Sony declined to comment on the negotiations.
Additional producers include Electronic Arts’ Jesse Stern, Emerald Neon’s Carter Swan, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo and Outlier Society president Elizabeth Raposo.
Electronic Arts’ “Battlefield” franchise launched in 2002 with the World War II-set “Battlefield 1942.” The games focus on large-scale, online multiplayer battles between opposing military forces. Over the next twenty years, the games and their expansion packs focused on historical events, alternate history and future conflicts. “Battlefield 6,” the 18th installment of the series, was released last year and is set between 2027 and 2028, with a storyline that centers on a conflict between a fractured NATO and a private military company. The game went on to become the bestselling first-person shooter of the year (and in the franchise’s history), eclipsing Activision’s “Call of Duty.”
McQuarrie takes on “Battlefield” as his next mission after (seemingly) wrapping up Tom Cruise’s tenure as secret agent Ethan Hunt in the long-running “Mission: Impossible” movie franchise with last year’s “The Final Reckoning.” McQuarrie is set to direct Arnold Schwarzenegger in a third Conan the Barbarian movie, titled “King Conan.” He’s also working with Cruise on his upcoming outer-space shot movie, directed by Doug Liman.
McQuarrie is represented by CAA; Jordan is represented by 1v1 Entertainment, WME, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole and 2PM Sharp.
TheWrap first reported the news that Sony is the current frontrunner in negotiations for the “Battlefield” movie.
