'Call of Duty' Movie Eyes 'Sicario 2' Director Stefano Sollima

For its franchise hopeful “Call of Duty,” Activision Blizzard Studios is chasing director Stefano Sollima, TheWrap has learned.

Sollima is currently in discussions to handle the successful video game’s first trip to the big screen, an individual familiar with the project said. Kieran Fitzgerald will write the script.

Sollima directed the forthcoming “Sicario 2: Soldado,” starring Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. The border thriller’s gritty tone should tell you something about the direction the studio is taking the film, under the care of veteran film producer Stacey Sher, Nick van Dyk, Coco Francini and Bobby Kotick.

Representatives for Activision anf Sollima did not immediately return requests for comment.

“Call of Duty” is a blockbuster video game property for the studio’s parent Activision Blizzard. Sher (“The Hateful Eight,” “Erin Brockovich”) and partner Nick van Dyk has shepherded similar properties like the animated “Skylanders Academy” for Netflix and have options on mobile gaming juggernauts from King Digital Entertainment.

The news was first reported by Variety.

Oscars 2018: We Predict Nominations in All 24 Categories (Photos)

Best Picture predicted nominees, in order of probability: "The Shape of Water," "Lady Bird," "Get Out," "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," "Dunkirk," "Call Me by Your Name," "The Post" • If there are three more nominees: "I, Tonya," "The Florida Project," "The Big Sick"
Best Director predicted nominees: Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"; Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"; Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"; Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"; Jordan Peele, "Get Out"
Best Actor predicted nominees: Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"; Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me by Your Name"; Daniel Day-Lewis,"Phantom Thread"; Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"; James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"
Best Actress predicted nominees: Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"; Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird"; Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"; Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"; Jessica Chastain, "Molly's Game"
Best Supporting Actor predicted nominees: Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"; Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"; Woody Harrelson, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"; Richard Jenkins, "The Shape of Water"; Armie Hammer, "Call Me by Your Name"
Best Supporting Actress predicted nominees: Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"; Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"; Holly Hunter, "The Big Sick"; Mary J. Blige, "Mudbound"; Octavia Spencer, "The Shape of Water"
Best Original Screenplay predicted nominees: "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," "Lady Bird," "Get Out," "I, Tonya," "The Shape of Water"
Best Adapted Screenplay predicted nominees: "Call Me by Your Name," "Molly's Game," "The Disaster Artist," "Mudbound," "Wonder"
Best Cinematography predicted nominees: "Blade Runner 2049," "Dunkirk," "The Shape of Water," "Call Me by Your Name," "Mudbound"
Best Film Editing predicted nominees: "Dunkirk," "The Shape of Water," "Get Out," "Baby Driver," "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
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Best Production Design predicted nominees: "The Shape of Water," "Blade Runner 2049," "Beauty and the Beast," "Darkest Hour," "Murder on the Orient Express"
Best Costume Design predicted nominees: "Phantom Thread," "Beauty and the Beast," "I, Tonya," "Darkest Hour," "The Greatest Showman"
Best Makeup and Hair Design predicted nominees: "Darkest Hour," "I, Tonya," "Wonder"
Best Original Score predicted nominees: "The Shape of Water," "Dunkirk," "The Post," "Darkest Hour," "Phantom Thread"
Best Original Song predicted nominees: "Remember Me" from "Coco"; "This Is Me" from "The Greatest Showman"; "Stand Up for Something" from "Marshall"; "You Shouldn't Look at Me That Way" from "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool"; "Mystery of Love" from "Call Me by Your Name"
Best Sound Editing predicted nominees: "Dunkirk," "Blade Runner 2049," "Baby Driver," "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," "Wonder Woman"
Best Sound Mixing predicted nominees: "Dunkirk," "The Shape of Water," "Blade Runner 2049," "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," "Baby Driver"
Best Visual Effects predicted nominees: "War for the Planet of the Apes," "Blade Runner 2049," "Dunkirk," "The Shape of Water," "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"
Best Animated Feature predicted nominees: "Coco," "The Breadwinner," "Loving Vincent," "Ferdinand," "The Lego Batman Movie"
Best Foreign Language Film predicted nominees: "The Square," "Loveless," "A Fantastic Woman," "In the Fade," "The Wound"
Best Documentary Feature predicted nominees: "Jane," "Faces Places," "Strong Island," "Icarus," "LA 92"
Best Documentary Short predicted nominees: "Heroin(e)," "Kayayo: The Living Shopping Baskets," "116 Cameras," "Edith+Eddie," "Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405"
Best Animated Short predicted nominees: "Dear Basketball," "Lou," "In a Heartbeat," "Negative Space," "Revolting Rhymes"
Best Live-Action Short predicted nominees: "DeKalb Elementary," "Facing Mecca," "Watu Wote/All of Us," "Icebox," "The Eleven O'Clock"