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‘Resident Evil 2’ Remake Won’t Include Original Voice Actors

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Remember the furor that Konami kicked up when fans learned that, amongst other things, that the Silent Hill HD Collection wasn’t going to include the original voice actors for Silent Hill 3, and the horrific re-dub that was included for Silent Hill 2? Well get ready, because it’s Capcom’s turn with the upcoming Resident Evil 2 remake.

As reported by PCGamesN, and according to Claire actress Alyson Court, Capcom has chosen to use non-union actors to voice the remake’s protagonists. This is in spite of a fan campaign urging Capcom to use the original voice actors. In a Youtube video, Court explains that she would have done the voice work remake, but as far as she knew, “[Capcom] chose to go non-union with the voice performances.” Court elaborated in a second video that the decision to use non-union voice actors came before the current video game voice actors’ strike.

Subsequently, Leon Kennedy’s Resident Evil 6 voice actors Matt Mercer and Courtenay Taylor (who voiced Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong, respectively) each tweeted similar responses when asked about their involvement.

No word yet on who’s going to replace the original actors, but this whole situation comes back to money. With Silent Hill 2 and 3, Konami wanted to cut corners and not pay residuals for the original voice actors’ work. And there have been other horror stories regarding the treatment of video game voice actors by companies in the past, which is partly what the current strike is trying to remedy. Regardless, here’s hoping that things work out for the remake, and the voice actors themselves.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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