According to Saiga NAK, the long-rumored live-action adaptation of FromSoftware's landmark RPG Elden Ring is officially happening, with a March 3, 2028 release date confirmed and Kit Connor and Ben Whishaw attached to star.
Why This Is a Massive Deal for Fancasters
Few video game properties have inspired as much passionate, obsessive devotion as Elden Ring — and that devotion extends to who fans want to see inhabit its vast, haunted cast of characters. The Lands Between are populated by some of the most visually striking and narratively complex figures in modern gaming: the enigmatic Ranni the Witch, the tragic Malenia, the monstrous Starscourge Radahn, and of course the player-character known only as the Tarnished. With two confirmed names and an entire ensemble still to be filled out, the fancasting conversation is wide open.
What makes this adaptation especially compelling from a casting perspective is how little we know about which roles Connor and Whishaw are actually playing. Connor's youth and emotional range could point toward the Tarnished, or perhaps the tragic Godwyn. Whishaw's gift for quiet menace and otherworldly fragility makes him a fascinating candidate for figures like Maliketh or even a gender-bent Ranni. The ambiguity is half the fun — and it means the fan speculation is just getting started.
What myCast Fans Are Already Saying
The myCast community has been ahead of this conversation for a while. Across multiple fan-cast stories for the film, voters have been assembling their dream versions of the Lands Between's ensemble — and some genuinely inspired picks have emerged.
Over at the Elden Ring story with 16 votes cast across 22 roles, fans have rallied hard behind Willem Dafoe for Morgott, the self-loathing Omen King — honestly, a pick that practically casts itself once you see it written down. Dafne Keen leads the vote for Ranni with 4 votes, a choice that makes a lot of sense given Keen's ability to project otherworldly intensity beneath a deceptively slight exterior. Winona Ryder has picked up 2 votes for Rennala, and there's something genuinely poetic about that pairing. Two votes also sit with for Hewg the imprisoned blacksmith — which is either a hilarious troll pick or an inspired piece of against-type casting, depending on your mood.