The Lands Between is coming to the big screen, and we finally have a date. A24 and Bandai Namco have officially confirmed that Alex Garland’s live-action Elden Ring adaptation will be released in theaters on March 3, 2028. Production is already underway in the UK, and the film will be shot in IMAX.
Who is in the Elden Ring movie cast?
The full cast is now confirmed, with Kit Connor and Ben Whishaw leading the film. Cailee Spaeny, Tom Burke, Havana Rose Liu, Sonoya Mizuno, Jonathan Pryce, Ruby Cruz, Nick Offerman, John Hodgkinson, Jefferson Hall, Emma Laird, and Peter Serafinowicz are also on board.
Garland reportedly made a personal pitch to Bandai Namco and FromSoftware to secure the project, which tells you everything about how much he wanted this. He is writing and directing, and given what he has done with Ex Machina, Annihilation, and Civil War, the creative match feels right.
What is Elden Ring movie about?
For those unfamiliar, Elden Ring is a 2022 open-world action RPG from FromSoftware set in a sprawling dark fantasy world called the Lands Between. You play as a Tarnished, an outcast summoned back to restore a shattered relic called the Elden Ring and claim the title of Elden Lord.
No plot details for the movie have been confirmed yet, so it remains to be seen how closely Garland’s script follows the game’s story.
What makes it especially compelling as a film adaptation is the lore behind it. George R.R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire and the creator of Game of Thrones, co-wrote the game’s backstory and is also producing the film alongside Peter Rice, Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich.
Video game adaptations are having a serious Hollywood moment right now, with Sony recently announcing both a Metal Gear Solid movie and an animated Bloodborne film in the works.