What do you have coming next?
I got video games in production. Obviously more Devil May Cry. I'm being approached with different IPs and companies that want to work with me. I bought the rights to Duke Nukem. Not the gaming rights, but I bought it from Gearbox.
What's your vision for Duke Nukem?
It's a middle finger to everybody. When Duke Nukem blew up, a bunch of people sat around trying to turn it into a brand, when it's just a middle finger. Duke Nukem can't be made by a corporation, because the moment a corporation makes Duke Nukem, it's no longer Duke Nukem. I don't intend on having anyone tell me what to do on this one.
I don't know what his intentions are regarding the character. But I've just seen a lot of complaints about Adi Shankar. I just hope he's not another one of those retarded wokes who will end up destroying Duke Nukem's image.
However, I still prefer a new game in the series rather than Duke Nukem being a movie. It could still be more successful as a game (which can be fixed later with mods) than as a movie.
But he's right in saying that Duke Nukem can't be made by companies (unless it were returned to 3D Realms) and that it's a middle finger. What does he mean by middle finger? Is he planning to make a movie with a classic macho protagonist from the 80s and 90s?
If so, fine. We need a new movie in the style of tough protagonists like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. If that's the goal, that would be ideal. The problem is that Netflix might not accept that.
The question is who would be the badass actor to play Duke Nukem.
If Arnold Schwarzenegger were still young, that would be ideal.
But if it's in relation to the game, which I don't think is the case, then he'll have to be careful not to make mistakes similar to what was done in Duke Nukem Forever.
That is, in having the protagonist actually be a badass, and not a joke like he was in the last game.
This post has been edited by eniojr: 21 June 2025 - 01:04 PM
The complains are about Adi Shankar past reccord on videogames adaptations : Castlevania and Devil May Cry, haven't watched them but I hardly hear of them in good...
I think this adaptation of Duke Nukem might not pass through the concept phase
The stuff this guy produced seems to have rather good ratings on IMDB. I have only watched "Punisher: Dirty Laundry" and to be honest, I would like to see a Duke Nukem thing told in similar vein. I take it that it's not gonna be a movie/TV series but rather a cartoon./animation, which sounds like a better idea for a start. From the fact that the guy has been apparently responding to Broussard about his vision on Twitter, which make it seem like his quite excited. Let's wait and see where it goes, but it does sound pretty cool!
The way he responded to George Broussard makes me even less interested. What a jackass. I hope everyone who likes to slurp feces because muh content is content enjoys their at most 2 season show that does nothing but kill Duke some more.
This post has been edited by dnskill: 22 June 2025 - 11:33 AM
I kinda like his attitude of Duke Nukem being a middle finger to everybody. If he can genuinely stick to this vision despite the present circumstance, maybe he can do something worthy.
I kinda like his attitude of Duke Nukem being a middle finger to everybody. If he can genuinely stick to this vision despite the present circumstance, maybe he can do something worthy.
I sincerely hope that this "middle finger" is in relation to the woke culture that we have today.
Or rather, that it is the "middle finger" in the same way that it was at the time the game was released to that political correctness that was already beginning to spread its tentacles throughout the world.
Otherwise, I will certainly protest.
The problem is that to do something like that in public these days you have to have a lot of courage to face possible legal proceedings...
This post has been edited by eniojr: 23 June 2025 - 09:43 PM
The way he responded to George Broussard makes me even less interested. What a jackass. I hope everyone who likes to slurp feces because muh content is content enjoys their at most 2 season show that does nothing but kill Duke some more.
The way he responded to George Broussard makes me even less interested. What a jackass. I hope everyone who likes to slurp feces because muh content is content enjoys their at most 2 season show that does nothing but kill Duke some more.
He did agreed George's point on the Duke but not too sure if Adi just joking or seriously acting like jackass. I hope he(Adi) knows what he is doing about the show, because like others said, if he make a mistake, it'll be bad for him and the show.
But...I guess we can only wait and see at this point even I can say I'm feel more doubting than interesting.
This post has been edited by Player Lin: 24 June 2025 - 02:48 AM
I don't know if Adi will change the essence of Duke Nukem with "woke" elements — which I think is unlikely, because it would be shooting himself in the foot. But he could give the character's mission a new direction.
Duke has always been an antihero who kills aliens, but maybe Adi wants to put him in a new context.
Duke might keep the same personality, but acting in another role: as a soldier, a fighter, or even something closer to an action movie, without focusing on killing monsters.
Maybe the focus will change more on action than on personality. Who knows, maybe he'll even turn Duke into a kind of superhero? These are changes that raise doubts, but I'd rather they change his mission, not who he is.
For example, from a shooter to a brawler? If that's all, then I don't think it would justify a personality change. Duke Nukem could continue to be used the way he is even if he focused more on melee than firearms.
But that would be a bit strange in relation to an alien invasion scenario. It would be an alternative version of him in combat.
If Duke becomes a hero, I imagine something similar to Captain America. Because in Duke Nukem Forever, the game's theme kind of suggested that, from the beta versions to the one that was distributed. All that American symbolism in the game suggested that.
If that's the case, then Duke Nukem Forever would have been the basis for this inspiration for Adi. But that's just my guess.
But that would still result in changes to his persona, which could end up displeasing most of Duke's fan base.
Since Adi doesn't have the rights to create a new game in the franchise, it's possible that he's working on a movie, series or animation. If that's successful, it could even inspire a new game — with a different feel from classics like Duke Nukem 3D or Forever.
Maybe Duke will face other types of enemies, like zombies, mutants or act in a more cyberpunk setting, which is currently popular.
In fact, this cyberpunk style would fit in with what would be "Lameduke", an early version of Duke 3D. I think this would be a natural and even interesting change, as long as he doesn't become a "woke" character.
And as long as Duke Nukem doesn't become something like the one in certain games like Freefire and the like...
although I fear that he might end up deciding to do something like that. I'm just worried about how much this new context could change the protagonist in a negative way.
Another possibility that came to mind would be if Adi decided to make a Duke Nukem series or movie, but in the style of those 80s action movies that marked an era, like the ones with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
If that's the case, then that would excite me and could really breathe new life into the franchise, and could even result in the creation of a new game based on that movie.
That could really bring Duke Nukem out of retirement. If that's Adi's move, then it would be a smart one.
After all, what kind of hero or protagonist makes money these days? This is the key to understanding what Adi intends to do. We have to investigate what is currently trending in terms of leading roles and action in films and games.
He has shown that he wants to do something that will result in a boom in popularity and money.
All is not lost, because not everything that is good these days involves deconstructing characters.
He said that Duke is a "middle finger", which may indicate that he sees the character as a politically incorrect figure. Perhaps his vision of Duke is very different from the original, but not necessarily "woke"!
Adi is a mystery to the franchise, and I am concerned about the way he has dealt with Duke fans and Apogee.
Anyway, I don't expect much from him.
If that is his intention, then it might be a good path.
This post has been edited by eniojr: 26 June 2025 - 08:11 PM
Isn't that the same guy who made the demons in his Devil May Cry adaptation "misunderstood and just trying to live in peace", can't wait to find out the aliens are misunderstood and it's Duke's fault they're invading...
I don't have super high hopes for this if it ever does make it to the finish line
I just figured out that we never established a philosophical reflexion on the purpose of the aliens in the DUke Nuke universe : are they wopping perverts or just misunderstood
my take is they are just like the alien in the movie Slither : its just in their nature to do all these horrible things
This post has been edited by gemeaux333: 01 July 2025 - 03:16 PM
It seems Adi has still been posting Duke stuff on Twitter - maybe the easiest way to clear any doubts would be if someone with a Twitter account actually asks whether these rumours are true?
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