Activision Considering Call of Duty Cinematic Universe
When Iron Man came out on 2008, only a very few people were really aware of a Cinematic Universe that Marvel was building. Today, DC Films, Legendary Pictures and Universal Studios are following the footsteps of Marvel Studios by creating their own Cinematic Universe. Following the success of that trend, video game publisher Activision Blizzard has now decided to build a movie franchise which will be a Cinematic Universe on its own and they are about to start with one of their most successful titles; Call of Duty.
Almost two years ago, Activision took initiatives and announced to make successful live-action films and TV Series adaptations based on their properties. To make sure the quality of their production, they decided to do this in house. Now, with all those superhero movies breaking box-office records every other day, Activision is all set to debut their movie adaptation Call of Duty (probably in 2018) to jump-start their very own Cinematic Universe.
Solely for adapting games into blockbuster movies and popular television series, Activision has formed Activision Blizzard Studios and tasked its co-presidents Stacey Sher and Nick van Dyk to oversee the project for having previous expertise in movie industries. Sher is credited for Pulp Fiction, Garden State and The Hateful Eight, whereas Van Dyk was senior executive at Disney and has worked on films like Star Wars. With so many good-to-go scripts at their hand, they are just waiting for the right one to fit for an interconnected Cinematic Universe.
Though, they are initially focused on making a Call of Duty Cinematic Universe, Van Dyk also shared the idea of a potential Overwatch movie that will have its sequels. To test the water for their venture, Activision Blizzard has already released “Skylanders” series on Netflix in 2016 that managed to garner 10 million viewers in total.
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Almost two years ago, Activision took initiatives and announced to make successful live-action films and TV Series adaptations based on their properties. To make sure the quality of their production, they decided to do this in house. Now, with all those superhero movies breaking box-office records every other day, Activision is all set to debut their movie adaptation Call of Duty (probably in 2018) to jump-start their very own Cinematic Universe.
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| Stacey Sher and Nick van Dyk |
Solely for adapting games into blockbuster movies and popular television series, Activision has formed Activision Blizzard Studios and tasked its co-presidents Stacey Sher and Nick van Dyk to oversee the project for having previous expertise in movie industries. Sher is credited for Pulp Fiction, Garden State and The Hateful Eight, whereas Van Dyk was senior executive at Disney and has worked on films like Star Wars. With so many good-to-go scripts at their hand, they are just waiting for the right one to fit for an interconnected Cinematic Universe.
Though, they are initially focused on making a Call of Duty Cinematic Universe, Van Dyk also shared the idea of a potential Overwatch movie that will have its sequels. To test the water for their venture, Activision Blizzard has already released “Skylanders” series on Netflix in 2016 that managed to garner 10 million viewers in total.
