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Activision Turning COD Into Epic Movie And TV Franchise, Similar To Marvel Franchise

Activision Turning COD Into Epic Movie And TV Franchise, Similar To Marvel Franchise

The makers of Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard seem to want a piece of the silver screen action. They plan to use the interconnected approach so successfully followed by the Marvel Universe, in order to turn Call of Duty a sensation for the big screen with a TV and movie franchise of its own.

Stacey Sher and Nick Van Dyk, the co-presidents of Activision Blizzard studios have been given the responsibility to turn the FPS series into a commercial success for the planned media. Speaking to the Guardian, Stacey Sher said, ““We have plotted out many years. We put together this group of writers to talk about where we were going. There’ll be a film that feels more like Black Ops, the story behind the story. The Modern Warfare series looks at what it’s like to fight a war with the eyes of the world on you. And then maybe something that is more of a hybrid, where you are looking at private, covert operations, while a public operation is going on.”

To this, Van Dyk adds, ““It’s going to have the same sort of high-adrenaline, high-energy aesthetic as the game, but it’s not a literal adaptation. It’s a much more broad and inclusive, global in scope … a big, tentpole Marvel-esque movie.” Their aim, he says, is to emulate how Marvel has successfully created “these individual universes that interconnect and a timeline that makes sense with consistent themes and Easter eggs”. “If you look at Marvel, they started working when you had Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, and real film-makers on board as well. What I think made The Avengersso great was the writing and directing. You cared about those characters.”

The latest Call of Duty title to be released was Infinite Warfare, which received a mixed response from the audience. If the rumors are true, the next title in the franchise could go back to its World War II roots.

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