By SirMadsen in Movies & TV
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Adi Shankar is the producer who took “Castlevania” and “Devil May Cry” from games to animated TV series on Netflix. Now he has his sights set on a new franchise to adapt: “Duke Nukem”. In an interview with Esquire he says the following:
– I have video games in the works. Obviously more “Devil May Cry”. I get offered various franchises from companies that want to work with me. I bought the rights to “Duke Nukem”. Not the game rights, but I bought it from Gearbox.
He goes on to say that he doesn’t plan on taking orders from anyone when he adapts “Duke Nukem”:
– It’s a middle finger to everyone. When “Duke Nukem” became big, a group of people tried to make it a brand, when all it is is a middle finger. “Duke Nukem” can’t be made by one company, because the moment a company makes “Duke Nukem” it’s no longer “Duke Nukem”. I'm not going to let anyone tell me what to do with it.
Duke Nukem
"Duke Nukem" is a series of action games that follows the character Duke Nukem in battle against various enemies. The original game, released in 1991, was a side-scrolling game for computers, but in recent years the series has evolved into full-fledged shooter games. That said, "Duke Nukem" hasn't released a new game since 2011, so one can wonder how relevant it is today.
This is not the first time "Duke Nukem" has been in the news for an adaptation. In 2019, for example, there was talk of John Cena playing the lead role in a film, but so far it hasn't happened. Whether Adi Shankar's (probably animated) adaptation will see the light of day remains to be seen.
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