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Call of Duty film to explore the cost of war, director says
Director Peter Berg is making a Call of Duty film with a script by Taylor Sheridan.
The movie draws on the Modern Warfare games, whose characters include Captain Price, Soap, Ghost and Alex.
Berg says the story will look beyond weapons and fighting to the burdens carried by people sent into danger.
He describes the characters as complicated people and says the film will have a strong emotional core.
The film is expected to be less graphically violent than Berg’s Mosquito Bowl, though he says it will still show the consequences of war.
Its plot details have not been revealed, so it is not yet clear which events or characters will feature.
The movie is scheduled to reach cinemas on June 30, 2028.
Director Peter Berg says the Call of Duty film will explore the cost of war and the burden carried by soldiers.
The live-action film draws on the Modern Warfare games and is being directed by Berg from a script by Taylor Sheridan.
Berg described characters including Captain Price, Soap, Ghost and Alex as complicated humans with nuanced stories.
He said the film will have a strong emotional core and probably be less graphically violent than his upcoming film The Mosquito Bowl.
The Call of Duty movie is scheduled to reach cinemas on June 30, 2028.
- Who
- Director Peter Berg and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan are making the film.
- What
- A live-action Call of Duty film based on the Modern Warfare games will explore the cost of war.
- When
- The film is scheduled for June 30, 2028.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Berg says the games examine the burden carried by warriors who put themselves between danger and others.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
IGN published Berg's comments about the film in an interview with ComicBook.
Eurogamer reported that the film would explore the cost of war.
Berg's film The Mosquito Bowl is due to arrive on Netflix.
The Call of Duty movie is scheduled to reach cinemas.
- Director
- Peter Berg
- Screenwriter
- Taylor Sheridan
- Source games
- Modern Warfare
- Characters named
- Captain Price, Soap, Ghost and Alex
- Cinema release date
- June 30, 2028
- Upcoming Berg film
- The Mosquito Bowl; due on Netflix November 25
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What people are saying
These are very nuanced storylines; like, there's a real soul to the Modern Warfare universe…
really looking at the cost of war, the cost of having to be a warrior who's, for whatever reason, chosen to put himself between real danger and the rest of us, and the burden that these guys carry
This is not just 'Hey, let’s shoot them all up and shoot popcorn!' Like, there’s a soul underneath it, that I understand that Taylor Sheridan understands, and I think probably not quite as graphically violent as Mosquito Bowl, but there will be a very strong soul, and consequence of war within the film, called 'duty.'