\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n (That Garland knows his way around a controller is no surprise to longtime readers of his books; his 1996 novel\u00a0The Beach, which went on to be the basis for the Danny Boyle film, includes a few knowing nods to games itself.)<\/p>\n Ben Whishaw, Cailee Spaeny, and Kit Connor casting rumors appear online <\/p>\n While nothing was immediately confirmed in the first half of 2025, several rumors (which were subsequently proven to be correct) started to circulate online about Elden Ring\u2019s cast.<\/p>\n As revealed by Deadline<\/a>, Kit Connor, who had just come off of starring in Garland\u2019s 2025 film Warfare at the time, was the first of the rumored cast members.\u00a0Cailee Spaeny, who had previously starred in Garland\u2019s 2024 film Civil War, was also subsequently teased<\/a> by several outlets, alongside three-time BAFTA award-winner Ben Whishaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pictures from the set leak online (for the first time) <\/p>\n Earlier this month, after we\u2019d heard basically nothing about the film for close to ten months, pictures and videos from one of Elden Ring\u2019s sets randomly appeared online<\/a>.<\/p>\n The leak was obtained by a Twitch streamer and, coincidentally, FromSoftware enjoyer by the name of THROX. According to THROX, one of his friends spotted the set in an undisclosed field somewhere in England, leading him to subsequently discover several props and what appeared to be a Church of Marika just\u2026sitting there.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Considering the age we live in, where anything can be easily faked using generative AI, everyone was naturally skeptical of THROX\u2019s find. However, the news that followed in the next couple of weeks makes it seem more than likely that THROX\u2019s discovery was legit.<\/p>\n Elden Ring gets a release date and a full cast reveal <\/p>\n As revealed by both A24 and Bandai Namco on April 20, the Elden Ring film will be hitting theatres on March 3, 2028. This announcement was also paired with a full cast reveal, which confirmed that Connor, Spaeny, and Whishaw are attached to the project.<\/p>\n Alongside the aforementioned cast members, we also found out that Jonathan Pryce, Tom Burke, Havana Rose Liu, Peter Serafinowicz, Sonoya Mizuno, Ruby Cruz, John Hodgkinson, Jefferson Hall, Emma Laird, and Nick Offerman will appear in the film.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, it has not been confirmed who they\u2019ll be playing. Thankfully, Kotaku\u2019s Rebekah Valentine has already taken a stab at trying to figure out<\/a> exactly which characters from Elden Ring said actors might be portraying. Peter Serafinowicz as Patches is such an inspired choice that I\u2019m now honestly going to be disappointed if that guess is not accurate.<\/p>\n Pictures from the set leak online (again) <\/p>\n All right, before we get into this next one, I should warn you that we\u2019re officially getting into spoiler territory here. That\u2019s because, as originally shared by Shortlist<\/a> on April 21, a new leak from the Elden Ring set in London was shared online yesterday\u2014and said leak is far more detailed than the previous one.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a lot to take from this leak, so now is your last chance to bow out if you want to go in completely unspoiled.<\/p>\n For a start, we can now confirm that a few specific locations from the Lands Between will be making an appearance. A barrel full of brooms labelled \u201cStormveil\u201d was spotted, as well as a street sign that reads \u201cLeyndell Streets,\u201d so I think it\u2019s fair to assume that both Stormveil Castle and Leyndell\u2019s Royal Capital will be making an appearance.<\/p>\n MORE ELDEN RING MOVIE SET PICS\u00a0???? oh lord i will be so obnoxious in the movie theater pic.twitter.com\/kmi2h6N8VL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 jar saint (@scadutree) April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Plus, as Shortlist notes in their article, several lanterns and cages that look identical to the ones you can find in the Academy of Raya Lucaria were also snapped. The Painted Hall in the Old Royal Naval College, which could very easily work as a stand-in for Raya Lucaria, has also been closed off for use in the film.<\/p>\n Also, a gallows was spotted that looks very similar to the one that Dung Eater can be seen hanging from in Elden Ring\u2019s opening cinematic. While this one might seem like a bit of a stretch, it does look indistinguishable from the one in the opening cutscene, right down to the length of the chain.<\/p>\n Finally, and this is probably the biggest spoiler out of the lot, there\u2019s a very distant picture of someone who looks a lot like Cailee Spaeny\u2026and who is almost certainly dressed as Queen Marika.<\/p>\n this marika elden ring movie leak \u2026.. her having both braids implies that this takes place before the shattering, before she seals off the realm of shadow, before her solemn duties as god-queen. a young marika during her age of plenty\u00a0?? \ud83e\udd79\ud83e\udd79 pic.twitter.com\/BRn8kvkZmz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 jar saint (@scadutree) April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Spoiler](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SPOILER-WARNING.png\")
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