Michael B. Jordan & Christopher McQuarrie Out To Town On ‘Battlefield’ Video Game Adaptation

Fresh off his Oscar win for Sinners and a completed deal for Joseph Kosinski’s Miami Vice ’85, Michael B. Jordan is out to the town with Battlefield, a feature adaptation of the Electronic Arts video game that has Christopher McQuarrie attached to write, direct and produce, Deadline can confirm.

No word yet on the plot of the feature take. Jordan is looking to produce and may star as well, though it’s too early to say on that. EA will produce.

A long-running first-person shooter franchise, Battlefield launched with Battlefield 1942 in 2002. The games center on multiplayer warfare across land, air and sea, taking place in settings ranging from both world wars to Vietnam and the near future. Over the course of its lifetime, the franchise has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide.

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Jordan just won his first Oscar for his dual roles in Ryan Coogler’s Warner Bros. smash Sinners and is coming off a buzzy CinemaCon presentation for his latest directorial effort The Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM Studios — he stars opposite Adria Arjona in the romantic thriller that releases March 5, 2027.

One of the driving forces behind Mission: Impossible for nearly two decades, McQuarrie is coming off of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning — the installment billed as Tom Cruise’s last in the franchise — which grossed nearly $600M worldwide.

THR was first to the news on Battlefield. Stay tuned to see where the project lands.

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• Anonymous on April 24, 2026 12:23 pm

  mbj is winning

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• Chiron Broderick on April 24, 2026 11:45 am

  first Kosinsky, now McQuarrie. what in the Tom Cruise is happening right now?

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• Congratulations on April 24, 2026 11:11 am

  He better star in it too.

  Given his filmography, that project fits right in

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• Ugh Train on April 24, 2026 11:08 am

  McQuarrie no longer seems to write, merely type. These IPs are wearisome.

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