A Duke Nukem TV series may be coming from the producer of the Devil May Cry and Castlevania animated shows on Netflix

Duke Nukem with arm outstretched, pistol in hand, aiming at the screen — (Image credit: 3DRealms)

Have you ever thought to yourself, boy, I sure would like a Duke Nukem TV series? Well you might be getting one anyway, as Adi Shankar, producer of the Devil May Cry and Castlevania shows on Netflix, said in an interview with Esquire that he's acquired the rights to make one.

Most of the interview is about how Shankar ended up doing Devil May Cry—apparently Capcom suggested it and Shankar, who said he's been a fan since 2001, leapt at the opportunity—his approach to making the show, and animation in general. But near the end, it veers into what he's got cooking for the future.

Duke Nukem 3D is a fantastic FPS, as good as any shooter to come out of the groundbreaking days of the mid-1990s. It's also the only genuinely good Duke Nukem game ever made: The first two games in the series are standard Apogee platforming fare—perfectly fine, but no Commander Keen—and what's followed in the years since has careened between unremarkable and outright bad. But for some reason, the legend of Duke Nukem—that it's a much-loved pop-culture touchstone, rather than a poorly-aged flash in the pan—persists.

Could Shankar pull all that together? Maybe—the Devil May Cry and Castlevania series were both well received, and Shankar showed a willingness to change things up for DMC that didn't leave some fans entirely happy (but did earn it a second season). Anything's possible, I suppose. Hell, sign Alan Ritchson up for it and I might even tune in.

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Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.

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