Call of Duty Movie Locked and Loaded: Taylor Sheridan Writing, Director Set
After years in the barracks, the Call of Duty movie is finally deploying: a director is locked in and Taylor Sheridan is writing the script.
After years of chatter and false starts, the Call of Duty movie finally found its trigger finger. Paramount and Activision just locked in the creative leads, and yeah, it is exactly the brand of tough-guy, boots-on-the-ground filmmaking you probably expected.
Quick refresher on the franchise
Call of Duty launched in 2003 with a straight-up World War II focus before sprawling into modern, near-future, and back-again warfare. There are 21 mainline entries so far, with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 set for November 14, 2025. So, there is plenty of material to mine, whether they adapt anything specific or go original.
Who is steering this thing
- Peter Berg is writing, directing, and producing. His resume is very much in the 'men on a mission under insane pressure' zone: Very Bad Things (1998), The Rundown (2003), Friday Night Lights (2004), The Kingdom (2007), Hancock (2008), Battleship (2012), Lone Survivor (2013), Deepwater Horizon (2016), Patriots Day (2016), Mile 22 (2018), and Spenser Confidential (2020).
- Taylor Sheridan is co-writing the script. Yes, that Taylor Sheridan from Yellowstone. He and Berg have teamed before: Hell or High Water (2016) and Wind River (2017) — Sheridan wrote both, Berg produced, and Sheridan directed Wind River.
- David Glasser is also producing.
- Timing note for the industry nerds: this announcement lands right after reports that Sheridan is exiting Paramount for NBCUniversal once his current film and TV obligations wrap. Still, he is on this one.
So what kind of Call of Duty are we getting?
They are keeping the plot locked down for now. No word on whether it pulls from a specific game storyline or characters, or if it goes totally original. Setting is also a mystery — past, present, future, take your pick. And yes, zombies are technically on the table, since that mode is a fan favorite, especially in the Black Ops corner of the franchise.
How we got here
There have been rumors about a COD movie for years. The official go-ahead only arrived last month, when Paramount Pictures and Activision said they were actually doing it. Now we have the creative team locked, which is the first real sign this thing is moving.
When does it drop?
There is no release date yet. For now, the only date in the COD universe is still Black Ops 7 on November 14, 2025.