Call of Duty Movie Will Be Based on Modern Warfare Games

Paramount Pictures‘ upcoming “Call of Duty” movie from writer Taylor Sheridan will be based on the Xbox-owned first-person shooter franchise’s “Modern Warfare” games.

Plot details about the movie have been kept under wraps since it was first announced in September 2025. But during a “Call of Duty in Culture Panel” promoting the October release of “Modern Warfare 4,” which took place at Fanatics Fest in NYC Saturday, “Call of Duty” movie director and co-writer Peter Berg took the stage to reveal to fans that the film will be set in the “Modern Warfare” universe.

Since the original game’s release in 2003, the “Call of Duty” franchise has grown to include more than 30 mainline games. Among the dozens of titles, which have hailed from different developers over the years but are now all under Xbox via its purchase of publisher Activision, are the “Modern Warfare” games. Beginning with “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” in 2007, the “Modern Warfare” storyline marked the first “CoD” games to break from the franchise’s original World War II setting.

The “Modern Warfare” games have largely been set in the Middle East and followed Captain John Price and his Task Force 141 team’s mission to defeat terrorist Vladimir Makarov. This story will continue with the fall launch of “Modern Warfare 4,” which features a war that breaks out between North and South Korea.

Last month, Paramount Pictures set a June 30, 2028 release date for the currently untitled “CoD” film, which is being produced in collaboration with publisher Activision.

When the deal to make a “CoD” movie was first announced last year by new Paramount owner Skydance, sources told Variety that while the focus was to make the one “Call of Duty” movie from writer Taylor Sheridan, the multiyear pact includes the potential for Paramount to expand the “Call of Duty” universe across film and TV.