Taylor Sheridan, Pete Berg Ryan Emberley/amfAR/Getty Images; Presley Ann/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text While Taylor Sheridan is known for his vast empire of television shows for Paramount+, his output on the film side has been as arid as a Texas drought. That is about to change. Despite the recent headlines of Sheridan decamping the new David Ellison-owned studio for NBCUniversal, the cowboy isn't done with Paramount just yet. And he is actually in the process of landing one of the highest-profile gigs of this career. Sheridan is in talks to write the adaptation of Call of Duty, one of the biggest video games of all time. The dealmaking comes as Peter Berg, the man's man director behind such movies as Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon and Friday Night Lights, is closing his deal to direct and also write the adaptation. Related Stories Hollywoof! Who's a Good Trainer? The A-List's Favorite Pup Coach TV How to Watch the 2025 NBA Cup In-Season Tournament Online Without Cable Sheridan will also produce the feature, as will Berg. David Glasser, who runs 101 Studios, the production company behind Sheridan's shows, is producing as well. Call of Duty has been the top-selling game franchise in the U.S. for the past 16 years. A first-person shooter game, the setting spans various eras from World War II and Vietnam to the present day and even decades into the future, with over 500 million copies of its various games sold over the years. Hollywood was stunned Sunday when news broke that Sheridan would leave Paramount for NBCUniversal, where he has a film deal kicking in next year and a TV deal starting at the end of 2028. Sheridan and Berg are longtime friends and have collaborated on Hell or High Water, the 2016 Chris Pine-starring crime thriller which received four Oscar nominations, including best picture and best screenplay, and the Jeremy Renner thriller Wind River. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Wicked: For Good 'Wicked: For Good' Tracking to Open to Bewitching $115M-$120M at Thanksgiving Box Office Wagner Moura Santa Barbara Film Fest: Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi and Chase Infiniti Among Eight Tapped for Virtuosos Award Tribeca Festival Giancarlo Esposito on Playing Villains as Human Beings: "I Try to Be as Kind as Possible" united kingdom Ex-Netflix Boss Teresa Moneo Joins Good Chaos as Creative Director, Producer Taylor Swift Box Office Massacre: October Revenue Falls to 27-Year Low, Excluding the Pandemic Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Alyla Browne Boards Aussie Horror 'From Below' Wicked: For Good 'Wicked: For Good' Tracking to Open to Bewitching $115M-$120M at Thanksgiving Box Office Wagner Moura Santa Barbara Film Fest: Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi and Chase Infiniti Among Eight Tapped for Virtuosos Award Tribeca Festival Giancarlo Esposito on Playing Villains as Human Beings: "I Try to Be as Kind as Possible" united kingdom Ex-Netflix Boss Teresa Moneo Joins Good Chaos as Creative Director, Producer Taylor Swift Box Office Massacre: October Revenue Falls to 27-Year Low, Excluding the Pandemic Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Alyla Browne Boards Aussie Horror 'From Below'