Indiana Jones is back already, but Harrison Ford ain’t pickin’ up the whip … not even in the digital world!
Bethesda Softworks released the trailer for its upcoming video game “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” on Thursday, and fans couldn’t help but notice … Indy sounds a bit different.
That’s because Ford — who played the role in all film/TV content — isn’t lending his voice to the project … instead it’s Troy Baker, who’s kinda like the Harrison Ford of the video game world. Yep, he’s that iconic.
Just check out the guy’s credits … “The Last of Us,” ‘Mortal Kombat,’ “BioShock,” “Halo 4,” ‘Resident Evil’ and “Call of Duty: Black Ops” … plus he voiced freakin’ Batman in one series!
And, fan reactions are …. overwhelmingly positive (not a small feat when it comes to the gaming community.) People who know Baker’s work love the casting and those who don’t were still blown away by the trailer – ’cause he’s doing one heck of an impression.
It’s unclear exactly why Harrison isn’t coming back to the role. Could be money — video games don’t have the same budgets as blockbuster films — or it could be that Han Solo’s keeping to the promises he made during his press tour for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” … namely, that he’s finished with Indy, and he’s moving on to bigger and better.
One such quote that really says it all … when asked if it was bittersweet leaving the character HF replied, “No. It’s time for me to grow up.” So, it definitely sounds like a dude who’s hanging his old archeologist’s hat.
Harrison’s got other roles to kick ass at BTW … he just received a Critics Choice Award nom for his work as Dr. Paul Rhoades in “Shrinking,” and he’s got two Marvel projects on the way — dude’s pretty busy for an 81 year old.
“Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” comes out sometime this year on Xbox and PC … so get your whips and fedoras ready — those artifacts belong in a museum!!!
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