Fresh off his Oscar win for "Sinners" and inking a deal for Joseph Kosinski’s "Miami Vice ’85," Michael B. Jordan has set his sights on "Battlefield," a feature adaptation of the Electronic Arts military video game.
Christopher McQuarrie — One of the driving forces behind "Mission: Impossible" for nearly two decades — is attached to write, direct, and produce the project, with Jordan is attached to produce and possibly star, depending on several factors.
No word yet on the plot of the feature take, which also includes EA as a producer.
A long-running first-person shooter franchise, Battlefield launched with "Battlefield 1942" in 2002.
The games center on multiplayer warfare across land, air, and sea, taking place in settings ranging from both world wars to Vietnam and the near future.
Over the next two decades, the franchise has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide.
"Battlefield 6," the 18th game and latest of the series, was released last year and was set about two years into the future and featured a splintered NATO as one of the sides fighting.
Reportedly, one of the most expensive games ever made, it became not only the biggest seller in the game’s history but the top game of 2025, eclipsing "Call of Duty".
The game is sometimes compared to "Call of Duty," the other long-running military first-person shooter game, and one of the most popular games of all time.
The two are hardened fighters in the trenches for top spots in the video game field, and now the two may be forced to fight for cinematic supremacy, too.
A Call of Duty feature is currently a top priority development at Skydance-owned Paramount, with Taylor Sheridan co-writing the script and Peter Berg on board to captain.
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