Activision Blizzard has launched a film and TV studio and plans to develop a Call of Duty cinematic universe.
NewsWait, did you say you didn't have enough Call of Duty? Well, you're in luck! Activision Blizzard has launched a new film and TV studio that's developing a Call of Duty cinematic universe—along with other IPs.
The studio is called Activision Blizzard Studios, and it will be run by CEO Bobby Kotick and Nick van Dyk, who played a key role in the acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm while an executive at Disney.
Not much in terms of details regarding the Call of Duty movies. Activision said the first Call of Duty movie could be released in 2018 or 2019. It was really only a matter of time. The series has sold over 175 million copies, generating sales of over $10 billion, according to the company. A few extra bucks never hurt anybody.
The studio's first project is actually a Skylanders animated TV series. The show is currently in production and will feature a voice cast that includes Justin Long as Spyro, Ashley Tisdale as Stealth Elf, Jonathan Banks as Eruptor and Norm Macdonald as Glumshanks. Futurama writer Eric Rogers will act as showrunner.
“Our most important asset as a company is our audience, and in order to ensure that our audiences is always appropriately entertained at the level of excellence that we've come to be known for, we have to ensure that anything that relates to any of the company’s franchises is produced or developed with the same commitment to excellence that we have,” said Kotick. “And the only way we could see ensuring that that would happen would be to do it ourselves.”
In case you haven't heard, Activision Blizzard also currently has a big film adaption in production at Universal called Warcraft. Check out the first trailer.
