{"id":2051226,"date":"2026-07-19T15:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2051226"},"modified":"2026-07-19T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:12:32","slug":"call-of-duty-movie-will-be-set-in-the-modern-warfare-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2051226","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty movie will be set in the Modern Warfare universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Call of Duty movie will be set in the Modern Warfare universe<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Call waiting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/MW4_MP_003_BRANDED.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Image of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 showing a soldier vaulting over a car.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"MW4_MP_003_BRANDED.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Infinity Ward<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-19T15:12:32+00:00\">July 19, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-movie-set-modern-warfare-universe?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          4 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"31dedeaf-c428-48ab-8726-b3298dff1dc6\" data-name=\"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026)\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026)\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026)\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026)\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026)\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026)\" title=\"Follow Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026)\"><br \/>\n  Follow Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (2026)<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The upcoming Call of Duty movie will be set in the Modern Warfare universe.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmation came by way of director Peter Berg, who revealed the news at this weekend&#8217;s Fanatics Fest.<\/p>\n<p>The movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-movie-release-date-writer-director\">announced earlier this year<\/a>, is still set to premiere on 30th June, 2028.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - Official &apos;Welcome to Kill Block&apos; Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YZFpFrp7tks?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YZFpFrp7tks\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 &#8211; Official &#8216;Welcome to Kill Block&#8217; Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 &#8211; Official &#8216;Welcome to Kill Block&#8217; Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YZFpFrp7tks\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for more information, I&#8217;m afraid there isn&#8217;t any &#8211; that&#8217;s the entirety of the announcement. But given there&#8217;s little else we know about the movie right now, we&#8217;ll take what we can get.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Activision and producer on the film Rob Kostich said at the time of the announcement that &#8220;we were only going to make a movie if it&#8217;s right. In David Ellison, we found that partnership [&#8230;] 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&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Director Peter Berg revealed today at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FanaticsFest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FanaticsFest<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/callofdutymovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CallOfDutyMovie<\/a> is set in the Modern Warfare universe.<\/p>\n<p>In theaters June 30, 2028. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CpdFX7kI9z\">pic.twitter.com\/CpdFX7kI9z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CallofDuty\/status\/2078547067577004220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>In other Call of Duty news, the recently released Black Ops 1 and 2 ports for PlayStation 4 and 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-1-2-ps4-ps5-ports-high-price-lack-of-features\">may cost a lot of money<\/a>, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped the duo from becoming the most popular games across the PS Store. Unfortunately, that popularity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/black-ops-1-2-playstation-ports-not-remasters\">predictably invited the sort of problems the two games have suffered for years on their original platforms<\/a>: hackers and modded lobbies.<\/p>\n<p>Some have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CallOfDuty\/comments\/1uvtgu0\/bo_please_completely_reset_the_black_ops_1_2_ps5\/\">called on Activision to reset the progress of every player and create a fresh start<\/a>, while others are content to see Activision respond to the issue at all, as many feared the ports would bring back all the legacy problems that have existed for years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The upcoming Call of Duty movie will be set in the Modern Warfare universe.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmation came by way of director Peter Berg, who revealed the news at this weekend&#8217;s Fanatics Fest.<\/p>\n<p>The movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-movie-release-date-writer-director\">announced earlier this year<\/a>, is still set to premiere on 30th June, 2028.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 - Official &apos;Welcome to Kill Block&apos; Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YZFpFrp7tks?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YZFpFrp7tks\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 &#8211; Official &#8216;Welcome to Kill Block&#8217; Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 &#8211; Official &#8216;Welcome to Kill Block&#8217; Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YZFpFrp7tks\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for more information, I&#8217;m afraid there isn&#8217;t any &#8211; that&#8217;s the entirety of the announcement. But given there&#8217;s little else we know about the movie right now, we&#8217;ll take what we can get.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Activision and producer on the film Rob Kostich said at the time of the announcement that &#8220;we were only going to make a movie if it&#8217;s right. In David Ellison, we found that partnership [&#8230;] 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&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Director Peter Berg revealed today at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FanaticsFest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FanaticsFest<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/callofdutymovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CallOfDutyMovie<\/a> is set in the Modern Warfare universe.<\/p>\n<p>In theaters June 30, 2028. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CpdFX7kI9z\">pic.twitter.com\/CpdFX7kI9z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CallofDuty\/status\/2078547067577004220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>In other Call of Duty news, the recently released Black Ops 1 and 2 ports for PlayStation 4 and 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-1-2-ps4-ps5-ports-high-price-lack-of-features\">may cost a lot of money<\/a>, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped the duo from becoming the most popular games across the PS Store. Unfortunately, that popularity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/black-ops-1-2-playstation-ports-not-remasters\">predictably invited the sort of problems the two games have suffered for years on their original platforms<\/a>: hackers and modded lobbies.<\/p>\n<p>Some have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CallOfDuty\/comments\/1uvtgu0\/bo_please_completely_reset_the_black_ops_1_2_ps5\/\">called on Activision to reset the progress of every player and create a fresh start<\/a>, while others are content to see Activision respond to the issue at all, as many feared the ports would bring back all the legacy problems that have existed for years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Call of Duty movie will be set in the Modern Warfare universe Call waiting. 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