Paramount has officially dated its live-action Call of Duty movie for June 30, 2028, with the announcement arriving as the studio holds its CinemaCon presentation on Thursday.
Reports out of CinemaCon also say Peter Berg presented a sizzle reel for the film, another sign Paramount is starting to put real weight behind the adaptation. Backed by The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army,” the preview featured almost entirely footage from the video games.
“I told everyone we were only going to make a movie if its right. In David Ellison, we found that partnership,” Rob Kostich, president of Activision, the video game company behind Call of Duty, said.
He added, “We want to make sure that the authenticity of it is captured on a human level so that it feels really real and infuse that with epic scope.”
Paramount finally locks in Call of Duty
This is the first big release update for the movie since Paramount and Activision announced last year that Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg were teaming for the project.
Sheridan and Berg are co-writing the script, with Berg also set to direct. Both are producing alongside David Glasser.
Getting a date on the calendar is a major step for the adaptation, especially for a franchise as big as Call of Duty. The games have sold more than 500 million units worldwide, making it one of the biggest video game series ever. The June 30, 2028 release also lines up with the franchise’s 25th anniversary window, as the original game launched in 2003.
Sheridan and Berg make sense for Call of Duty
Paramount previously made clear it wanted a grounded military action movie instead of something cartoonish or overly game-like, and that is where Sheridan and Berg fit. Sheridan built his name with Yellowstone and Lioness and wrote films such as Hell or High Water and Wind River. Berg is known for military and action-heavy films including Lone Survivor.
That creative combo suggests Paramount is aiming for a serious war-thriller tone built around elite operators, large-scale combat, and the kind of tactical intensity fans expect from the games. If they get it right, the movie could lean more into the campaign side of Call of Duty rather than just trying to copy multiplayer chaos.
