Veteran movie producer Stacey Sher has been named co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios.
The Oscar nominee for “Erin Brockovich” and “Django Unchained” joins former Disney executive Nick Van Dyk to oversee the adaptation of the video gameย company’s popular titles like “Call of Duty” for film and television.
In an interview with TheWrap, Van Dyk and Sher confirmed that “Call of Duty” is the first game they are planning to develop as a feature film.
“We also have to extend these franchises to new audiences,” said Sher, whose credits include Quentin Tarantino‘s “The Hateful Eight,”ย Steven Soderbergh‘s “Erin Brockovich” and “Matilda.”