Live-Action CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS Trailer from James Mangold

 

It isn't a Holiday season without the latest installment of the Call of Duty franchise out on shelves, and 2013 is ramping up to be franchise's biggest year with Call of Duty: GHOSTS.

James Mangold, who directed The Wolverine and 3:10 to Yuma, helms the commercial, starring Megan Fox (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Jennifer's Body)

This year, “The Wolverine’s” Mangold made a rare switch from films to the commercial world to helm “Epic Night Out,” an over-the-top Las Vegas set actioner which features a group of friends in explosive situations set to the Frank Sinatra toon of “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die.” Fox is featured as a gun-toting heroine along the way.

“The idea of camaraderie and making this the ultimate boys’ night out led us to ‘Epic Night Out,’” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing.

Hirshberg goes on to say about the commercial:

“Briging the game world to life and showing eveyr nationality, different genders, celebrities, athletes, regular people inhabiting the game world has always been part of the franchise’s campaigns from the beginning,” Hirshberg said. “They’ve been about making the gamer an integral part of the game. Games are a unique medium. Rather than a movie where you can show clips, with videogames you and your friends are a huge part of the story and creating the experience.”

Call of Duty: GHOSTS, directed by Sylvian Doreau (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II) and written by the Oscar-winning Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana) stars Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night), Stephen Lang (AVATAR, Public Enemies) and Kevin Gage (Heat, G.I. Jane).

Ten years after a devastating mass event, the nation's borders and the balance of global power have been redrawn forever. As what's left of the nation's Special Operations forces, a mysterious group known only as "Ghosts" leads the fight back against a newly emerged, technologically-superior global power.

The game drops in stores for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, X-Box One, PC, and X-Box 360 on November 5.