Duke Nukem (2025 film)

Duke Nukem is a 2025 action/adventure film released by

Plot
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Cast
Jon St. John - Duke Nukem

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Production
Production for the Duke Nukem movie began Winter 2021. In April 2022, Good Universe, which would oversee the entire production under supervision of 3D Realms, made it very clear that they wanted the plot to stay as loyal to the games as possible.

Casting

Jon St. John was chosen reprise his role as Duke Nukem, who was the first voice for the character in Duke Nukem 3D.

Filming

Filming began in January of 2023 in Las Vegas. Other filming locations included San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto.

Tencent Pictures departure

Halfway through production, in August 2023, Tencent Pictures grew suspicious of Good Universe. In an interview with IGN, an anonymous representative from Tencent bashed Good Universe, accusing them of not crediting their staff in production and overall excluding them from filming. Good Universe, as well as Universal, would later on deny the claim, calling it absolutely ridiculous. IGN also reached out to Annapurna and United Artists about the claim, both companies would stay silent on the matter. Rumors began spreading that Comcast, owners of Universal Pictures, threatened United Artists, claiming that they would be stripped of the International Distribution rights if they spoke on the matter, Comcast would later on deny that claim. Fans weren't too happy about these rumors, many resorted to forming a boycott of not only the movie, but also Comcast itself. This lasted for several months until Tencent had enough, and on December 20th, 2023, Tencent Pictures announced they would be abandoning the project. The next day, Universal announced that production would continue as usual without them. Tencent would later go on to make a Fallout movie with Bethesda and Sony Pictures. That movie would be released the same day as Duke Nukem under the Tristar Pictures banner, with the intent of competing with Duke Nukem at the box office.

Music

In early 2023, Bobby Prince was asked to compose the original score for the Duke Nukem movie.

Release
Distribution Rights

In October 2022, Universal Pictures secured the North American distribution, home media, and television rights to the Duke Nukem movie. In March 2023, Warner Bros, United Artists, and Paramount Pictures entered a bidding war for the International rights to the film. In the end, United Artists secured all International distrubution, home media, and televisions rights to the movie in June 2023. Later that month, United Artists announced that the international version of Duke Nukem will be released under Annapurna Pictures.

Release

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Sequel
In November 2026, Good Universe approached both Universal and United Artists about making a sequel to Duke Nukem. Both companies declined the sequel. Still wanting to make the sequel, Good Universe would pitch the idea to other companies. In March 2027, HBO would pick up the sequel, which was announced 2 months later. The sequel would be released on HBO between in November 2029. Warner Bros. would later on distribute the sequel theatrically outside the United States in February 2030