In a casting call that's kind of perfect, the wrestler cum actor John Cena is currently in talks with Paramount to take on the titular role in an upcoming Duke Nukem movie. Better yet, Michael Bay will be involved; his studio Platinum Dunes is set to produce the film.
No director or writer has been attached to the project at this stage.
John Cena has branched out into acting fairly recently, picking up a role in Daddy's Home 2, and is set to make an appearance in Transformers spin-off, Bumblebee, which is also a Platinum Dunes production.
Duke Nukem has obviously had a rocky history, and especially recently is not remembered all that fondly. Duke Nukem Forever, a game many thought would never see the light of day, eventually did release on PS3 in 2011, and was universally criticised for, well, basically everything. It'll certainly be interesting to see what Hollywood can do with the character, and with the inspired potential casting of John Cena and Michael Bay's lust for explosions, it could honestly go either way.
Would you watch a Duke Nukem movie starring John Cena? Do you think the project will reach theatres, or will it go the same route as other kinda-happening video game movies? Chew bubblegum in the comments below.
[source eurogamer.net, via hollywoodreporter.com]
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@DLB3 Yeah. I'm in two minds about it; it could really work or be the biggest pile of rubbish we've ever seen.
Actually, I suppose it could be both.
nice nips
and "John Cena has branched out into acting fairly recently", yeah because wrestling is totally not acting huh?!
@kyleforrester87 Oh, you know what I mean.
John Cena fishing excrement out of toilets and throwing it at aliens while making sexist remarks. I'll pass. And with Gearbox involved, no doubt the trailer will show scenes that aren't in the actual film.
@verynaughtyboy Have to say, I'm not up on my John Cena knowledge this morning!
Why would I watch a film where I can't see the main character? /shot
@Radbot42 A wrestler who is also an actor! (Thank you for pointing out my typo)
the bigger concern of my comment still stands. you spelled one word specifically very wrong, meaning a completely different thing. something a bit naughty.
And his name is JOHN CENA!
Sorry had to
This is one of those projects that sounds great on paper but can only suck in its implementation.
Never was a Duke Nukem fan, and I see enough of Cena on WWE.
@Radbot42 ...But that's the word's legitimate use
@Quintumply I've never seen cum used in come's place, but I have seen the reverse. In all my reading cum has never been used in that way, and I read a lot. Although, I am surprised I'm the only one who sees this. To me come means a movement, and cum means the naughty sex stuff. Two separate meanings for the same sounding word. But as I said I've seen come used to replace cum, but not cum replacing come's movement definition.
This makes me sound like I read a lot of smut, but that's one thing I've never actually read.
@Radbot42 Haha, I promise you it's right. Perhaps it's an old-fashioned use, and has been widely replaced by come. Something to bear in mind I guess
Well I just did some googling, and it seems like a phrase that uses hyphens. Still think it looks ridiculous and references the other stuff, but I'll stop arguing. I might not read any smut, but maybe my mind is just that perverted.
How many 360 slow motion explosions will there be in the film? That's what I would like to know.
@Radbot42 I thought exactly the same regarding cum, but that may be because I know the word only from a naughty viewpoint.
As for Cena, I don't know much about that guy. I stumbled into a YT video of him, where he was watching a video from his fans, while they were standing in the next room watching him fight against waves of tears. Very impact full, but I didn't know who he was back then and didn't care much about what he may have accomplished.
Pushsquare been watching to much porno cum actor wtf.wwf playa.anyways this seem interesting.word up son
I’m up for it. But I’m not hard to please
Just air-dropping in to @Quintumply 's defence here! He's completely correct about this usage of "cum" (Ooh er). It's also used when two formerly separate places, usually hamlets or villages, become one. For instance, there's a town in Cambridgeshire called Stow cum Quy, the result of two places, Stow and Quy, merging. It's pretty archaic, that said, and I've never seen it anywhere but the UK, so if you guys aren't UK-based it's not a surprise you aren't familiar with it.
Naturally I still snicker like a nine-year-old when I drive past the Stow cum Quy sign, though. I am but a man, after all!
That headline should read;
Duke Nukem movie in the works possibly starring JOHN CENA!!!
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@PaperyWhiteBoy Haha thank you
@Deadstanley It's going to be the opposite of an Oscar winner. Best case scenario - if they get good writers and a good director - is that this is a cheesy, over the top, violent movie that doesn't take itself seriously and pokes fun at itself.
Worst case scenario is it's an awful movie.
It'll probably be terrible.
Ahem.
Gearbox...
Are you sure about that!?
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