‘Duke Nukem’ Film Produced By ‘Cobra Kai’ Creators In Works At Legendary Entertainment
deadline.comLegendary Entertainment is developing a Duke Nukem film after acquiring rights to the video game franchise from Gearbox, Deadline can confirm.
Legendary will produce the feature along with Cobra Kai creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg for Counterbalance Entertainment and Marla Studio’s Jean Julien Baronnet.Launched with a self-titled debut in 1991, Duke Nukem centers on an L.A.-based action hero of the same name, who looks to fend off an alien invasion.
The franchise has set the bar for first-person shooter titles with its groundbreaking design and technical achievements, has generated more than $1 billion in revenue, and continues to be a cultural and economic mainstay—entertaining scores of millions around the globe.
Its most recent release, Duke Nukem Forever, debuted in 2011 after Gearbox acquired the rights to the franchise from Apogee Software Ltd.Counterbalance’s Heald, Hurwitz and Schlossberg are also the executive producers and showrunners of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated Karate Kid reminagining, Cobra Kai.
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