Grant Hermanns Discusss Potential Role in Call of Duty Film Adaptation
By Published May 14, 2026, 1:08 PM EDT Grant Hermanns is a TV News Editor, Interview Host and Reviewer for ScreenRant, having joined the team in early 2026. He got his start in the industry with Moviepilot, followed by working at ComingSoon.net. When not indulging in his love of film/TV, Grant is making his way through his gaming backlog and exploring the world of Dungeons & Dragons with friends. Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap
As the Taylor Sheridan-penned adaptation gains steam, a star from the games is weighing in on potentially joining the film.
The movie, which is being co-written and co-produced by Sheridan with director Peter Berg, was first announced in late 2026, with Paramount Pictures having acquired the rights from Activision, with plans set for a June 30, 2028 release date. Details have remained slim on the project since then, with Sheridan remaining busy on his ever-growing roster of shows, including writing the new Tulsa King spinoff Frisco King, and searching for a new showrunner for for a potential second season after firing creator Chad Feehan.
Now, in an interview with ScreenRant's Grant Hermanns for his new crime thriller Nemesis, Y'lan Noel addressed the possibility of returning for the Call of Duty movie. The actor, who previously starred in Black Ops 6 and 7, shared that "it'd be fun" to get to appear in the film, either as his character Troy Marshall or an entirely new one. He further shared that "I like the people that are involved" with the adaptation, confirming he would be happy to have a conversation with the creative team:
Y'Lan Noel: I mean, I did the video game. My face is on the cover of the video game. Why wouldn't I hop into that territory, too, if that's what was meant to be? It's fun. And I think that that was the job that got me the most kudos with my younger cousins, being in a Call of Duty, bro. They don't care about the plays and all the other stuff. "You in a video game? All right, cuz, you got it." [Chuckles]
Noel first made his , with Troy Marshall being one of the central characters of a team of CIA operatives investigating paramilitary group, Pantheon, who seemingly have ties to their agency. After its cliffhanger ending saw him being part of a new clandestine team, Noel returned for Black Ops 7 as an older version of Marshall, now a colonel heading up a squad dubbed "Specter One."
At the time of writing, it's currently unclear if is going to adapt any particular installment in the 23-year action game franchise, or if it will instead be an original story. The current landscape of the video game adaptation genre has generally seen a shift toward faithful translations of source materials for the screen, particularly HBO's The Last of Us and Ben Schwartz-led Sonic the Hedgehog movies.
That being said, there are plenty of adaptations that have found success in recent years while taking a looser approach to their game sources. was almost wholly an original story in season 1, with season 2 maintaining said approach, even while expanding into New Vegas' lore, while the Mortal Kombat films have similarly utilized major elements from the fighting game series while having its own take on the story of Earthrealm's fight to prevent Outworld taking over.
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Should Sheridan and Berg take to adapting the games more directly for the Call of Duty movie, Noel's return could certainly work. The character has over 40 years of unexplored material in , with the sixth game set in the early 1990s while the seventh was in 2035. With the creative pair's war genre projects largely being modern-day stories rather than period pieces, Sheridan and Berg could fill in the narrative gaps in Marshall's creation of Specter One.
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However, even if they take an original route to the material, that doesn't mean Noel couldn't appear in Berg and Sheridan's Call of Duty movie. Marshall could feature as a setup for future films to start better diving into the Black Ops timeline, or the star could appear as an entirely new character in a similar way to bringing back actors from the games in different roles.
Call of Duty is an upcoming live-action adaptation of the hit military shooter video game series.
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