Alex Garland has officially been confirmed to write and direct a live-action Elden Ring movie for A24 and Bandai Namco following the success of Warfare.
A24 has officially locked in Alex Garland to write and direct the long-rumored live-action adaptation of Elden Ring, one of the most acclaimed video games of the last decade. The film is being developed in partnership with Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., the publisher behind the bestselling game.
This marks yet another high-profile collaboration between Alex Garland and A24, fresh off the success of Warfare, his Iraq war drama co-directed with Ray Mendoza. That film has grossed over $32 million since its release last month. Elden Ring will be produced by Peter Rice, Andrew Macdonald, and Allon Reich for DNA, alongside George R. R. Martin and Vince Gerardis — the latter two reuniting on a project that originally stemmed from Martin’s worldbuilding.
First released in February 2022, Elden Ring quickly became a genre-defining action RPG. It plunged players into a sprawling dark fantasy world designed by FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, with a mythic narrative foundation crafted by Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire. The result was both critically lauded and commercially explosive, shipping over 30 million units globally. That momentum shows no sign of slowing, with spin-off game Elden Ring: Nightreign set to release worldwide on May 30.
Garland is arguably one of the boldest directors working today, and this move confirms A24’s serious intent to make Elden Ring more than just another video game cash-in. Garland’s track record with A24 — including Ex Machina, Men, Civil War, and now Warfare — proves he’s no stranger to ambitious, cerebral storytelling. His only feature outside A24, Annihilation, became a cult sci-fi hit, and he’s currently producing multiple entries in Sony’s upcoming 28 Years Later trilogy, with the first installment directed by Danny Boyle and scheduled for June 20.
Garland’s involvement isn’t just a smart choice — it’s the only right one if this adaptation wants to preserve the strange, beautiful, and brutal tone that made Elden Ring a phenomenon. With DNA Films backing him — the same company he’s worked with since 28 Days Later — the pieces are in place for something genuinely genre-defying.
Garland is represented by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
