Paramount Skydance Corp. has struck a deal with Microsoft Corp.’s Activision video-game unit to develop and produce a live-action film based on the Call of Duty franchise, the company said in a statement Tuesday.

“We’re approaching this film with the same disciplined, uncompromising commitment to excellence that guided our work on Top Gun: Maverick, ensuring it meets the exceptionally high standards this franchise and its fans deserve,” David Ellison, Paramount’s chairman and chief executive officer, said in the statement. Ellison said he was a lifelong fan of the franchise and spent “countless hours” playing the game.

Securing the rights to adapt the popular Call of Duty warfare games follows other landmark deals inked by Ellison in recent weeks since acquiring control of Paramount in A

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