Hollywood producer, director, and screenwriter Adi Shankar has acquired the rights to Duke Nukem.
Shankar – who developed both the Castlevania and Devil May Cry animated shows for Netflix – told Esquire he has “video games in production”, and has been approached with “different IPs and companies that want to work with [him]”, as well as “obviously more” Devil May Cry. In amongst that is Duke Nukem, albeit “not the gaming rights”.
“I got video games in production. Obviously more Devil May Cry,” he said. “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.