Paramount and Activision Team For 'Call of Duty' Movie (deadline.com)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/09/02/2111258/paramount-and-activision-team-for-call-of-duty-movie
- Source link: https://deadline.com/2025/09/call-of-duty-movie-paramount-activision-1236503796/
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."
[1] https://deadline.com/2025/09/call-of-duty-movie-paramount-activision-1236503796/
Yay. (Score:2, Insightful)
More "Americuh, Fuck Yeah!" dreck.
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.
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Re: Difference from other war movies? (Score:2)
Venezuela just volunteered for the PoC.
It's exactly like a normal war movie (Score:2)
Except there's a bunch of 12 year olds calling you slurs and saying your mom is a whore.
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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What killed Stanley Kubrick, was the effort required to obtain a good performance by Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut.
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Maybe they should make a Hardcore Henry game instead.
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.
the same blockbuster treatment as TopGun (Score:2)
I'll think I'll pass this one then...