“Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan is leaving Paramount for a new pact at NBCUniversal, with an eight-year film deal beginning in 2026

and a separate television deal commencing at the end of 2028. The value tops $1 billion, and NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios chair

Donna Langley personally courted Sheridan in Weatherford, Texas. Exclusive reporting at TheWrap says Langley aimed to make him “the

 

 

Big Fish,” with the TV portion starting after his current Paramount obligations expire.Multiple outlets framed the shift as the end of Sheridan’s long Paramount chapter. Wall Street Journal coverage dated October 27, 2025 reported the move to NBCUniversal, while Hollywood Reporter noted the move was “not yet” official even as Comcast leadership publicly discussed it.

 

 

Sometimes, Hollywood actually gets it right — and we’re not just saying that because we here at SlashFilm dot com saw this coming. Ever since the news broke that Paramount Pictures was interested in bringing the acclaimed and ever-popular video game series “Call of Duty” to the big screen, it was immediately obvious who should be the major creative voice involved. Major names such as Steven Spielberg have tried and failed to pull this off, proving that even this golden era for video game adaptations isn’t a guaranteed safe harbor for what might be one of the biggest no-brainer movies in recent memory. But, with so much (potential) box office profit at stake and plenty of talents eager to take a crack at it, it appears that we can now expect Taylor Sheridan to be the one to make this happen. And, yes, /Film’s Nick Staniforth called it here.

 

Deadline has the news that the “Yellowstone” creator and “Hell or High Water” screenwriter has been officially hired to develop and produce Paramount’s “Call of Duty” movie, along with filmmaker Peter Berg. Both will receive co-writing credits while Berg will take the reins as director, a one-two punch that should immediately help calm the nerves of many a fan anxious to see their favorite shooter series done justice in live-action form. The two frequent collaborators will be tasked with bringing some sort of narrative clarity to a franchise that, to put it mildly, has mostly defied such conventions. With only a few exceptions, the “Call of Dusty” property has debuted several standalone war stories where the multiplayer gameplay has traditionally been the main draw for gamers.

 

Paramount’s certainly been busy these days, wheeling and dealing like nobody’s business since its merger with Skydance, but its latest gambit might be the biggest swing of all. Fresh off the news that Taylor Sheridan will be departing the studio for the safer (and, apparently, more creatively-friendly) pastures of NBCUniversal, this bombshell dropped indicating that he’s not quite done with Paramount after all. It’s a good thing, too, because he and Peter Berg might very well represent its best hope to turn a prized IP into its most reliable ongoing franchise.