A24's Elden Ring adaptation is shaping up to be a serious big-budget production. According to sources speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the film is working with a $100 million budget - making it the studio's largest and most ambitious project to date.
Production is already underway in the UK, with filming expected to have kicked off this week. Set photos have surfaced showing early builds of iconic Lands Between locations, including Limgrave and a Church of Marika, suggesting the film is going for a faithful visual recreation of FromSoftware's world.
Alex Garland is in the director's chair, bringing serious genre credentials to the project. His résumé - which includes Ex Machina and the recent Civil War - signals that A24 is leaning into a more cerebral, atmospheric take on the source material rather than a straightforward action blockbuster.
Why this matters
For context, A24 has historically operated as an indie-leaning studio known for prestige fare like Everything Everywhere All at Once and Hereditary rather than nine-figure productions. Committing $100 million to a single project represents a significant shift in scale for the company.
Elden Ring's lore-dense, cryptic world is famously challenging source material to adapt - the game deliberately withholds narrative context, leaving players to piece together its story through item descriptions and environmental storytelling. How Garland and A24 translate that experience into a linear film will be one of the most interesting adaptation challenges in recent memory.
The combination of Garland's thoughtful directorial style and A24's track record with genre filmmaking is genuinely promising. Whether a $100 million budget is enough to do justice to the Lands Between remains to be seen, but the early signs suggest everyone involved is taking this seriously.
No release window has been confirmed yet, but with cameras now rolling in the UK, the project is clearly moving at pace.
