Duke Nukem film planned by the creators of the Netflix series Cobra Kai
The cult game series Duke Nukem still enjoys a loyal fan base, even if no new game has been released for over ten years. A few years ago was even from a first movie the speech, at that time still with the former Wrestling star John Cena In the main role. But then it became quiet about the project, until now…
The Legendary film studio has now secured the rights and wants them Plans for a video game adaptation reissue. This time the creators of the hit Netflix series are responsible for the implementation Cobra Kai responsible: the producers Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg.
21 year old Duke Nukem Forever build playable, showing what could have been
First story details are still rare
Not much has been confirmed about the plot or a cast yet. So it should remain exciting whether John Cena will continue to play the role of stereotypically iconic macho with sunglasses, cigar and notorious sayings is planned. Not only nostalgia fans should get their money’s worth, as the hero of the cult game series seems a bit out of date.
But in general there is a retro boom in Hollywood, where old film and series classics such as Dune or godzilla (both also by Legendary Entertainment) are being re-released, so the idea of a Duke Nukem film comes at just the right time.
Duke Nukem: Action hero from another era
The cult game series Duke Nukem originated over 30 years ago with the release of the first game in 1991 by 3D Realms. At that time, the video game was still offered as free shareware and soon enjoyed a growing fan base.
Other titles followed Duke Nukem II (1993), Duke Nukem 3D (1996) and most recently Duke Nukem Forever (2011) for Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Mac OS X. There are also numerous Spin-offs of the cult series. Plans for more titles have been made public in recent years, but nothing came of it. Maybe the film will revive the game series again.
In the center is the title hero Duke Nukema 1.90 m tall muscular blond macho with sunglasses and cigarwho for his snappy sayings is legendary. As a template for the idea of the heavily armed action figure served none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis or Bruce Campbell in their various cult roles such as Rambo, John McClane or Ash.
Nukem stands up large arsenal on automatic weapons, energy weapons and explosives available, his trademarks are the jetpack, Ray-Ban sunglasses and the gold Colt M1911. Nukem has always appeared in a red tank top, blue jeans and flat top haircut since the first game.
Jon St. John, who has lent his distinctive voice to Duke since the 1990s, acts as voice actor. In Germany, the dubbing voice of Manfred Lehmann can be heard as Duke Nukem.
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