Elden Ring film shoots in Iceland

An *Elden Ring* movie is reportedly heading to Iceland this summer, a sign that the game’s live-action adaptation has moved beyond announcement and into location planning. (icelandreview.com) Iceland Review, citing Icelandic outlet *mbl.is*, reported on April 15 that parts of the film will shoot in Iceland and said George R. R. Martin is listed among the producers. The same report said Alex Garland is writing and directing the adaptation. (icelandreview.com) A separate report from Iceland Monitor on April 14 also said the production will be partly filmed in Iceland this summer and named Ben Whishaw in its early cast reporting. Neither A24 nor Bandai Namco had publicly posted a fresh production update alongside those reports. (icelandmonitor.mbl.is; bandainamcoent.com) The film itself was officially announced in May 2025, when Bandai Namco and A24 said they were collaborating on a live-action adaptation of FromSoftware’s 2022 role-playing game. Bandai Namco’s announcement also confirmed Garland as writer-director and Martin as a producer. (bandainamcoent.com) New leak reports pushed the story forward again in April 2026. Boing Boing said on April 15 that set footage indicated the movie was in “full production,” while other entertainment outlets described leaked video showing an apparent Church of Marika-style set in an English field. (boingboing.net; screenrant.com; kotaku.com) Those leak-based reports still stop short of an official start-of-production notice. Polygon reported this week that the film has no announced release date, even as it described the project as one of the biggest game adaptations now in development. (polygon.com) The Iceland angle fits the creative lineage around the project. Martin’s *Game of Thrones* work used Iceland for major exterior scenes, and Iceland Review explicitly tied the new *Elden Ring* production to that history. (icelandreview.com) The franchise is also active outside film. OpenCritic reported that Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have an official *Elden Ring* Ranni the Witch sukajan jacket scheduled for release on April 30 at roughly $200, and it separately noted that the delayed *Elden Ring Nightreign Official Strategy Guide* is also due April 30. (opencritic.com; opencritic.com) Taken together, the April reports show an *Elden Ring* brand moving on two tracks at once: a film adaptation that appears to be building sets and booking locations, and a merchandising push timed to the end of the month. The next hard confirmation will likely be an on-the-record production update from A24, Bandai Namco, or the filmmakers themselves. (boingboing.net; icelandreview.com; bandainamcoent.com)