Paramount and Activision partner on Call of Duty live-action film

Call of Duty, 1 of the astir palmy video crippled franchises of each time, volition beryllium coming to the large surface with the assistance of Paramount.

The workplace announced Tuesday that it had inked a woody with Microsoft-owned Activision to develop, nutrient and administer a live-action diagnostic movie based connected the first-person shooter game.

"As a lifelong instrumentality of Call of Duty this is genuinely a imagination travel true," David Ellison, president and CEO of Paramount, said successful a statement. "From the archetypal Allied campaigns successful the archetypal Call of Duty, done Modern Warfare and Black Ops, I've spent countless hours playing this franchise that I perfectly love."

Paramount and Activision said they volition grant the brand's "rich communicative and distinctive style" for fans of the video crippled franchise. Call of Duty has been the best-selling video crippled bid successful the U.S. for 16 consecutive years, with much than 500 cardinal copies sold globally, the companies said.

"I tin committedness that we are resolute successful our ngo to present a cinematic acquisition that honors the bequest of this one-in-a-million brand," Ellison said.

The woody is yet different large announcement from Paramount since it officially merged with Skydance successful aboriginal August. Days aboriginal the workplace announced it had signed The Duffer Brothers, the originative squad of Matt and Ross Duffer who created Netflix's "Stranger Things," to a four-year statement for diagnostic films, tv and streaming projects.

Paramount besides bought the U.S. rights to UFC successful a $7.7 billion, 7-year woody that starts successful 2026.

Ellison said successful an unfastened missive shortly aft the merger that the institution would put successful "high-quality storytelling and cutting-edge technology" to assistance "define the adjacent epoch of entertainment."