Michael B. Jordan to Star in Battlefield
McQuarrie will write, direct and produce the adaptation, while Jordan may star as studios weigh a pricey rights package.
- Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie and actor Michael B. Jordan began pitching a Battlefield feature film adaptation to studios including Apple and Sony Pictures on Thursday and Friday.
- McQuarrie, who guided Mission: Impossible for nearly two decades, is attached to write, direct, and produce, while recent Sinners Oscar winner Jordan will produce and possibly star.
- Battlefield, which launched in 2002 as a World War II game, became the top-selling game of 2025, joining a wave of video game adaptations at major studios.
- Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that studio meetings occurred Thursday and Friday, though it remains unclear whether Netflix will participate in bidding for the expensive rights package.
- This project follows announcements for adaptations like Call of Duty, while Jordan directs The Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM Studios, releasing March 5, 2027.
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Actor and producer Michael B. Jordan and screenwriter and director Christopher McQuarrie will be working on the film adaptation of the Battlefield military video game.
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