Find Makarov: The Live Action Adaptation of Modern Warfare

Last week's mysterious countdown has ended with what looks like a Call of Duty movie trailer.

By Chris Pereira, 03/02/2011

A countdown at FindMakarov.com last week led to speculation that Activision was planning to announce Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 today. It seemed like a good guess, but that possibility was subsequently shot down by a company spokesperson. The countdown has ended and the site now redirects to the trailer above for what looks like an (obviously unofficial) Modern Warfare movie.

It's unclear exactly what Find Makarov is. We got in touch with its creators, We Can Pretend, and were told that they "can't reveal too much at this point in time." They have been in touch with Activision regarding the project but can't talk about what was discussed.

When asked if the story is a continuation of Modern Warfare 2 where Makarov was not killed, I was simply told "it's a live action adaptation of the Modern Warfare narrative."

The fact that We Can Pretend has spoken with Activision would suggest that the video won't be removed from YouTube over copyright issues. Perhaps this was a trial to gauge public interest or to try and earn Activision's support for a full-fledged film, similar to the Mortal Kombat trailer that surfaced on YouTube last year. Whatever the case may be, the Makarov trailer looks pretty impressive and I'm hoping we end up seeing more.

Comments (19)

Yeah!
Posted: Apr 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by bongoboyj

Gave me chills, nice job :D

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VFX related
Posted: Mar 07, 2011 12:00AM PST by van_junction_VFX

Great to see so much enthusiasm! I work at The Junction, the company that created the VFX for the film Find Makarov. If you are interested in learning about how the visuals were brought together on the VFX end, check out our breakdown video below. Additionally I'd be happy to anwser any VFX related questions, so feel free to reply. There will be more to come, so stay tuned!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxtpQVV6zc&feature=watch_response

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Looks good
Posted: Mar 03, 2011 12:00AM PST by bizzkid28

I know everyone slams Kotick and Activision but he's doing some pretty good stuff too for veterans too, just read this today http://iinformyou.com/wow/1825/activisions-bobby-kotick-finds-jobs-for-vets/

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no so much
Posted: Mar 03, 2011 12:00AM PST by FL_Stud

Honestly, there are much better shooters that should become movies, like Killzone or Borderlands. There really isnt anything special about the CoD narrative that hasn't already been done in film in some shape or fashion.

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love
Posted: Mar 03, 2011 12:00AM PST by smile_kill

the way they do them live action trailers for sum of the games that are coming up

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Nice...
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by GunBullet

...obviously fan made, or made by a company to make it look fan made. MW has spawned a few good fan-fic videos that should open doors for the younglings making them. I hope this is fan made, I'd hate to think the big companies are getting on the "cheap production value" wagon. Then what will the little guy do?

Besides, Shepard IS Lance Henrikson. No other can do it justice...

...maybe Robert Patrick.

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This trailer is what I wanted from the DOOM movie!
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by Indygo

The only good part of DOOM was the FPS Scenes and that was

barely worth the price of what I payed to see it in theaters. I may

not have played COD, but the trailer makes me want to see this

movie even if it's all in First Person view. PLEASE MAKE THIS

MOVIE!

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what the fuck
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by The_Guillotine

lmao

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Fan Vid.
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by Major_Dribble

Yeah This looks like a fan vid look at the way Sheperds beret is formed at 1:12. If this was official I think Activision could get somebody to properly shape a beret.

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- General Boyardee.
  Posted: Mar 03, 2011 12:00AM PST by TheEnder88
  
  I Hooah, that. His hat looks like Chief Boyardee's. Hey General, I love your ravioli's. BTW You'd figure that a three star general would know how to shape a baret but, you'd be surprised.
  
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LOOKS Good..
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by slayer0096

i want to see more...i was surprise on how loyal they kept to the script and finally...somebody that actually play the game knows whats he doing.....we usually see catastrophes like mario or street fighter the movie in which they make up a new world....but this looks promising....

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hmmz
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by Scaye

I say it's a game coming. I don't feel that passes for an actual movie trailer. Maybe another web mini series. I didn't care for the trailer.

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do i really have to call fake on this?
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by Rowan77

FAKE!!

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- Uhhh
  Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by TheSmokingManX
  
  No one is claiming this is an official Activision project.
  
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wow good job on the vid
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by EVICTO*1

i love it, its a sequel n not a prequel

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As much............
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by Caedus_427

as I hate Call of Duty for the mass produced for the lowest common denominator piece of shit game it is......I admit that this is a very well done trailer.

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I hope it's a MW3 tie-in.
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by Comic Ninja

Gets me pumped for MW3. I hope they follow up with America's invasion of Russia and the SAS's search for Makarov as shown in the live action video.

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Ahh
Posted: Mar 02, 2011 12:00AM PST by TaboriHK

It's nice to see embarrassing fan films are no longer the sole forte of suburban white kids.

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