The Call of Duty movie will take place in the Modern Warfare universe.

Director and co-writer Peter Berg - who is working on the film with Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan - made an appearance at Fanatics Fest in New York City on Saturday (18.07.26), where he shared the news during a Call of Duty in Culture panel which was promoting the upcoming release of video game Modern Warfare 4, Variety reports.

Further plot details are still being kept tightly under wraps.

The Call of Duty franchise, which began in 2003, has grown to include more than 30 games, with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in 2007 marking the first game in the series to break from its original World War II setting.

Microsoft's president of game content and studios Matt Booty previously promised Taylor Sheridan is a "good match" for the Call of Duty movie.

Speaking with Variety, he said of Sheridan: "If you think about the way that he tells stories, you think about the other things that he's been a writer on, I think that the team feels that he's got a good approach to characters and a good approach to story that'll match up with their vision of what a Call of Duty movie [is].

"I mean, it's an interesting thing. It's a little bit like Fallout, right? We sit here and Fallout Season 2 is coming up. Where do you start with making something about Fallout?

"Lucky are we that we are shepherds of such a broad canvas of characters and stories, but where do you start? 


"Call of Duty, there's two decades of Call of Duty -- where do you start? Which character do you pick from which branch of the franchise?

"And so the team has got a vision where they want to go, and I think Taylor Sheridan will be a good match for what they've got in mind."

Booty also explained how the project - which will be produced by Paramount Pictures' David Ellison - came to be.

He said: "A relationship came about between the folks at Paramount and the senior people on the Call of Duty' team, where they felt like they found a partner who understands the game, people who play the game, and shared a vision of what it could be to bring that forward.

"And that's how these things come about for us. They aren't negotiated at a detached, kind of abstract level - and then we find out. These things start with the game team."

As well as the Call of Duty movie, Microsoft is also working on a sequel to A Minecraft Movie with Warner Bros., and a Gears of War live-action film with Netflix.

Reflecting on the move from the monitor to the big screen, Booty said "games have really become a foundational part of entertainment".

The Call of Duty movie is scheduled for release on June 30, 2028, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the franchise.