Elden Ring movie leaks

Leaked footage from A24’s *Elden Ring* movie now shows the Loathsome Dung Eater on set, turning online rumor into a visible plot clue. (polygon.com) Polygon and IGN reported April 22 that production is underway in London, with photos and video from the Old Royal Naval College in South London showing “Leyndell Streets” set dressing, knight armor, Erdtree banners, and props labeled for Stormveil. (polygon.com, ign.com) A second wave of leaks published the same day appeared to show Dung Eater’s execution scene and a performer believed to be Queen Marika, matching earlier footage of a Church of Marika set with a game-accurate statue. (ign.com, ign.com) Those images point to a story set before the 2022 game’s main events. In *Elden Ring* lore, Leyndell is the royal capital at the foot of the Erdtree, and the Shattering is the war that leaves the Lands Between in ruins before the player arrives. (polygon.com, ign.com, bandainamcoent.com) That would explain why the leaked capital looks crowded with merchants, soldiers, and children instead of the emptier, broken Leyndell seen in the game. Polygon said the extras and intact cityscape suggest Garland may be filming the world before its collapse, then possibly cutting across time periods. (polygon.com) The official pieces are no longer in doubt. Bandai Namco announced the live-action adaptation with A24 on May 22, 2025, with Alex Garland attached to write and direct. (bandainamcoent.com) On April 20, 2026, Bandai Namco and A24 set the release date for March 3, 2028, said the film is “Filmed for IMAX,” and confirmed a cast led by Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw, Cailee Spaeny, and Tom Burke. (bandainamcoent.com, polygon.com) Polygon said the wider cast also includes Havana Rose Liu, Sonoya Mizuno, Jonathan Pryce, Ruby Cruz, Nick Offerman, and Peter Serafinowicz, but A24 has not publicly assigned character names to those actors. (polygon.com) IGN reported that some fans now think the leaks are revealing too much too early, because the footage and set labels expose locations and scenes that look lifted directly from the game’s opening imagery. (ign.com) The leaks have also narrowed what the movie may not cover. The currently visible sets and characters come from the base game’s royal-family conflict around Marika and Leyndell, not from *Shadow of the Erdtree*, the 2024 expansion centered on Miquella and the Realm of Shadow. (movieweb.com, bandainamcoent.com) For now, the clearest picture of Garland’s film is coming from fences, phone cameras, and prop labels: a March 3, 2028 release, a London shoot already in motion, and a version of *Elden Ring* that appears more interested in Marika’s age than the Tarnished player’s journey. (bandainamcoent.com, polygon.com, ign.com)