Call of Duty: Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg Team on Activision

Sheridan and Berg Team on ‘Call of Duty’ Movie for Paramount

Ryan Pfluger for Variety / Daniel McFadden

Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg will co-write the script for Paramount and Activision’s live-action feature adaptation of Call of Duty.

Berg, whose credits include “Friday Night Lights” and “Deepwater Horizon,” will also direct.

Sheridan, one of the company’s biggest hitmakers, moves his overall pact to NBCUniversal in 2029.

Paramount Skydance will keep him busy until then and the subject matter sounds right up Sheridan’s alley given his action-heavy thrillers and procedurals.

Sheridan, Berg and 101 Studios’ David Glasser will produce the project.

On the film front, Sheridan earned an Oscar nomination for writing “Hell or High Water” and also penned “Wind River,” “Sicario” and its sequel, “Sicario: Day of the Soldado.”

Berg’s other credits include “Hancock,” “Lone Survivor,” “Patriots Day” and “Battleship.” Like Sheridan, he’s no stranger to orchestrating warfare on screen or dramatizing stories of heroism.

“Call of Duty” is backed by Microsoft-owned video game publisher Activision. It encompasses more than 30 mainline games released since the original “Call of Duty” debuted in 2003. When the deal to make a movie was announced in September, sources said that while the pact is focused on making one “Call of Duty” movie, the deal includes the potential for Paramount to expand the “Call of Duty” universe across film and TV.

Paramount had success adapting games into movies, turning “Sonic the Hedgehog” into a major film and streaming franchise.

Video games have also inspired the blockbusters “Super Mario Bros” and “A Minecraft Movie.”

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