Call of Duty film gets official release date and director announcement

Late last year in a wholly unexpected announcement, it was revealed that Activision’s blockbuster annual FPS franchise Call of Duty would be receiving a film adaptation in partnership with the movie giant Paramount. While details remained light at the time, we have now gotten our first official update on the project – with the film set to premiere in a little over 2 years’ time.

Making the announcement during their recent CinemaCon appearance, Paramount Pictures officially confirmed that the live-action Call of Duty film adaptation will premiere in cinemas on the 30th of June 2028.

Alongside its release date, they also revealed who will helm the project, with Taylor Sheridan and Pete Berg serving as script writers – and the latter also taking on directorial duties.

While far from the most prestigious of directors, Berg has released a fair few films of note over the years, including the likes of 2003’s The Rundown; 2008’s Hancock; 2012’s Battleship and the Oscar-nominated Deepwater Horizon (nominated specifically for its sound editing and visual effects).

Speaking on this latest announcement (as transcribed by TheHollywoodReporter), Activision’s Rob Kostich claimed to have “told everyone we were only going to make a movie if it's right. In David Ellison [Paramount’s CEO], we found that partnership. We want to make sure that the authenticity of it is captured on a human level so that it feels really real and infuse that with epic scope.”

As a director, Berg has worked on many different action-packed films, many of which also manage to include enough emotion in them to make for a compelling story. As such, it will be highly interesting to see what direction they choose to take the Call of Duty film in – especially given that the source material stretches from WWII all the way to the far flung future.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this latest announcement? Do you have any interest in this Call of Duty film? What era of COD would you like to see the adaptation tackle? Let us know your thoughts down below.

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