The Elden Ring movie's official casting announcement leaves big questions — we have answers

A24's casting announcement was short on details, so here are our best guesses A24 and Alex Garland's live-action adaptation of Elden Ring finally has a release date and a confirmed cast. But the recent announcement that actors Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw, Cailee Spaeny, and Nick Offerman are starring in the adaptation of FromSoftware's hit video game leaves fans with a big question: Who are they playing? Garland's film is still nearly two years away, and we know very little about what kind of story the Elden Ring movie will tell. We don't know if Garland will be directly adapting the events of the game or the story of another Tarnished who journeys to the Lands Between. Maybe the movie's just about Elden Lord family drama at a high level. It's also unclear whether the announced cast will be playing live-action humanoid roles or embodying computer-generated characters; Elden Ring is full of menacing dragons, lovable snake people, and terrifying giants like Morgott, The Omen King and Mohg, Lord of Blood, after all. But we have some theories about which Elden Ring actors are playing which Elden Ring game characters. Here are our best bets, gut instincts, and soon-to-be-proven-wrong guesse