Director Peter Berg says his Call of Duty film will explore war's cost
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The gist
Director Peter Berg said his Call of Duty film will not be a dumb action movie.
It will explore the cost of war, with a June 2028 release set.
Background
Peter Berg is a director known for military action films including The Kingdom and Lone Survivor, and he is writer-director of The Mosquito Bowl, a Netflix WWII football drama now in release. He is also set to direct the Call of Duty film, drawn from the games' Modern Warfare line, with Taylor Sheridan — creator of Yellowstone and Lioness — writing and producing. Berg made the comments while doing press for The Mosquito Bowl, his first war film since Lone Survivor in 2013.
How it unfolded
- Oct 19, 2026A screening of The Mosquito Bowl was held at The Ross House in Los Angeles, hosted by Jennifer Garner, with a Q&A featuring Berg and stars including Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgård.
- Oct 22, 2026The Mosquito Bowl had its world premiere at AFI Fest; during the press junket, ComicBook asked Berg how his war-movie experience was shaping Call of Duty.
- Oct 23, 2026The Hollywood Reporter published its review of The Mosquito Bowl, calling it technically impressive and emotionally hollow.
- Oct 24, 2026Berg said the Call of Duty adaptation will not be a dumb action movie and will explore the cost of war.
- Oct 30, 2026The Mosquito Bowl theatrical release date.
- Nov 25, 2026The Mosquito Bowl streaming release date on Netflix.
Who’s saying what
- Director
- Berg said the Modern Warfare characters Captain Price, Soap, Ghost and Alex are complicated humans rather than cartoon characters, and that there is a real soul to the universe.
- Director
- Berg said the film will not be as graphically violent as The Mosquito Bowl but will have a strong emotional foundation and show the consequences of war.
- Caution
- The Hollywood Reporter's review called The Mosquito Bowl technically impressive but emotionally hollow.
Still unverified
The creators have not specified which characters will appear on screen or whether the plot will replicate the events of one of the games; a possible late-2026/early-2027 pre-production start and filming after the holidays in 2027 is described by the source as speculation.