When does the Elden Ring movie premiere? March 3, 2028 A24/IMAX — Alex Garland; Connor/Spaeny/Whishaw. Bandai Namco. Not Erdtree DLC; not a TV series.
Current target date: Friday, March 3, 2028 (Theatrical premiere). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Elden Ring film opens March 3, 2028 (A24/IMAX). Garland write/direct; Connor/Spaeny/Whishaw; Bandai Namco; GRRM producing. >$100M; shoot 2026. ≠ Erdtree; ≠ Dark Souls movie.
Theatrical premiere
Friday, March 3, 2028
March 3, 2028 — A24’s IMAX Elden Ring bet under Alex Garland
The Elden Ring film opens Friday, March 3, 2028. Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Civil War) writes and directs A24’s biggest game-adaptation swing yet — budget reported above $100 million, shot for IMAX, produced with DNA Films and Bandai Namco after Garland’s personal pitch to FromSoftware/Bandai in Japan.
Connor, Spaeny, and Whishaw headline a sprawling cast that also pulls Mizuno, Pryce, Offerman, and Serafinowicz. Production began spring 2026 in the UK. This is live-action Lands Between, not a machinima of your Tarnished save file.
Confirmed: Mar 3 2028 A24/IMAX feature — not Erdtree DLC, not a TV series
Confirmed: March 3, 2028 theatrical + IMAX; Garland; Connor/Spaeny/Whishaw wave; A24 + Bandai Namco; GRRM producing; production underway 2026. Not confirmed as a Max series, as a beat-for-beat quest log of the game’s endings, or as a Dark Souls remake under a wrong title. Fake 2026–27 Elden Ring Fridays from early rumor cycles are outdated.
Where Elden Ring the movie unlocks
Cinemas / IMAX first — Grace later.
- Theatrical / IMAX
- March 3, 2028 (A24)
- Writer / director
- Alex Garland
- Key cast
- Connor / Spaeny / Whishaw (+ ensemble)
- Game IP
- FromSoftware / Bandai Namco
- Budget chatter
- >$100 million
- Production
- Underway from spring 2026
Before March 2028 — don’t confuse the Erdtree with the marquee
- Buy the A24 theatrical — not a “watch Erdtree cutscenes in IMAX” fan edit.
- Expect Garland weirdness more than a faithful NPC quest checklist.
- Martin producing ≠ Game of Thrones crossover casting promises.
- Dark Souls / Bloodborne rumor graphics are wrong franchises for this Friday.
- Exorcist Flanagan (Mar 12, 2027) is a different year and studio — ignore calendar mashups.
Garland flew to Japan with a scrapbook of imagery — then A24 put a $100M+ FromSoftware world on an IMAX Friday
Game adaptations usually start as IP auctions. Elden Ring’s Hollywood path is weirder: Garland, already a known gamer, pitched Bandai/FromSoftware in person with imagery, then A24 dated March 3, 2028 and started cameras in 2026 at blockbuster money. That origin — auteur hunger meeting Miyazaki’s open-world cruelty — is the story, not “another Prestige Game Movie.”
SEO that treats this as undated vaporware or as the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC remastered is describing the wrong product.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When does the Elden Ring movie open?
March 3, 2028 in U.S. theaters from A24, filmed for IMAX. Bandai Namco and A24 locked that Friday with production underway from spring 2026 — not a soft “2028 window.”
2Who is directing, and who stars?
Alex Garland writes and directs. The announced ensemble includes Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw, Cailee Spaeny, Tom Burke, Havana Rose Liu, Sonoya Mizuno, Jonathan Pryce, Ruby Cruz, Nick Offerman, John Hodgkinson, Jefferson Hall, Emma Laird, and Peter Serafinowicz.
3Is George R. R. Martin involved?
Yes as a producer (he contributed world-building to the game). The film is A24 with DNA Films and Bandai Namco Filmworks — FromSoftware’s game IP, Garland’s script, not a Martin TV spin-off.
4Is this Shadow of the Erdtree or a Dark Souls movie?
No. It adapts Elden Ring the 2022 FromSoftware game. Erdtree is a game expansion, not this theatrical. Dark Souls is a sibling franchise — different title, different ticket.
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