How to Watch the Elden Ring Film Online in 4K

The Elden Ring film is a live-action film adapting FromSoftware's landmark 2022 video game — one of the most ambitious video game adaptations in development — written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later, Civil War), produced by A24, and shot for IMAX. Principal photography began in April 2026 in the United Kingdom and Scotland. The film stars Kit Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Ben Whishaw, Nick Offerman, Tom Burke, and an ensemble cast, with a US theatrical release scheduled for March 3, 2028. InfinityTV's library of 150,000+ Movies & Series will carry it in 4K Ultra HD when it arrives on demand.

This is an in-production film with a confirmed March 2028 release date. Facts confirmed as of June 2026 are presented below. InfinityTV subscribers will be able to stream it in 4K when the on-demand window opens post-theatrical.

What Is the Elden Ring Film?

Elden Ring is a 2028 American epic fantasy film written and directed by Alex Garland and produced by A24 in partnership with FromSoftware, the Japanese video game studio that created the Elden Ring game (2022, FromSoftware/Bandai Namco). The game, designed by Hidetaka Miyazaki and co-authored by novelist George R.R. Martin (who created the mythos of the Lands Between), sold over 25 million copies worldwide as of early 2024.

The film is scheduled to be released in the United States by A24 on March 3, 2028, and is being shot for IMAX presentation — one of A24's first IMAX productions.

How the Film Came Together

Alex Garland privately shared his experience playing Elden Ring with Noah Sacco, A24's head of film. Impressed by Garland's vision, Sacco supported pursuing an adaptation. Garland wrote a 160-page spec script accompanied by forty pages of imagery, and Sacco flew him to Japan to meet with FromSoftware and negotiate a deal. This direct collaboration with the game's creators — rather than a purely commercial IP licensing arrangement — is a significant signal about the film's approach.

The Cast

• Kit Connor (Heartstopper) — likely as the protagonist, the Tarnished warrior
• Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla, Alien: Romulus) — a supporting or co-lead role
• Ben Whishaw (Paddington, No Time to Die) — in a major supporting role
• Nick Offerman (The Last of Us, Parks and Recreation) — in a supporting role
• Tom Burke (The Souvenir, Mank) — in a supporting role
• Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms) — in a supporting role
• Sonoya Mizuno (Ex Machina, Devs) — in a supporting role
• Emma Laird (Mayor of Kingstown) — in a supporting role
• Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) — in a supporting role
• Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Game of Thrones) — in a supporting role

The Elden Ring Game: The Source Material

Elden Ring (2022) is an action role-playing game from FromSoftware, the Japanese studio responsible for the Dark Souls series, Bloodborne, and Sekiro. It is set in the Lands Between, a world whose history was shattered when the Elden Ring — the source of the Erdtree's power — was broken, its shards claimed by corrupted demigods called the Shardbearers. The player character is the Tarnished, a exiled warrior called back to the Lands Between to become the Elden Lord by defeating the Shardbearers and restoring the Ring.

George R.R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire (the basis for Game of Thrones), co-created the world's mythology. He designed the history of the Lands Between — who ruled it, what was lost, and why it is the way it is — while Hidetaka Miyazaki and FromSoftware designed the game's systems and moment-to-moment narrative.

The game won multiple Game of the Year awards in 2022, including at The Game Awards, and is widely regarded as one of the finest games of the 2020s.

How to Watch the Elden Ring Film in 4K When It Releases

The Elden Ring film is scheduled for theatrical release on March 3, 2028, and will then arrive on InfinityTV's on-demand platform during the streaming window. To ensure you are ready:

1. Subscribe to InfinityTV now — all plans include the on-demand library of 150,000+ Movies & Series, which will include Elden Ring when it arrives.
2. Download the InfinityTV app on your Smart TV, Fire Stick, Apple TV, Android TV, iOS device, or Android phone.
3. Search for "Elden Ring" in the app when the film is available.
4. Select the 4K stream — an IMAX-shot film benefits enormously from the highest available resolution, and InfinityTV delivers 99.9% uptime for uninterrupted playback.
5. Contact 24/7 support for any setup or playback questions.

For device setup, see how to get the best IPTV on Firestick. For other upcoming 2026 releases you can stream sooner, see the top movies of 2026 and new movies to watch in 2026.

Why Is Alex Garland the Right Director for Elden Ring?

What makes Alex Garland the ideal filmmaker to adapt this game?

Alex Garland's career as a writer and director has been defined by a specific set of concerns that overlap directly with what makes Elden Ring compelling as source material: existential questions about consciousness and identity (Ex Machina), journeys into hostile, incomprehensible environments (Annihilation), the collapse of social order (28 Days Later, as writer), and the experience of violence at the limit of human endurance (Civil War).

Elden Ring as a game is about all of these things: you play as the Tarnished, an outcast returning to a dying world, pursuing a purpose you barely understand through environments that are relentlessly hostile, against enemies who were once something different from what they have become. The game rewards careful attention — it tells its story through environmental detail, item descriptions, and oblique character dialogue rather than exposition. That approach is exactly how Garland builds narrative in his films.

The 160-page spec script — written before A24 or FromSoftware were involved — demonstrates genuine personal engagement with the material rather than a commercial work-for-hire approach.

Kit Connor as the Tarnished

Kit Connor became internationally known through Heartstopper (Netflix, 2022-present), the LGBTQ+ romance series in which he plays Nick Nelson. He represents a deliberate departure from the physical archetypes that often populate fantasy epics: where the Tarnished as a player character can be built in many ways, the character's fundamental quality is persistence — the ability to continue through failure and death toward an unclear goal. Connor's performance history suggests an actor capable of conveying interior states under pressure.

Cailee Spaeny, who appeared in Priscilla (2023) and Alien: Romulus (2024), brings a very different register: physicality and psychological intensity in the vein of characters who survive by adaptation.

Production: Scotland, UK, and the Look of the Lands Between

Principal photography began in April 2026 in the United Kingdom and Scotland. The choice of Scottish landscape is thematically appropriate: Elden Ring's Lands Between draw heavily from Northern European landscape mythology, and Scotland's combination of stark moorland, ancient architecture, and extreme weather aligns with the game's visual palette in a way that studio-bound production never could.

The film is also being shot for IMAX — a significant production commitment that ensures the film's environments will be presented at maximum cinematic resolution. A24 has used IMAX selectively (All Quiet on the Western Front won three Academy Awards partly due to its visual scope) and the investment here signals confidence in the visual scale of Garland's vision.

For another major fantasy adaptation currently in production, see our guide to watching The Death of Robin Hood — an A24 release already in cinemas. InfinityTV's 22,000+ live TV channels include gaming and entertainment channels covering the Elden Ring film's production as it progresses.

Frequently asked questions

When does the Elden Ring film release? The Elden Ring film is scheduled for US theatrical release by A24 on March 3, 2028. Principal photography began in April 2026 in the United Kingdom and Scotland. The film is being shot for IMAX. InfinityTV will carry it in the on-demand library when the streaming window opens after theatrical release.

Who is directing the Elden Ring film and what else have they made? The film is written and directed by Alex Garland, whose credits include Ex Machina (2014), Annihilation (2018), Men (2022), and Civil War (2024) as director, and 28 Days Later (2002), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Never Let Me Go (2010), and Dredd (2012) as writer. He developed a 160-page spec script before the project was set up at A24.

Who stars in the Elden Ring film? The confirmed cast includes Kit Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Ben Whishaw, Nick Offerman, Tom Burke, Havana Rose Liu, Sonoya Mizuno, Emma Laird, Peter Serafinowicz, and Jonathan Pryce. Kit Connor is believed to play the protagonist, the Tarnished warrior.

What is the Elden Ring game about and do I need to have played it? Elden Ring (2022, FromSoftware) is set in the Lands Between, a world whose history shattered when the Elden Ring was broken. The player character is the Tarnished, called back to restore order. The game's world was co-created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin. The film adaptation is expected to be accessible to non-players — Alex Garland's approach to adaptation has always prioritised narrative clarity over franchise service.

What internet speed do I need to watch the Elden Ring film in 4K on InfinityTV? InfinityTV recommends at least 25 Mbps for stable 4K streaming. An IMAX-shot film with detailed landscape cinematography benefits from the highest available bitrate, so 50 Mbps or above ensures maximum quality. InfinityTV's 99.9% uptime infrastructure maintains consistent streaming performance.