From the computer screen to the big screen, that is what Activision is said to be planning for their Call of Duty video game franchise. It is not exactly a new development from the company as they have been looking into this possibility for some time now. But with the recent Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare not performing to expectations, they probably thought now is the good time to start the movie series.

And they will be taking a leaf from Marvel. In a report in the Guardian, Activision is hoping that they will be able to create a Cinematic Universe, in which they will be releasing interconnected standalone films. Disney acquired Marvel in 2009 for over US$4 billion and turned it into a money making monster, which they are now doing to the Star Wars franchise after acquiring Lucas Films.

Apart from movies, they might just go into producing a TV series that may focus on World War II or the Vietnam War.

Co-Presidents of the Acitvision Blizzard Studios Stacey Sher and Nick van Dyk have been tasked to work on this and already there are already multiple scripts produced that involved research and interviews with retired servicemen and military experts. If all goes well, they will be starting shooting in 2018.

In the Guardian report, they will be drawing from the Black Ops and Modern Warfare series, as Sher says, “We put together this group of writers to talk about where we were going. There’ll be a film that feels more like Black Ops, the story behind the story. The Modern Warfare series looks at what it’s like to fight a war with the eyes of the world on you. And then maybe something that is more of a hybrid, where you are looking at private, covert operations, while a public operation is going on.”

It remains to be seen if this plan for Call of Duty to follow in the footsteps of Marvel and Star Wars, which van Dyk was involved in the development of these franchise at Disney, will be a guaranteed success. It’s more of a hit and miss for video game industry when blockbuster game titles are turned into movies. Even Activision Blizzard’s Warcraft, which is a massive success in the game industry, was considered to be a mild success given its big film production budget.

But for those who want to see Roach, Ghost and Captain Price back again and in live action film, then this is something that they will be looking forward to.