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Batman writer David S. Goyer helping, too.

Hollywood actors Gary Oldman and Ed Harris have done voice over work for upcoming shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops, Activision's confirmed.

Gary "the bad guy out of Leon" Oldman reprises his role as Viktor Reznov from Call of Duty: World at War.

Ed "the bad guy out of The Rock" Harris plays one of the game's main characters, CIA operative Jason Hudson.

The duo are joined by Batman: Dark Knight and Batman Begins writer David S. Goyer, who's come on board to provide script consultation and story development support.

"Oldman, Harris and Goyer are considered some of Hollywood's finest talents and they perfectly complement Call of Duty: Black Ops' ambitious and immersive single player experience," said Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia.

"Their contributions have helped us to push the boundaries of our story telling and character development far beyond anything we have ever attempted before in the franchise."

Call of Duty: Black Ops is due out on 9th November. It'll probably be a big deal.

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bad09 #1 1 year ago

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If there is no Craig "let's do this" Fairbrass I'm out.
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altitude2k #2 1 year ago

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Throwing Hollywood at it ain't gonna help.
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Fab4 #3 1 year ago

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Gary Oldman is a visual actor. He says more with his facial expressions and body language than he ever does with his voice.
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richarddavies #4 1 year ago

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That's some pretty good talent right there.
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Huxamalay #5 1 year ago

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Good actors and writers doesnt necessarily mean its gonna be a good game
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Douche #6 1 year ago

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Yay! Hopefully the story won't go the way of MW2 then, which although it was rather epic was a bit to far fetched (Russians invading America) for me.

@Huxamalay

Correct it doesn't - but when you add tight controls, a great game engine, good co-op, multiplayer to good actors and writers, chances are it's going to be a good game. Genuinely looking forward to this now.
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space_ace #7 1 year ago

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David S. Goyer: not content with Hollywood, now bringing ludicrous script-writing to games?
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ERG1008 #8 1 year ago

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What do you mean "everyone"?
EEEEEVVVEEERRRYYYOOOONNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Markitron #9 1 year ago

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Tbh this game is slowly winning me over, Last January I was ready to give up on CoD. I thought Gary Oldman added a fair bit of atmosphere to WaW (particularly the sniper mission)
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zombiesinmyhead #10 1 year ago

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Doesn't it seem a little late in the day to be casting and finishing the story? Its out in two months, I thought they'd be on top of this by now.
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Lee_Morris #11 1 year ago

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Don't you mean Gary 'Commissioner Gordon' Oldman?

Edited by 1 at 07/09/10 @ 10:32
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Dolly #12 1 year ago

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I hope Oldman brings his 'Drexl' voice with him.
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RedPanda #13 1 year ago

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JimWest #14 1 year ago

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@zombiesinmyhead

This is just an announcement that they are in the game not that they have just joined the project. They will have already done there parts for the game. They don't just announce everything straight away, they announce them closer to the release date so to make people more excited about the game.
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shadowaspect #15 1 year ago

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"What do you mean "everyone"?
EEEEEVVVEEERRRYYYOOOONNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

I haven't got time for this mickey mouse bullshit.
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Trigga_Tybalt #16 1 year ago

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bat ops!
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CaptainQuint #17 1 year ago

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Goyer has clearly been brought in in an attempt to make people forget that the game is basically about shooting terrorists in the face via whack a mole dynamics.
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Master09 #18 1 year ago

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I'll be honest, been following Black Ops development and Treyarch seem to be stepping up their game.

Treyarch are no mugs. Like every other top game developers they know what the gaming community are saying and trying their best to bring new stuff based on fan feedback.

Never really been into COD MP, only the SP. But Black Ops MP looking really good.
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geeza2020 #19 1 year ago

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What's Call of Duty?
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Iain815 #20 1 year ago

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@Douche

...a bit far stretched? A 12 year old could write a better plot.
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makeamazing #21 1 year ago

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Gary Oldman is superb, dont care what anyone says... (fingers in ears...lalala)

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WJF #22 1 year ago

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'Gary Oldman is a visual actor. '

Yes, but he's a damn fine voice actor as well. I don't think he's repeated the same vocal inflections for any of the characters I've seen him as at the moving picture theatre
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gjgjg #23 1 year ago

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Gary 'Count bloomin Dracula' Oldman!?!

good choices, i assume they wont be slurring their words like mr.24? ;P

Anyway, as good as it is to get these big names in games i think the money is always better spent developing an actual aspect of the game play.
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man.the.king #24 1 year ago

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How are these two actors going to help a game that, for 95% of its duration, just shows a pair of hands and a gun?
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brod #25 1 year ago

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Ed Harris looks like Patrick Kilpatrick.
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Lord_BeeJee #26 1 year ago

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Read it fast and was puzzled by this part: "The duo are joined by Batman"
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ExplodingClown #27 1 year ago

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Gary "the bad guy out of Leon" Oldman? No! Gary " 'Bexy' Bissell from The Firm" Oldman, thank you. Then I might play this.
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Wheatley #28 1 year ago

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Gary 'Beethoven' Oldman???!!
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