Jean-Julien Baronnet, a producer on the Michael Fassbender-led film adaptation of the popular “Assassin’s Creed” video game franchise, is taking another property from the gaming world – “Duke Nukem”.
Baronnet and Gearbox Software are teaming to adapt the iconic 1990s action platform game into a live-action feature film. John Cena was rumored as a possible star earlier this year with Paramount Studios and Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes attached at the time, but Paramount is no longer involved in the project.
Apogee Software developed the games which follow the adventures of Duke, a muscular cigar-chomping figure who fought aliens in order to save the Earth. The blond and always sunglass wearing character mashed up action hero tropes into one politically incorrect package.
Gearbox’s Sean Haren says it is ripe for a “Deadpool”-esque franchise: “He [Duke] is a parody of 1980s action heroes and he’s like Deadpool in terms of being able to break the fourth wall. We see a lot of humor in his confronting the values of today while trying to save the world.”
Source: Variety
