You could be an Igor

The 2008 New York Comic-Con has finally wrapped-up and it definitely was a blast. I had previously mentioned the VO contest to be in the next Spider-Man game that was being held at the Activision booth. The line was long, people were excited and I can’t wait to hear who won the gig. But, that wasn’t the only voice over contest that came out of the Con.

September 19th, 2008 brings the release of the new animated movie Igor starring John Cusack and Steve Buscemi. Igor is the story of an evil scientist’s trusted sidekick who aspires to be mad scientist of his own one day. Igor then takes it upon himself and enters into the Evil Scientist Fair and that’s where hilarity is sure to ensue.

As a fun promotion for the movie The Weinstein Company - producers of the movie - are running a contest for a voice over role as one of Igor’s pals in the film. By heading over to www.BeAnIgor.com you can sign up to win a chance to be in the fim. Currently details on the contest are limited (i.e., non-existent) but as soon as they become available VoiceOverture will be sure to post them. So sign up and have fun with it!

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Igor is directed by Tony Leondis and written by Chris McKenna. It also stars Eddie Izzard, John Clease, Molly Shannon, Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall and James Lipton.

The weekend of April 18th through the 20th brings the NY Comic-Con to the mean streets of Gotham City. That is if you want to call the streets around the Jacob Javits Center mean. The annual comic book convention brings together the triumvirate of geek culture with comic, movie and video games coming together in booth and panel form for the paying public.

If you happen to be going to the convention or just in the New York area and have some time and money to blow you may want to head over to the Activision booth (booth number 1048) as they have an interesting contest lined-up for their next Spider-Man game. For the three days they are there at the Javits Center they will be recording grunts, screams and your best irritated cabbie voice acting for the newest Marvel comic video game.

This may not be the most exciting proposition for the experienced professional voice over artist, but if you know someone who’s been thinking about getting into the industry this may be a fun starting point for them.

Video Game Highlights - NY Comic-Con