Call of Duty Film-verse Planned, Includes Black Ops and Modern Warfare

Activision is pushing for a movie franchise based around its best-selling games series Call of Duty. This really is the darkest timeline. Hopefully, they’ll employ great directors and writers as a priority too, because the idea of a Michael Bay-style world of explosions and bravado is not something the world needs.

I’m not a Star Wars fan, but even that kingdom of lore is a far cry from our annual Call of Duty entry. Some struggle, like the DC Cinematic Universe and Universal’s surely abortive attempt at turning its monster properties into long-term box office gold.

Activision-Blizzard purchased King about a year ago, and CEO Bobby Kotick said at the time that the publisher saw opportunities to expand all of its major brands across all platforms.

There are already plans for a Black Ops inspired film showing “the story behind the story”, and a Modern Warfare film which is very much in the public eye – think roving news agency reporters etc.

Instead, what Sher and van Dyk are creating is a film franchise based on a popular game franchise.

This won’t be the first Call of Duty mobile game as there are some spin-offs on the app store such as Call of Duty: Heroes.

So it comes as no surprise to hear that, despite disappointing sales for last year’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Activision is gearing up to unleash a cinematic maelstrom around its most famous franchise. Video game movies HAVE to be solved first.

Sher and her Co-President, Nick Van Dyk, also have ambitions beyond traditional motion pictures. It would be fair to assume that Activision Blizzard is not messing around here.

Candy Crush Saga developer King is making a mobile Call of Duty game.

Man, they really want to wear the same shoes that Marvel has been strutting around in for awhile now. But hopefully with the producer of Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight involved, Activision Blizzard Studios doesn’t take that same approach with the movies. COD makes sense because of the military aspect. In addition, they’re not the only ones being looked at as Sher and van Dyk revealed they’re looking to bring World War 2 and Vietnam-era stories to television.