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Michael B Jordan to take on big-screen adaptation of hit video game Battlefield
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Michael B Jordan to take on big-screen adaptation of hit video game Battlefield

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Michael B Jordan is following up his Oscar win with the announcement of another new project: a big-screen adaptation of the hit video game series Battlefield. According to the Hollywood Reporter , the Sinners star will produce, and possibly star in, a film based on the long-running war series which is being hyped as the year’s most in-demand project to date in Hollywood The film will also boast writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, fresh off his Mission: Impossible collaborations with Tom Cruise. He also received the Oscar for best original screenplay for the twisty thriller The Usual Suspects. This week has reportedly seen the pair pitching the project to studios and streamers, including Apple and Sony, with a theatrical release being prioritised. The Battlefield series started in 2002, and last year the 18th edition, named Battlefield 6, became the biggest selling game of the year. The Guardian’s Keith Stuart called Battlefield 6 “a thrilling, almost operatic shooter experience”.…

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