In June 2024,
Elden Ring (2022) director
Hidetaka Miyazaki said he was open to a "very strong partner" adapting the game to other mediums. Worldbuilding writer
George R. R. Martin teased a film or television adaptation a few days later, playfully denying knowledge. Shortly thereafter, director
Alex Garland privately shared his experience playing
Elden Ring with
A24's head of film, Noah Sacco, impressing him to support pursuing an adaptation. After Garland wrote a 160-page spec script, accompanied by forty pages of imagery, Sacco flew him to Japan to sign a deal with
FromSoftware, the developer of the game. In May 2025, a live-action film adaptation was announced to be in development at A24, with Garland hired to write and direct the film. Additionally,
Kit Connor joined the cast. In July,
Cailee Spaeny and
Ben Whishaw were reported to be in talks to star in the film. Connor, Spaeny and Whishaw would be officially confirmed to star in April 2026, with
Nick Offerman,
Sonoya Mizuno,
Emma Laird and
Jonathan Pryce among additional cast announced. Filming of scenes in
Iceland is set to take place in summer. The budget is stated to be well over $100 million dollars and filming is meant to last around 100 days. ==Release==