Voice actor – and long-time Wolverine star – Steve Blum could be reprising his role for Insomniac Games’ upcoming PS5 game, Marvel’s Wolverine. At least, that’s what some fans believe! A video shared on the veteran’s Instagram page resurfaced on TikTok this week, where he talks about shooting performance capture for an upcoming release.
In the clip, Blum is clearly seen wearing full facial capture equipment, and he confirms that the project he’s working on is related to a video game he signed an NDA on. To be fair, the actor is no stranger to the medium: he most recently starred in Marvel’s Midnight Suns, and is also well-known for his work on Mortal Kombat character Sub-Zero. In fact, with Mortal Kombat 12 recently being revealed during an earnings call, it’s possible he may have been shooting for that.
There’s really not enough to go on here to assume Blum will reprise his role as Wolverine, although it would make a lot of sense: he’s played the character dozens upon dozens of times in various animated adaptations, and aside from Hugh Jackman, he’s probably the actor most closely associated with the character.
[source instagram.com, via tiktok.com, thegamer.com]
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Well, of course he's no stranger to the medium, he holds a world record for being the most prolific video game voice actor.
He did Runner, the little indie VR arcade game, I'm sure he'd be doing wolverine, lol
He's my favourite Wolverine voice actor but i'm hoping they go for someone different who can bring something something new to the role personally.
Yeah I don't expect info on this game until we at least get some info on spiderman 2
@WallyWest They Could Try David Hayter Or Elias Toufexis.
@Drago201 the game supposed to be coming out late next year.
Too early to tell, he could be recording any number of things.
@Areus I hope no David Hayter he is in way to much its kind of annoying if one voice actor does everything.
I hope they won't do Hugh Jackman not because he is bad but im certain he won't be cheap and i rather see the money go in the game then a big name. Plus isnt he busy with Deadpool 3 Hugh Jackman? I don't want to see a rush job because of a actors packed schedule.
Why yes, he was in Marvel Midnight Suns...as Wolverine!
I'm currently in the process of reading all of Uncanny X-Men (currently on issue #127!) and Blum's the voice in my head I read Wolverine's dialogue with. I would be absolutely shocked if they got another actor to play Wolverine.
@Flaming_Kaiser I seriously doubt we'll be seeing any movie celebrities reprising their movie roles in the Wolverine game.
Spider-Man in Insomniac's 2018 game was voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, despite Tom Holland being his live-action movie actor.
He's the only person in the world qualified to do the job.
@KidBoruto Thats lucky I really dispise the Tom Holland Spider-Man (not Tom Holland). But i think wasting massive amount of money of celebrities is a waste of money there are more then enough great voice actors and this money could be used for development or a better pay of the developers.
@Flaming_Kaiser To be honest, I can't even recall the last time a video game had a movie celebrity voice a character.
Not since the lazy cheap cash grab era during the 2000s. You should have nothing to worry about.
@KidBoruto Thats great because I think it's a waste of money. I rather see new talent and money used for the game developers instead.
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