Last week, we reported on the news that producer Adi Shankar had obtained the animated rights to Duke Nukem, and that he's working on a series to follow his work on Netflix's Castlevania and Devil May Cry adaptions, both of which have given their respective video game franchises a boost in popularity and visiablity.
Shankar is clearly aware that he has a somewhat divisive reputation in the industry, and playfully posted on social media that "his" Duke is "now canon" before lightheartedly apologising to Apogee Software, the original creators of the character.
Duke co-creator Scott Miller decided to get involved at this juncture, pointing out that he hasn't personally been involved with Duke for some time now, as Gearbox is the current rights holder.
"Someone needs to tell Adi that we've had nothing to do with Duke for over a decade--so what do we have to be sorry about?? That's on Gearbox now," Miller posted on social media. "I hope the show is good if it comes out. But here at Apache [Miller's current studio] we're just Duke fans, nothing more."
Miller, to his credit, then added in a subsequent tweet: "I'm definitely rooting for you, Adi. I'd love to see something that revives Duke to [his] former glory."
Shankar, again speaking on social media, assured one fan that rather than "sanitising" the character, he fully intends to "dirty him up."
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Adi Shankar: so edgy, so cool. 😆
more like so childish, so pathetic. his tweet reads like a bully kid who just stole candy
Shankar seems incredibly insufferable. I want to say he's behaving like a 14 year old, but that would be an insult to 14 year olds.
Shakar is many things. Most of them extremely awful. But if there's one person in this world he's an objective upgrade over it's Randy.
Wow that X account is a mess, like non-stop trolling. Hard to figure out if there is anything genuine or of value to be read there.
Wow Scott, he was speaking to the legacy of the original creators but you throw up your hands and say "hey, I sold out."
Gearbox did not create the legend. Quite the opposite, they kicked it to the curb.
Hopefully Shankar goes and plays Duke 3D to get the right perspective. On the surface it was a parody of badass action movies, but beyond that it was an excellent game with great atmosphere.
I would love to see an adaptation of Duke Nukem that both preserves the 1990s edgy misogyny and also puts it in a modern context, where the humor is that Duke is basically a big dork and he keeps getting in trouble for it.
Also Jon St. John absolutely, positively must voice Duke. Anyone else and it's not Duke Nukem.
I said this on twitter and would say it here too, I think he's just using negativity as a marketing tactic. Why he needs to do that? That I don't know.
Shankar says he's dirtying up the Duke, but it you already know how safe edgy culture works and what the licensor permits, that's a lie.
Adi Shankar, the moron who made every voice actor typecasted for future roles in Hollywood due to his own ignorance.
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