A ‘Call of Duty’ movie is in the works with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan
Call of Duty one of the the bulk effective video event franchises of all time is becoming a feature film with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan spearheading the adaptation Paramount Pictures and Activision explained Thursday Berg and Sheridan will co-write the script and produce together with Berg directing The longtime friends previously collaborated on Hell or High Water which received four Oscar nominations and Wind River The film will be live action but no other details about the Call of Duty movie were directly available The first-person shooter challenge which debuted in as a World War II simulation has sold over million copies globally Subsequent versions have delved into modern warfare as well The news of Sheridan s involvement in a new Paramount project came as a bit of a surprise to the industry Earlier this week reports disclosed that the Yellowstone creator was leaving Paramount for an overall film and television deal at NBCUniversal valued at specific billion across five years Representatives for NBCUniversal declined to comment The announcement also comes on the heels of mass layoffs at Paramount just months after completing its billion merger with Skydance Paramount initiated roughly of a planned layoffs company-wide on Wednesday Source
