In today’s most confident news by a country mile, Activision Blizzard Studios has hiredBlack Pantherco-writerJoe Robert Coleto pen a sequel to itsCall of Dutyfeature film, which does not yet have a cast or a distributor. The studio brought onSicario 2: Day of the SoldadodirectorStefano Sollimaearlier this year to man the first film, written byKieran Fitzgerald(Snowden) and based on the massively popular first-person-shooter franchise that began in 2003.Varietyreports that Activision Blizzard wants a follow-up script ready to go “as soon as the first pic goes into production next year.”
Since co-writingBlack Pantherwith directorRyan Coogler—creating a box office smash and the first MCU movie with serious Oscar potential—Cole has kept incredibly busy, landing hisadaptation of the graphic novelFailsafeat Netflix withMichael B. Jordanset to star and writing and directingAll Day and a Night, starringJeffrey WrightandAquaman’s Black Manta,Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
It’s no surprise the studio would look to a writer who penned one of the most successful MCU movies to date, because Activision Blizzard has very Marvel-esque plans forCall of Duty. Last year, co-presidentStacey Sherrevealed a blueprint for an entire shared universe based on the video game.
“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 likeBlack Ops, the story behind the story. TheModern Warfareseries 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.”
TheCall of Dutyfranchise includes 15 games that have sold more than 250 million copies.
