“You have to betray the structure”: Scrapped Call of Duty Movie Planned to Humiliate the Source Material in So Many Ways Henry Cavill Would’ve Never Said Yes to it

A movie based on the Call of Duty franchise was announced by Activision (now Activision Blizzard) in 2015 and was the talk of the town for the next 5 years. The movie was supposed to go into production in 2019, with an anticipated release in 2020/2021.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Activision Blizzard
The movie came under the direction of Stefano Sollima, the director of Sicario: Day of the Soldado. He mentioned some radical ideas concerning the making of the film regarding the use of source material for the game. He believed in taking a flexible approach to as many creative liberties as possible to make the film independent of the source material. The film was officially halted in 2020 due to internal reasons.
Henry Cavill is the messiah of videogames
It is not unheard of that Henry Cavill is fighting to stick to the source material during any film adaptation of video games. He...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Activision Blizzard
The movie came under the direction of Stefano Sollima, the director of Sicario: Day of the Soldado. He mentioned some radical ideas concerning the making of the film regarding the use of source material for the game. He believed in taking a flexible approach to as many creative liberties as possible to make the film independent of the source material. The film was officially halted in 2020 due to internal reasons.
Henry Cavill is the messiah of videogames
It is not unheard of that Henry Cavill is fighting to stick to the source material during any film adaptation of video games. He...
- 6/17/2024
- by Anupam Lamba
- FandomWire
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