John Cena is officially movie Duke Nukem

Rumors have been confirmed once more - American wrestler John Cena is likely to play Duke Nukem in its movie adaptation. We say very probably because there is still a possibility that Cena changes his mind, but the producers of the film have confirmed that in him they have found a cover hero.

"Yes, we are working with him. At this point we can confirm. But we do not have a script yet, so if he does not like it, I believe there are ways for him to quit, but for now he is our guy," said producer Andrew Form.

Form also said that he enjoys the challenge of switching the Duke Nukem franchise to the movie, but was aware of the need to hit the real tone of the movie or else the same would ended up being spit on from all sides, so because of that he would not even shoot it. As an example of a successful hit, he mentions Deadpool, but states that Duke Nukem was a very fragile franchise that was specific to the era of the 90s and that this had to be reflected on the story itself.

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