The first supposed images from the set of the film Elden Ring are circulating and the community is in turmoil. A viral video shows a massive setting in the English countryside with Gothic ruins and above all a statue of Queen Marika, so faithful to the game that it looks like a materialized screenshot.
As a reminder, this live action adaptation of Elden Ring is supported by the independent studio A24 and produced by Alex Garlandalready at the helm of Ex Machina And Annihilation. After months without an official image, this leak signed Throxtv on TikTok suddenly revives speculation on the progress of the project and especially on the visual fidelity of the film.
Images from the Elden Ring film: what does the leak around Marika really show?
The video, viewed more than 1.7 million times on TikTok, was filmed around ten minutes from Throxtvsomewhere in the English countryside. We see a set of stone ruins, Gothic arches, construction site barriers and, in the center, a huge statue representing Queen Marika in her cruciform pose, almost identical to the one that players encounter in the game.
A detail that changes everything, several decorative elements bear the logo of Hedgehog Constructiona company based in Egham, Surrey, specializing in film and television sets. According to observers, the layout is strongly reminiscent of a temple dedicated to Marika, with columns and a pillar evoking certain icy areas of the game, which further reinforces the idea of an extremely precise reconstruction of Between-Earth.
Since the publication, a tarpaulin has also been installed to hide the set, a further sign that it is not a simple fan setting. No actor or camera appears clearly on screen, but the scale of the setting and the involvement of a professional service provider suggest a test shoot or preparatory shots.
Why does this setting from the Elden Ring film reassure players so much?
On social networks, reactions oscillate between euphoria and black humor typical of the community FromSoftware. “Oh my God, they are really going to stay faithful to the game as far as its visual aspect is concerned”, enthuses a fan, while another blurts “So 10 lines?”, immediately supplemented by a third “And a vague plot”.
This loyalty is reassuring, because adapting Elden Ring is nothing obvious. Where licenses like The Last of Us or Fallout are based on a very frontal narration, the game of Hidetaka Miyazaki and of George RR Martin remains deliberately cryptic, with a hero who is often mute and lore scattered between descriptions of objects and fragments of dialogue.
Elden Ring film: what do we really know about the A24 project?
Officially, the feature film Elden Ring is co-produced by A24, Bandai Namco Entertainment And FromSoftwarewith Alex Garland to the direction and screenplay. The project is still presented as being in pre-production, with no release date or casting revealed.
Alex Garland wrote a first draft of 160 pages accompanied by 40 pages of illustrations and confided to IGN that he was on his seventh part of the game, Malenia remaining for him “the toughest”. Enough to explain why this simple shot of a life-size temple of Marika is already enough to panic fans while waiting for the first official image of the film.