Overview
- The Wall Street Journal reports the production budget for Alex Garland’s Elden Ring adaptation is nearly $200 million, a figure not including marketing costs.
- Filming wrapped earlier this summer and the movie is now in extended post-production ahead of a worldwide theatrical release set for March 3, 2028.
- Alex Garland is writing and directing the adaptation with George R.R. Martin producing and input from FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, and the cast includes Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman and others.
- The new figure is a large increase from earlier estimates of just over $100 million and would make Elden Ring the most expensive production in A24’s history and one of the priciest video-game films ever.
- The budget rise reflects A24’s recent fundraising and move beyond indie fare but also raises stakes for the studio because big, effects-heavy game adaptations have had mixed box-office results despite large built-in audiences.