It sounds like Peter Berg’s upcoming “Call of Duty” movie will be an incredibly serious take on the video game franchise.
The upcoming film, which is being written by “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan, is set to be released June 30, 2028.
Despite its distant release date, the Sheridan-Berg collaboration is already generating significant buzz.
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That’s what happens when there’s already a baked-in and loyal audience tied to the video game series.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – OCTOBER 26: Peter Berg speaks onstage as THE MOSQUITO BOWL. Director Peter Berg and Stars Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis visit the College Football Hall of Fame on October 26, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. ((Photo by Carol Lee Rose/Getty Images for Netflix))
Peter Berg previews upcoming ‘Call of Duty’ movie
The absolute last thing anyone wants to see from Berg and Sheridan is a war movie that is anything less than gritty and excellent. After all, we’re talking about the man who made “Lone Survivor” (Berg) and the man responsible for the “Sicario” saga (Sheridan).
It sounds like that’s exactly what fans will be receiving in 2028.
Taylor Sheridan attends the world premiere of “1883” at Encore Beach Club at Wynn Las Vegas on December 11, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada. ((Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images))
“So modern warfare, if you really look at the missions, and the storylines, and the characters — like Captain Price, and Soap, and Ghost, and Alex — these are complicated humans,” Berg explained. “These are not — and no disrespect — cartoon characters or comic books. These are very nuanced storylines; like, there’s a real soul to the Modern Warfare universe… And, yes, there’s violence, and there’s hardware, and equipment, and there’s killing — but underneath it I think the game, and the craters of the game, are really looking at the cost of war, the cost of having to be a warrior who’s, for whatever reason, chosen to put himself between real danger and the rest of us, and the burden that these guys carry,” Berg explained to ComicBook.com when discussing the upcoming movie.
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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 22: Peter Berg attends “The Mosquito Bowl” Premiere during the 2026 AFI Fest at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 22, 2026, in Hollywood, California. ((Photo by Chloe Kern/WireImage via Getty Images))
Berg also touched on Taylor Sheridan penning the script for the movie and bringing realism and a serious soul.
The “Friday Night Lights” director continued, “And that’s real stuff. This is not just ‘Hey, let’s shoot them all up and shoot popcorn!’ Like, there’s a soul underneath it, that I understand that Taylor Sheridan understands, and I think probably not quite as graphically violent as Mosquito Bowl, but there will be a very strong soul, and consequence of war within the film, called ‘duty.’”
Sheridan called Los Angeles an “awful place” in a recent interview. (Ryan Emberley/amfAR/Getty Images for amfAR)
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This is the exact kind of tone and tempo people have come to expect from Berg and Sheridan. Two Hollywood titans linking up is bound to yield some impressive results, but fans will have to dig in and wait until 2028. Let me know your hopes for the film at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.