A24’s Elden Ring Movie Reportedly Tops $100 Million Budget

A24 is spending blockbuster money on Elden Ring, and that changes the whole conversation. The live-action film is reportedly carrying a budget well over $100 million, putting it far beyond the boutique scale A24 is known for and making it the company’s largest and most ambitious feature yet.

That kind of number matters because it turns a prestige game adaptation into a real tentpole gamble. A24’s previous most expensive movie was reportedly Marty Supreme at about $70 million, so Elden Ring would mark a huge leap even before marketing and global rollout costs are counted. Alex Garland is writing and directing, and the film is set for March 3, 2028, with A24 and Bandai Namco saying it will be filmed for IMAX.

The project is already in production in the United Kingdom, with principal photography reportedly planned to run about 100 days. That schedule suggests a serious effects-heavy shoot, which makes sense for a game built on ruined kingdoms, towering bosses, and that exact mix of awe and rot that FromSoftware fans know so well. The money is the point here: a smaller adaptation could afford to lean on atmosphere alone, but a nine-figure budget brings expectations for sets, creature work, and scale that can actually carry Elden Ring’s world onto a giant screen.

There is also a built-in audience that makes the spend easier to understand. Bandai Namco says Elden Ring has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, which gives the film one of the strongest fan bases any recent video game adaptation could ask for. That reach is exactly why A24’s move feels less like a weird experiment and more like a strategic bet on whether prestige cinema can crack the game IP market without sanding off what made the source material feel dangerous and strange.

The cast list is starting to match the budget. Recent reports added Tom Burke, Havana Rose Liu, Sonoya Mizuno, and Emma Laird, alongside previously reported names Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw, Cailee Spaeny, and Nick Offerman. Producers include Peter Rice, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, George R. R. Martin, and Vince Gerardis. With Garland in charge and A24 pushing this into IMAX territory, Elden Ring is no longer being treated like a side project. It is being built like an event film, and the pressure now is simple: keep the eerie, ambiguous soul of the game intact while convincing a much wider audience to buy in.