Activision Blizzard Studios has hired Joe Robert Cole to write the sequel to the Call of Duty film, according to Variety . Cole is known for his writing in Black Panther alongside Ryan Coogler.

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It was announced last February that director of Sicario 2: Soldado, Stefano Sollima, would be helming the film.Presidents of Activision Blizzard Studios, Stacey Sher and Nick van Dyk will be producing, as well as Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick and Coco Francini.The formation of Activision Blizzard Studios was announced back in 2015 with the reason being to focus on films and TV series for the studio, with former Disney executive Dyk as co-president, and Sher being announced shortly after. The studio's first project was geared around Call of Duty, creating "a robust cinematic universe," with an expected arrival time coming this year or in 2019.Last year, Sher said in an interview that many years of films have been planned out for a Call of Duty cinematic universe."We have plotted out many years," Sher said. "... There’ll be a film that feels more like Black Ops, the story behind the story. The Modern Warfare series looks at what it’s like to fight a war with the eyes of the world on you. And then maybe something that is more of a hybrid, where you are looking at private, covert operations, while a public operation is going on."Few details have been released on the plot of the film, except that it is an adaptation of the widely popular Call of Duty franchise. A cast is yet to be decided, but the studio wants a script ready for the sequel as soon as the film goes into production next year.For more on Call of Duty, check out the latest installment in the franchise with our Black Ops 4 review and how Black Ops 4 was the best-selling game in all of October What would you like to see in a Call of Duty cinematic universe? Let us know in the comments!IGN has reached out to Activision for further comment and will update this story with any response.

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