It’s official: Elden Ring is becoming a live-action film! Game publisher Bandai Namco and indie entertainment company A24 have tapped Ex Machina, Civil War and Annihilation director Alex Garland to write and direct the adaptation.
The film will be produced by Garland, Peter Rice, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich (DNA Films), Vince Gerardis, and Elden Ring lore contributor George R. R. Martin. The Game of Thrones author helped shape the game’s mythological foundation, crafting backstory and worldbuilding at the request of director Hidetaka Miyazaki, who wanted a rich narrative framework without creating a linear or traditional story structure.
It’s still early days on the project so there’s not much at all to go on. Plot details? Still unknown. Casting? A mystery. But considering Garland’s flair for cerebral dread and visually striking chaos, we can assume that we’re probably not in for a light fantasy romp.
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Released in 2022, Elden Ring took the punishing gameplay of FromSoftware’s Dark Souls series and blew it wide open, dropping players into a vast, decaying fantasy realm known as the Lands Between. The story — partially built by Martin — centres on a “Tarnished” warrior rising from obscurity to claim power in a world defined by rot, madness, and ruin. You know, feel-good stuff.
The lore runs deep, the bosses are grotesque, and the storytelling is famously cryptic. Fans pieced together much of the narrative through item descriptions and obscure NPC dialogue. In other words: not your typical movie blueprint. But for a director like Garland, this might be the perfect challenge.
The film announcement arrives as the Elden Ring gaming world continues to expand. The multiplayer spinoff Nightreign lands on May 30, while Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition hits the Nintendo Switch 2 later this year. All this on top of the 30+ million copies of the original game shipped since 2022, and the critically praised DLC Shadow of the Erdtree, released just last year.
Whether the film chooses to adapt the main questline — complete with demigod battles, cryptic maidens, and monstrous golden trees — or carve its own path in the mythos, the world is certainly rich enough to support it. No release date, no casting, no plot specifics — just a massive, lore-drenched world waiting to be brought to life, a mountain of fan expectations, and one very high-stakes opportunity to get it right. Stay tuned!
