For the past few decades, Call of Duty has been one of the most popular video games on the planet. They've covered all the famous battlegrounds and become one of the most popular online multiplayer games imaginable.It has felt like a movie was inevitable, but he rights were tied up at Paramount, which really had to undergo the acquisition and major changes in order to stabilize and find the right talent team to bring it ot the big screen.The audience for this movie would be humongous.Well, in a bombshell report first broken by Deadline, Paramount and Activision have tapped Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg to develop and produce the feature film adaptation.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comOne of the Biggest Video Games Brought to Life According to the report, Pete Berg (Lone Survivor, Friday Night Lights) is set to direct the film, and he will also co-write the script with Taylor Sheridan, the creative force behind Yellowstone, Sicario, and Lioness, who just signed a billion-dollar deal with Universal. Berg and Sheridan are longtime friends who both have built gritty, realistic worlds defined by their deep characters, so it feels like the game is in good hands.David Glasser, who produces Sheridan's TV empire via 101 Studios, is also reported to be in talks to produce.This Team Makes Sense Look, when rumors swirled that Steven Spielberg would be the guy taking the helm, I was all over that. However, it appears that the deal never materialized. That's disappointing, but I am happy that...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 30 October