Activision files trademark for Call of Duty film adaptation
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Oct 6th 2009 at 10:45AM }
Adding fuel to the speculative fire is Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling (aka FourZeroTwo) who recently tweeted, "grabbing lunch with Xavier Gens, director of the Hitman film while in town. Talking game films." Sure, we would've rather had Bowling meet with Mr. Scorcese to talk Duty movies -- but in the grand scope of video game films, Hitman ranks high on the "not completely abysmal" end of the spectrum.
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iHavepants {SteamPSN: Arkanti} @ Oct 6th 2009 10:51AM
What are you talking about, Hitman was fucking horrible.
Derek @ Oct 6th 2009 11:38AM
agreed, that wasn't just bad for a game movie, it had to have been one of the shittiest movies ever
Zoot Suit Jedi @ Oct 6th 2009 12:08PM
It was no "Ultraviolet" though. That IS the crappiest movie ever made.
nighttime @ Oct 6th 2009 12:53PM
@zoot.
I believe Urban legends 2 would like to have a chat.
[Tre (TM), who is forever confused] [blogs at trespeak.tumblr.com] @ Oct 6th 2009 2:18PM
Clearly none of you have seen the cinematic masterpiece that is "Pootie Tang".
NOW THAT IS A BAD MOVIE.
Batzarro @ Oct 6th 2009 2:39PM
Gentlemen, please.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ballistic_ecks_vs_sever/
nriveraexpress @ Oct 6th 2009 2:59PM
oh cmon pootie tang had its moments ("you know its hot out here too") and yea ima have to go with ecks vs sever there but ultra violet was real close
JXCgunrunna @ Oct 6th 2009 10:52AM
Dont do that Activision. I actually like the Call of Duty franchise. Do it will the Tony Hawk games or something.
Platinum_Skeet @ Oct 6th 2009 10:59AM
It's hard to mess up a war movie but, it's been done before....
Temidien @ Oct 6th 2009 11:01AM
I fail to see how watching a skateboarding film featuring the laughably bland Mr. Hawk could be any better than (yet another) war film
Vcize @ Oct 6th 2009 11:37AM
He's not saying a Tony Hawk movie would be any better, he's just saying that if they're going to taint a franchise he'd rather them taint an already tainted one than taint a well respected one.
Also, taint.
Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Oct 6th 2009 11:41AM
Assassin's Creed is a movie I think could do well under the supervision of Quintin Tarentino, other then that, forget the rest.
COD is great as a game, we dont need another war movie ¬_¬
Shmil @ Oct 6th 2009 12:00PM
Guh Tarantino's assassin creed I can see it now. Altair stares down his target after a 10 minute conversation of ethics. The western music cuts in as they glare. The target blinks and looks away for a moment. You hear a rustle of robes. Altair stands behind his victim and walks off. The victim, unknowingly clutching his gut, looks down to see the stab wound. He raises his head, eyes roll back, and he falls over in a dead huff. All of this to some Sergio music.
Avatar @ Oct 6th 2009 12:04PM
@Shmil
And that sounds bad to you?
Shmil @ Oct 6th 2009 12:14PM
Well that one scene sounds cool I'll put it in the trailer. I love Tarantino but he needs to give his spaghetti western influences a rest evey now and then.
Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Oct 6th 2009 12:18PM
Well as much as I adore Peter Jackson, I want him and Steven nowhere near an AC film, it needs more noir, more story and depth behind it then a heap of wonderful special effects and original creatures.
JXCgunrunna @ Oct 6th 2009 12:22PM
Vcize got the point i was trying to get at.
Shmil @ Oct 6th 2009 12:31PM
Steven Spielberg should be placed under house arrest so he can't fuck anything else up.
LegendaryRedass @ Oct 6th 2009 10:56AM
They may just be securing the rights. I believe Bethesda did the same with Fallout.
Platinum_Skeet @ Oct 6th 2009 10:58AM
If you make this movie make it off of Modern Warfare. I can't stand to see another WWII flick...
Warlock @ Oct 6th 2009 10:58AM
A movie about a war? Madness!!
Psychokinetic @ Oct 6th 2009 11:06AM
Madness?
HedonisticKai @ Oct 6th 2009 11:07AM
This is politics.
FNG @ Oct 6th 2009 11:22AM
THIS IS SPAR... nevermind.
Colonel Craphead @ Oct 6th 2009 12:42PM
Madness? THIS IS ACTIVISION!
Money money money must be funny in Bob Koticks world
JeezWhiz87 @ Oct 6th 2009 10:58AM
This is a film I can guarantee I will not be seeing.
Platinum_Skeet @ Oct 6th 2009 11:00AM
If it's based on WWI count me in too...
EX3CUT1ON @ Oct 6th 2009 10:59AM
Call of Duty trademark suicide FTL!
Temidien @ Oct 6th 2009 10:59AM
I'll always prefer video games that play like films over films that play like video games.
atrimus @ Oct 6th 2009 11:03AM
despite it's acclaim (and how much i personally like Modern Warfare), the Call of Duty series is as generic as they come, especially from a story aspect. about the only thing i can picture is a Call of Duty logo...preceeding a generic war movie. not that that's good or bad; just not much to hope for.
The Return of Lieutenant Gunther (PSN: helghast102) @ Oct 6th 2009 11:21AM
don't forget the obligatory love interest :/
Avatar @ Oct 6th 2009 12:06PM
And someone screaming "SOOOOOOOAAAAAAPP!"
Paul @ Oct 6th 2009 11:08AM
"not completely abysmal"
Are you kidding me? I can sum up how shitty that movie was in one sentence.
Hitman Clone Sword Fight.
The Return of Lieutenant Gunther (PSN: helghast102) @ Oct 6th 2009 11:19AM
Hitman rawked ...and that's all i have to say on this topic, otherwise all you cod fanboys would be bitching at me.
PR0F3TA (PSN - PROPHETA) @ Oct 6th 2009 11:34AM
when will studios realize that video game stories COULD work for movies, Halo and Uncharted could be 2 great reasons.
why they DON'T work is because of bad acting, bad scripts and bad directing.
Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Oct 6th 2009 11:40AM
Halo...into a movie? I'm thinking star trek for some reason.
As for uncharted, we already have Indiana Jone, National Treasure and tomb raider movies, why do we need another :/
Katana Master @ Oct 6th 2009 11:47AM
Now they are just copying Halo and Gears of War.
Temidien @ Oct 6th 2009 11:50AM
I wonder if trolls are even capable of original thought
BlaqueBeird @ Oct 6th 2009 12:07PM
About as much as the people who respond to them. ;)
Tim Johnson @ Oct 6th 2009 9:58PM
They've already made this movie a million times. Take any war movie and slap "Call of Duty" on the title, and you have a Call of Duty movie. That's why the franchise works: the stories are so malleable that they can fit into any war scenario where you have soldiers shooting at each other.
There are two reasons to make a Call of Duty movie: 1). To be able to slap the Call of Duty label on a war movie and make money off of that fact. 2). To retell a story from one of the games. In either case, I'm not interested.
Don't get me wrong. I love the Call of Duty games. I've played all of them, but I think a Call of Duty movie is a terrible idea.
Edog Lost @ Oct 6th 2009 12:15PM
I have have some suspicion that this project is already in the works. I know of a number of big time people in Hollywood who are working on a "Special Military Film" that has no real name, but looks a lot like CoD4.
Just saying.
phr3qu3ncy441 @ Oct 6th 2009 12:16PM
just take an upcoming AAA war movie and pay them to change the title to Call of Duty. Done... unless they want to take one of the modern warfare storylines of course, which would be interesting.
The Return of Lieutenant Gunther (PSN: helghast102) @ Oct 6th 2009 12:31PM
No, it wouldn't.
Bobiroka @ Oct 6th 2009 12:45PM
Yet another reason to hate Activision and everything they stand for.
The Call Of Duty series and WW2 games in general are a bad enough exploitation of real war, let alone a movie based on a game that's based on a movie.
The thought of a series of Call Of Duty 'trademarked' films makes me feel sick.
Obie @ Oct 6th 2009 12:53PM
"A Michael Bay Film"
Noooooooooooooo!
Obie @ Oct 6th 2009 12:55PM
Actually strike that Bay makes the occasional fun film, just keep Boll the hell away from this one!
JoeStillLife @ Oct 6th 2009 12:54PM
and i suppose they'll charge an extra $10 for a ticket....
Mal F4cti0n @ Oct 6th 2009 1:01PM
Wow, really?
A movie based on a game based on a war.
I think we have more than enough WWII movies....and why would you have to license through Activision. Do they now own the rights to WWII?
If you want to make a movie about WWII or present day battles against terrorists, why would you want to pay a licensing fee to Activision....just f*cking make it. What a bunch of dumbasses.
RobinEivets (Soon to be Crimsic) @ Oct 6th 2009 5:36PM
With "Call Of Duty" tagged on the title, it'll make more money.
UncleCheeto @ Oct 6th 2009 1:03PM
How can this be made into a movie? The Call of Duty games have never had a decent story. The games are all about the action.
So if the Call of Duty IP were made into a movie it would be an action movie about war with a crappy story...doesn't really sound like a good idea.