The Elden Ring Movie Is Happening, And The Perfect Person Is Making It

By Jennifer Asencio
| Published 9 minutes ago

Ever since it was announced in May 2025, the Elden Ring movie has been eagerly awaited by fans of the video game. Written by George R.R. Martin and FromSoftware game developer Hidetaka Miyazaki, the game put players in a world ruled by demigods whose war for dominance destroys the one artifact holding the land in balance. On April 6, 2026, news leaked that the movie Elden Ring has begun filming.

This happened because a random group of social media users stumbled over a set piece in England that features iconic imagery from the game. The setting itself is reminiscent of the game’s dark fantasy setting, but it also features a statue of Queen Marika, who is a major game character responsible for breaking the titular Elden Ring and causing chaos in the Land Between. The online influencers shared a video of the set online, once again igniting enthusiasm from the game’s fans.

Alex Garland Leading The Charge

The incredible game was written by a fantasy legend and a renowned game creator, and the script was written by another game writer, Alex Garland. While most people know him for Annihilation and the controversial Civil War, Garland is also credited as the writer of the popular video game title Devil May Cry and three of its sequels and re-masters. Garland’s skill as a director are proven by his movies, but he has written two novels, The Tesseract and The Beach, as well as several major screenplays beyond those he directed, including Sunshine, Dredd, 28 Years Later, and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

It also helps that Garland is a real fan of the game, so having creative control over both the script and the direction of the movie is a strong indication that the film is in good hands. We’ve seen “true fans” like Alex Kurtzman and Chloe Zhao malign franchises like Star Trek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer before, but Garland doesn’t seem the type to misrepresent his source material, even when he changes it to suit his own plot. Annihilation strayed from some of the themes of the Jeff VanderMeer novel, but retained the dreamy essence of the story, and some even consider his adaptation superior to the novel. Civil War proved that he doesn’t cater to Hollywood controversy.

Further Developments Are Imminent

These elements hint that fans can expect an Elden Ring that will capture the qualities of the game they enjoy, even if it chooses not to rely on its familiar player-characters. Garland always puts a lot of thought into what he writes, especially if he is going to direct it. That is why out of 22 writing credits, he only has directed seven films, including Elden Ring.

Unfortunately for emphatic Elden Ring fans, they’ll have to stay in suspense just a little while longer. There is no release date for the movie as of this writing, so we’ll all just have to be satisfied knowing that it has progressed far enough to begin filming. While that isn’t a guarantee that the movie will make it to theaters, it is definitely enough to stoke the imaginations of fans everywhere by revealing that the beloved setting has been brought to life from their video game screens.