John Cena To Play Duke Nukem

Written by: James Barnes

There were rumors that a Duke Nukem movie was in the works, and in a recent interview with Cinema Blend Andrew Form and Brad Fuller have confirmed that the film is happening and that John Cena has officially signed on to play Duke Nukem. The film is being produced by Platinum Dunes, the studio that produced films like The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy, and 2005's The Amityville Horror.

The film doesn't have a script as of yet, and said that their main focus is nailing the tone, here's what they had to say "We are working on Duke Nukem right now. It's going to be about tone. That's about tone. How do you nail that tone in the way that Deadpool nailed the tone? I think we have to do that and if we don't get the tone right then we're not going to make the movie."

Video game movies have had a hard time finding success at the box office, so I'm curious to see what John Cena and Platinum Dunes can do with the Duke Nukem character.