Published Apr 20, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Alex Garland may be completing an surprising trilogy with Elden Ring Photo: A24 Elden Ring , the 2028 IMAX-sized movie version of Hidetaka Miyazaki's action RPG, may complete an unlikely trilogy for writer-director Alex Garland. Garland is no stranger to genre fiction — he’s written 28 Days Later , its two recent sequels , Sunshine , and directed Ex Machina and Annihilation — but zooming out, the movie looks less like a heady storyteller (and avid gamer ) getting his crack at a Lord of the Rings-flavored epic than a logical conclusion to an exploration of memory and combat. The casting of Kit Connor as an unknown character — but likely a dude wielding a sword — feels like the tipoff: there was Civil War , there was Warfare , and there will soon be a movie based on a game where you fight a multi-armed shardbearer named Godrick the Grafted that fits right alongside them.…