Castlevania and Devil May May Cry Anime Producer Purchases Duke Nukem Rights

Through Netflix, producer Adi Shankar has adapted Castlevania, Devil May Crying for the anime series. Now, Shankar revealed that he has gained the rights to Duke Nukem, a franchise for the first-person shooter with a very dirty sense of humor created by the developer's 3D realm.

“I bought Duke Nuukum's rights,” Shankar said in an interview. gentleman. “It’s not the right to play, but I bought it from the gearbox… This is everyone’s middle finger.

It is unclear how Shankar's deal with the gearbox affects The real-life Duke Nukem movie in the legendary movie With the creator of Cobra Kai. There have not been many updates to the project since its announcement in 2022. Again, this is the latest game in the series, Duke Nukem Forever, released in 2011, and there are no new Duke Nukem games or talk about making any sequels.

While Shankar did not elaborate on his Duke Nukem’s plan further, he did Season 2 involving the Devil May Cryordered by Netflix. There are some Smaller spoilers For the Devil's Ending, May Cry Season 1.

“My plan has been to build and expand the Devil Crying,” Shankar said. “Season 1 has to be a portal drug, but for season 2, storytelling will turn to the hub. Season 2 will be different from Season 1, both in style and tone. Virgil is a big, very important character. It's essentially a new show.”

Rather than having previous success on Castlevania, Shanker turned his attention to Outdoing Arcane, but instead was a highly acclaimed animated series based on League of Legends.

I have a goal. I want to take the arcane and surpass it in the ratings… Arcane is the Joker igniting cash, which is great. With the Devil's Season 2 crying, I want to beat that one. Appear in tank battles with water balloons and destroy tanks. Because that's cool. ”

Netflix has not set a premiere date for Devil May Cry Season 2.