Paramount and Activision Team For 'Call of Duty' Movie (deadline.com) 37
Paramount and Activision are teaming up to produce a live-action Call of Duty movie, with Paramount promising the same blockbuster treatment it gave Top Gun: Maverick.
David Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Paramount, said in a statement: "As a lifelong fan of Call of Duty this is truly a dream come true. From the first Allied campaigns in the original Call of Duty, through Modern Warfare and Black Ops, I've spent countless hours playing this franchise that I absolutely love. Being entrusted by Activision and players worldwide to bring this extraordinary storytelling universe to the big screen is both an honor and a responsibility that we don't take lightly. We're approaching this film with the same disciplined, uncompromising commitment to excellence that guided our work on Top Gun: Maverick, ensuring it meets the exceptionally high standards this franchise and its fans deserve. I can promise that we are resolute in our mission to deliver a cinematic experience that honors the legacy of this one-in-a-million brand -- thrilling longtime fans of Call of Duty while captivating a whole new generation."
Rob Kostich, President of Activision, also commented: "Throughout its history, Call of Duty has captured our imagination with incredible action and intense stories that have brought millions of people together from around the world, and that focus on making incredible Call of Duty games remains unwavering. With Paramount, we have found a fantastic partner who we will work with to take that visceral, breathtaking action to the big screen in a defining cinematic moment. The film will honor and expand upon what has made this franchise great in the first place, and we cannot wait to get started. Our shared goal is quite simple -- to create an unforgettable blockbuster movie experience that our community loves, and one that also excites and inspires new fans of the franchise."
David Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Paramount, said in a statement: "As a lifelong fan of Call of Duty this is truly a dream come true. From the first Allied campaigns in the original Call of Duty, through Modern Warfare and Black Ops, I've spent countless hours playing this franchise that I absolutely love. Being entrusted by Activision and players worldwide to bring this extraordinary storytelling universe to the big screen is both an honor and a responsibility that we don't take lightly. We're approaching this film with the same disciplined, uncompromising commitment to excellence that guided our work on Top Gun: Maverick, ensuring it meets the exceptionally high standards this franchise and its fans deserve. I can promise that we are resolute in our mission to deliver a cinematic experience that honors the legacy of this one-in-a-million brand -- thrilling longtime fans of Call of Duty while captivating a whole new generation."
Rob Kostich, President of Activision, also commented: "Throughout its history, Call of Duty has captured our imagination with incredible action and intense stories that have brought millions of people together from around the world, and that focus on making incredible Call of Duty games remains unwavering. With Paramount, we have found a fantastic partner who we will work with to take that visceral, breathtaking action to the big screen in a defining cinematic moment. The film will honor and expand upon what has made this franchise great in the first place, and we cannot wait to get started. Our shared goal is quite simple -- to create an unforgettable blockbuster movie experience that our community loves, and one that also excites and inspires new fans of the franchise."
the same blockbuster treatment as TopGun (Score:2)
I'll think I'll pass this one then...
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You mean you don't want to pay to watch an ad for the US military?
Yay. (Score:2, Insightful)
Difference from other war movies? (Score:1)
While I'm familiar with the "Call of Duty" name, I haven't actually played it. For a while I thought it was only multiplayer, actually. Plus, marketed more towards XBox, when I've always played PC.
But that leads to my question: What sort of storyline would this movie have that is different from all the other war movies out there?
Looking, it seems some have "good" stories in single player campaigns, others are listed as dreck.
I'm not sure I want to go back to 2020 and earlier where the storylines were pra
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You haven't missed much. CoD is marketed to young racist boys who glorify war and want to measure their dicks on a pretend battlefield. It's not meant to provide a rewarding single player campaign. The movie will be interesting. Borderlands had some of the best writing and talent and should have been a slam dunk of a movie, but they failed to make a story that was more memorable than the totally fucked up casting choices. OTOH the Halo series on Paramount+ was pretty awesome, so it could go either way.
CoD i
The problem with the borderlands movie (Score:3)
Fighting games have the same problem when they get adopted or they become a giant mess.
It's why the Street fighter movie was such a complete disaster. You can't really make a good video game movie because you've got too many characters because the characters in a video game aren't just char
Re:The problem with the borderlands movie (Score:4, Interesting)
too many characters ... You've got at least four vault hunters
Successful movies with four or more main characters: Pulp Fiction, Stand by Me, The Goonies, Super 8, Ocean’s Eleven, The Italian Job, The Incredibles, Guardians of the Galaxy, Rogue One, and The Matrix.
It's the wrong cast with shit writing, simple as that. A main cast of four, especially as distinct as the vault hunters, is not difficult to do well. But when you put 14 executive producers on your project there's no way you're getting the right cast and your good writers will quit.
There's a difference you're not seeing (Score:2)
So the writers of those movies could prioritize some characters and depriotize others and not have to worry about pissing off say, E. Honda or Balrog fans.
The problem when you start making video game adoptions is that everybody has their favorite character and everybody wants their favorite character to get a chunk of screen time. And that includes the developer who wants to see everyone of thei
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It's why the Street fighter movie was such a complete disaster.
Except for every bit with Raul Julia in who was indisputably glorious.
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But that leads to my question: What sort of storyline would this movie have that is different from all the other war movies out there?
Please allow me to rephrase your question: who will be the bad guy?
* Corrupt US president: not a chance these days.
* "Totally not Russia": maybe, but audiences today have mostly no idea who the Soviets were.
* Kreplakistan, aka Unspecified Eastern European Country: possibly the most likely option even if Marvel have done it to death these past few years.
* Unspecified Middle Eastern Country: been there, done that, bought the oil sanctions.
* Brown Terrorists: zzzzzzz
* China: yeah, right. Alienate that market a
Re: Difference from other war movies? (Score:2)
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But that leads to my question: What sort of storyline would this movie have that is different from all the other war movies out there?
Well after shooting down a German solder the American solder will run over and repeatedly crouch over the dead German while shouting "I fucked your mum" in a voice reminiscent of someone who has not yet hit puberty.
It's exactly like a normal war movie (Score:5, Funny)
Overrated (Score:2)
Top Gun: Maverick isn't a good movie. It had great cinematography and camera shots, but the plot was awful and poorly written.
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So. . . (Score:2)
So it's going to be 110 minutes of 30 solders running around full tilt spraying bullets at anything that moves? No strategy, no storyline, just run and gun? Sounds like a hit for all the GenX can't pay attention for more then 5 minutes at a time crowd.
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You're forgetting the bugs, hacks and racist crap on the mics! That will play well to a general audience. The film can periodically lock up, glitch out, maybe some bullets that fly around the corner and then when you least expect it you will hear a voice that says some racist crap just because.
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The endless combat theme doesn't translate well to the big screen: Wing Commander had a back-story but no-one talks about Wing Commander, Doom, or the big-budget series, Halo. They tried to make Mario Brothers a human-interest story but that eliminated all existing story elements (IE. Princess Peach, killer turtles).
I think CoD became very popular because it was fast, visually pretty and only one skill was required: Move and shoot. It was was a Quake Arena slug-fest with better weapons.
Finally: an explanation for American Dad skins (Score:2)
Paramount can suck my left tit. COD has become a pop culture wasteland, with Seth Rogan cameos and Bevis & Butthead skins. This is not the war-themed FPS that it used to be before it all went to shit.
Snake eats its own tail (Score:2)
Geez, another battle movie (Score:2)
and it will be just more (Score:2)
COD movie (Score:2)
Paramount? Really? (Score:2)
Why would ANYONE license a property to Paramount? Did Hasbro play a part in this somehow? They're dumb enough to keep licensing properties to Paramount, despite the fact they keep biffing billion dollar properties into non-profitable dreck.
This seems a really dumb move, even for somebody wanting rah rah 'Mericah!' bullshit. I have this sinking feeling Michael Bay will be involved in this.
Top Gun: Maverick was a fluke. One needs to look at the entirety of the studio's output, not the one outlier that happene
So a war movie? (Score:2)
I mean, every Call of Duty story line is unconnected. You could call "Hart's War" Call of Duty 2 or whatever.
What is even the point other than calling a war movie, "Call of Duty?"
Tea-bagging (Score:2)
But will it... (Score:2)