Activision Blizzard has dominated the gaming industry with popular franchises such as "Call of Duty," "Skylanders," and "World of Warcraft," however at the 2015 Blizzcon Event, the company announced its next venture into the film industry.

According to Activision Blizzard's press release, they are in the midst of producing not only a movie, but a whole cinematic universe that will encompass the "Call of Duty" series, as well as a possible spin-off television show. An animated television series has also been announced for the "Skylanders" series titled "Skylanders Academy." This will all be coordinated under Activision's new studio, Activision Blizzard Studios.

"Skylanders Academy" has been announced to already be in production with "Futurama" writer Eric Rogers serving as showrunner. The show has casted Justin Long as Spyro, Ashley Tisdale as Stealth Elf, Jonathan Banks as Eruptor, and Norm Macdonald as Glumshanks. Harland Williams and Richard Horvitz will also join the cast. The show has yet to be picked up by a network.

Former Disney executive Nick van Dyk was also announced to serve as Activision Blizzard Studios' Co-President. Activision also said that he'd be partnered "alongside a top creative executive who will be announced soon."

"Activision Blizzard Studios has the unique advantage of starting with a library of world-class intellectual property that includes some of the largest franchises which have not yet been developed in film and television," said van Dyk. "Our library spans more than 30 years of global entertainment culture and, in the last 12 months alone, fans of Activision Blizzard properties have played and watched our games online for more than 13 billion hours. This gives us a huge, passionate and deeply-engaged audience that is hungry for more great content built from the universes they already know and love-and which are extremely broad in their appeal."