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 new voice of a Mustang

Poor Will Arnett. Two weeks before the debut of NBC’s movie/series pilot of the newly revamped Knight Rider a conflict of interest has forced him off the project. This after he has already recorded all his lines.

The issue boils down to this; The new K.I.T.T. is a Ford Mustang. Ford is pumping a ton of money into the new show with sponsorship and advert placements. Will Arnett has long been the voice of GMC Trucks in their commercials. A simple conflict of interest in which Arnett had this to say:

“I was very excited at the prospect of playing the part of KITT in the new ‘Knight Rider’ movie. However, because of a long relationship with General Motors as the voice of GMC Trucks, I had to respectfully withdraw from the project.”

So, who is going to be the new voice of the coolest gadget-tricked car this side of the Ghostbuster’s ECTO-1? As reported by Variety magazine it is Mr. Val Kilmer who will be trading in his Dark Knight status for that of the Knight Rider.

Let the rush begin to get all his dialogue swapped into the show in the next two weeks.

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